Barns are typically built with high ceilings for three key reasons: animal safety, ventilation, and natural lighting. Horses and certain farm animals don’t like closed spaces, which can also ...

While many farms focus on checking that their ventilation systems are effectively working for their animals in the summer, an audit in the winter is also important.

“We do need to recognize though that whether it’s a horse or a cow or any other livestock, we need to provide them with ventilation in a barn if we are bringing them in,” said Dairy ...