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13/05/2004
Hartpury College
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A new 400-cow cubicle-housed unit with a 32:32 rapid exit parlour and 1.25 million gallon slurry store is the latest in a series of developments at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire.
"This latest investment, which will total £1.8million when all the buildings, equipment, cattle and quota are included, is about Hartpury coming back to its agricultural roots," says deputy principal Tim Dee.
The new 400 cow cubicle housing unit
The college, which became an associate faculty of the University of the West of England in 1993, is well known for its high standard of equestrian facilities. There are also nursing and veterinary nursing units at the college and in 2000 the college moved into sport.
"Back in 1990, when Malcolm Wharton joined the college as principal, there were 78 fulltime students. Hartpury was a classic agricultural county college, so by redeveloping the dairy, we are coming full circle," says Mr Dee.
The old 130-cow unit has been replaced by a greenfield site development, which has the potential to double in size in the future. The 400-cow herd will be housed year round and complete diet fed. The cubicles are mattressbedded and there are 11 lanes of scrapers, moving slurry from the `clean' end of the building to the `dirty' end. A cross scraper then moves the slurry to a collection pit and weir and a pump then transfers the slurry to the 1.25m gallon stainless steel and powder coated store.
"The new store will provide six months' storage depending on rainfall. We are also look
ing into the feasibility of installing a cover on the store to reduce gaseous emissions," says Mr Dee.
The previous slurry handling system used an open lagoon which required emptying every three months and took rainfall and dirty water from the yard. Now, rainfall collected from `clean' areas will be collected and used for parlour washing.
visit Hartpury College at http://www.hartpury.ac.uk
here
A new 400-cow cubicle-housed unit with a 32:32 rapid exit parlour and 1.25 million gallon slurry store is the latest in a series of developments at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire.
"This latest investment, which will total £1.8million when all the buildings, equipment, cattle and quota are included, is about Hartpury coming back to its agricultural roots," says deputy principal Tim Dee.
The new 400 cow cubicle housing unit
The college, which became an associate faculty of the University of the West of England in 1993, is well known for its high standard of equestrian facilities. There are also nursing and veterinary nursing units at the college and in 2000 the college moved into sport.
"Back in 1990, when Malcolm Wharton joined the college as principal, there were 78 fulltime students. Hartpury was a classic agricultural county college, so by redeveloping the dairy, we are coming full circle," says Mr Dee.
The old 130-cow unit has been replaced by a greenfield site development, which has the potential to double in size in the future. The 400-cow herd will be housed year round and complete diet fed. The cubicles are mattressbedded and there are 11 lanes of scrapers, moving slurry from the `clean' end of the building to the `dirty' end. A cross scraper then moves the slurry to a collection pit and weir and a pump then transfers the slurry to the 1.25m gallon stainless steel and powder coated store.
"The new store will provide six months' storage depending on rainfall. We are also look
ing into the feasibility of installing a cover on the store to reduce gaseous emissions," says Mr Dee.
The previous slurry handling system used an open lagoon which required emptying every three months and took rainfall and dirty water from the yard. Now, rainfall collected from `clean' areas will be collected and used for parlour washing.
visit Hartpury College at http://www.hartpury.ac.uk
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