Brooks Farms in Waupaca, Wisconsin, wanted their new milking parlor and barn to have a welcoming feeling. Zoey Brooks opens up the doors to show how they incorporated dairy heritage into the design, including old milking units transformed into lights. Also, see an innovative ventilation design in the freestall barn using high-speed/low-velocity fans.
Read more about Brooks Farms. And view the slideshow below. Photos by Peggy Coffeen.

Photos and antiques in the new building show the Brooks family's dairy heritage.
Rob Brooks fashioned old milking units into decorative lights.
The upstairs farm office overlooks the parlor.
Zoey Brooks keeps a whiteboard in the employee break room.
Employees have a locker room.
The feed pusher plays music as it makes its rounds up and down the bunk. The music signals the cows to come eat.
Cow brushes were a "must" in the Brooks' new barn.
As cows exit the parlor, a sort gate guides those that need special attention into a treatment area. This has been helpful for sorting cows that need to be bred, which helps avoid locking up entire groups in headlocks
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Brooks Farms in Waupaca, Wisconsin, wanted their new milking parlor and barn to have a welcoming feeling. Zoey Brooks opens up the doors to show how they incorporated dairy heritage into the design, including old milking units transformed into lights. Also, see an innovative ventilation design in the freestall barn using high-speed/low-velocity fans.
Read more about Brooks Farms. And view the slideshow below. Photos by Peggy Coffeen.
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Photos and antiques in the new building show the Brooks family's dairy heritage.
Rob Brooks fashioned old milking units into decorative lights.
The upstairs farm office overlooks the parlor.
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Zoey Brooks keeps a whiteboard in the employee break room.
Employees have a locker room.
The feed pusher plays music as it makes its rounds up and down the bunk. The music signals the cows to come eat.
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Cow brushes were a "must" in the Brooks' new barn.
As cows exit the parlor, a sort gate guides those that need special attention into a treatment area. This has been helpful for sorting cows that need to be bred, which helps avoid locking up entire groups in headlocks
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