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Family Farm Among South Dakota’s 1st To Have Monoslope Barn

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ALEXANDRIA, S.D. (AP) — The owner of one of South Dakota’s first monoslope-style cattle barns says it makes his cows happier and more productive.

The Daily Republic ( ) reports the barn at Weber Farm and Feedlot in Alexandria has a roof with a single slant to one side. John Lentz with the Natural Resources Conservation Service says it’s among the first three or four barns of its kind in the state.

Doug Weber says his family’s 950 cows are more comfortable in the barn and are more approachable and calmer than when they’re roaming open fields. The barn provides shade and airflow in the summer and lets in the sun in the winter.

The barn also has a 12-foot-deep pit underneath, storing up to a year’s worth of manure that can be used later as fertilizer.

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Information from: The Daily Republic,

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