Composting Barns

Are you a dairy farmer looking to push the boundaries of production and profitability?

A Composting Barn is the ultimate solution.

Why choose a Composting Barn?

Composting barns offer numerous benefits for livestock.

Composting barns optimise herd health and productivity by maintaining a clean, dry environment. The core function involves continual aerobic digestion breaking down cow manure, generating heat that dries the bedding. This efficient system eliminates effluent leaching, creating ideal conditions for year-round milking.  To achieve the right temperature in the bedding, it needs to be deep and cultivated every day to keep the sawdust profile well-aerated.

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Our experts can provide details on recommended design, space required per cow, and other important factors.

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Don’t just take our word for it! Here's what other dairy farmers have said about Aztech's composting barns.

The benefits of a composting barn speak for themselves!

Investing in one of these barns will bring more benefits to your farm than we could ever share on paper. The flow-on effect could significantly reduce other farm spend, reduce staff stress and increase production and/ or submission rates in your cows.

Cow production correlates to cow comfort.

Click here to read Tony and Fran Allcock's successful composting barn story.

See 23 Frequently Asked Questions about Composting Barns - answered by Dairy Consultant Dr. Sue Macky

Benefits of an Aztech Composting barn

• Reduce environmental impact

• Increase milk production

• Improve animal welfare – happier cows in winter and summer

• Eliminate reliance on winter grazing

• Better feed utilisation

• No winter pugging

• Transform your paddocks and no longer ‘carry’ muddy paddocks that can’t be used

• Ability to grow more feed on farm and reduced costs for purchased feed

• A composting barn produces perfect fertiliser, saving on your fertiliser bill

Contact us today to find out how a composting barn could transform your farm.

At Aztech Buildings we firmly believe we can offer the best composting barn solution in NZ:

• Flexible design with large clearspans to ensure the barn is perfectly suited to your farm

• Bird perch free roof system, utilising our full box beam system

• Galfan – our superior zinc coating for long-lasting durability

• Highly experienced team offering kitsets or full construction

• Permanent structures with a long lifespan.

• Winter and Summer benefits – utilising roof vents, translucent sheeting, and steeper roof pitches we can design the perfect shed to maximise lighting and ventilation, while keeping the barn cooler in Summer and warmer in Winter.