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VES-Artex Unpacked: Water

VES-Artex Unpacked: Water

When thinking about achieving cow comfort, our focus at VES-Artex revolves around the engineering, design and layout of fans, lighting, soaking technology and high-pressure fogging within a barn. Those elements comprise the core of what ...
VES-Artex Unpacked: Minimizing Heat Stress

VES-Artex Unpacked: Minimizing Heat Stress

As a dairy producer, there are few feelings worse than heading into peak heat stress months with known cow comfort issues that you don’t have a straightforward answer for. You’re likely wrapping-up spring projects, whether ...
Exploring How Milk Quality Begins Outside the Parlor

Exploring How Milk Quality Begins Outside the Parlor

VES-Artex was recently joined by Dr. David Reid, veterinarian for Rocky Ridge Dairy Consulting to examine how dairies can help improve milk quality before cows reach the parlor. Dr. Reid, who is one of the foremost experts on ...
VES-Artex Unpacked: THI

VES-Artex Unpacked: THI

The dairy industry is rife with acronyms, slang and shorthand, and in our world of ventilation and bovine environmental products, one of those that reigns supreme is THI, or Temperature Humidity Index. This is the ...
Leveraging Data as a Tool, Not a Time Suck

Leveraging Data as a Tool, Not a Time Suck

Ryan Pearcy, Turntide’s director of product marketing for sustainable agriculture joined VES-Artex to share insights on integrating and optimizing data streams to help drive animal-centered environments on dairies using connected technologies.
The Value of Being Cool

The Value of Being Cool

Summer is just around the corner. That means rising temperatures, increased THI potential and more opportunity for the risk of heat stress to creep into your dairy’s operation.