Herringbone Sheds

In 1952 Ron Sharp, a Waikato dairy farmer, developed the herringbone shed design, which transformed the milking process. In Sharp's system the cows line up on either side of a central pit where the operator can put on and take off the milking cups without having to bend down. In the old walk-through sheds each cow was milked at its own speed. In herringbone sheds the cows enter, are milked and leave in batches.

By the early 1970's most new sheds followed the herringbone design, and by 1979 this type accounted for 60% of all milking sheds.

At Lowe Construction, building Herringbone Sheds is one of our many specialties and we're excellent at doing it.

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