Jeffrey Bewley - Helping Dairy Produces Achieve Maximum Performance

Dr. Jeffrey Bewley, a longtime professor at the University of Kentucky, currently works as Dairy Housing and Analytics Specialist at Alltech—an organization dedicated to supplying agriculture facilities and professionals the innovative solutions and products they need to improve efficiency and profitability.

And as part of Alltech’s dairy housing team, Dr. Jeffrey Bewley focuses on equipping dairy producers with the insight, technology and expertise they need to optimize animal health, production and productivity.

Helping Dairy Producers Achieve Their Goals

Dr. Bewley and the team at Alltech aim offer clients support and guidance in a number of areas, including everything from food efficiency and food enrichment to mycotoxin management, enzyme management, protein management, gut health management, antibiotic-free production and more.

A noted expert in dairy housing, Dairy Farming and dairy cow comfort, Dr. Bewley looks to supply dairy farmers with the knowledge and tools they need to realize their full production potential.

Jeffrey Bewley: Essential Rules for Compost Bedded Pack Barn Construction

Dr. Jeffrey Bewley works as Partner and Consultant at CowFocused Housing, a consulting firm that provides expertise and guidance to dairy facilities regarding practical cow housing construction and cow comfort. Among the types of housing Dr. Bewley and his team advice on is compost bedded pack barns—housing systems generally consisting of open resting areas bedded with sawdust or wood shavings and manure.

As Dr. Bewley knows, there are essential rules of compost bedded pack barn building. Some of these include:

• Providing a minimum of 100 square feet in the resting area for each individual cow.
• Ensuring each barn is oriented east to west—a position that helps maximize the natural winds flowing across the barn’s longer side.
• Installing a continuous ridge vent opening at least three inches for every 10 feet of roof width.
• Providing a minimum of 2-2.5 feet of feed bunk space per individual cow—as well as three feet of water tank perimeter for every 15-20 cows. 

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Jeffrey Bewley - Current Positions and Active Memberships

Dr. Jeffrey Bewley has worked in dairy science for much of his life—including an extensive tenure as Recordkeeper and Milkhand at his grandfather’s Skees and Flowers Dairy operation in Rineyville, Kentucky. 

Much of Bewley’s career, to this point, has been spent as part of the academic community—both as a dairy science researcher and as professor at the University of Kentucky (2008-2017). Bewley has formerly held positions with such firms as Bovisync (Jan.-Jul. 2018) and PerforMix Nutrition Services (2003-2004). 

Currently, Dr. Jeffrey Bewley works in two official capacities:

•  Consultant/Partner at CowFocused Housing (since Dec. 2017), and
  
• Dairy Housing and Analytics Specialist at Alltech (since Jul. 2018).

He also maintains a number of active memberships with professional dairy science organizations. These include:

• National Mastitis Council (since 2012)
  
• American Dairy Science Association (since 2003)
  
• American Dairy Science of Professional Animal Scientists (since 2003)
  
• American Dairy Science Association Editorial Board (since 2014), and
  
• National Mastitis Research Council Research Committee (since 2013). 

Jeffrey Bewley - Brief Professional Overview

Jeffrey Bewley has an M.S. in Dairy Science from UW-Madison, and a PhD in Animal Sciences from Purdue University. 

Considered an expert in such subjects as animal health economics, mastitis management and prevention, freepost barn construction, compost bedded pack barn construction and precision dairy monitoring technology.....read more


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Jeffrey Bewley - Helping Dairies Succeed

Dr. Jeffrey Bewley is a Partner and Consultant at CowFocused Housing, a resource of information and expertise in practical housing and cow comfort options for dairy producers. 

Dr. Bewley and his colleagues understand the importance of cow comfort and housing when it comes to managing a productive dairy operation—and work with dairy professionals to determine the housing type that best works for each farm’s unique needs.

Dr. Jeffrey Bewley and his team provide expert advice and consulting on three types of practical dairy cow housing, including:

• Compost bedded pack barns, which consist of large, open resting areas typically bedded with sawdust or fine wood shavings and manure that is composted into place.
  
  
• Freestall barns, which are fully-covered facilities generally built with steel roofing, concrete floor areas and softer-floor surface areas that provide individual spaces for each cow to lie down.
  
  
• Tie-stall barns, systems that provide each cow her own stall (with bedding)—as well as access to water and food directly in front of the manger.