Finishing Cattle in Hoop Barns

NDSU Extension livestock specialist John Dhuyvetter explains the advantages of using hoop barns to finish cattle. Hoop style buildings are gaining popularity for reducing the effect of environment on feedlot cattle. Cattle performance can be better since wind and snow protection is provided in the winter and shade in the summer with hoop barns. Since these barns are bedded, nutrients in the manure are captured in the bedding and provides an excellent medium for composting.

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• beef
• cattle
• livestock
• NDSU
• Extension
• barns
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• feedlot

[rmack48]

If they bed them down they must be pretty cheap with the bedding. These cattle shouldn't have that much tag on them if they are bedded down well.

[pinkfeathers2006]

@Iamshedevil: they're cattle...do you really think someone is going to go in there with a fork and start pickin? no. It may get turned over when the cattle get sent to slaughter.

[knutson190xt]

what brand is this building ?

[Iamshedevil]

that barn is filthy, when was the last time you cleaned it?

[rusty123505]

nice video! i live on a beef farm in ontairo and i was wondering how much does something like that cost to build for that size?