Atlas BarnFIG. 13Applied11 min

Stocking & cow flow

Stocking is stalls, bunk, lying, lockup, holding, and movement — not one percentage. UW Dairyland: those resources fail separately.

Numbers

Measure	Value	Spread · alarm	Why it matters
Design targetUW Dairyland Initiative	1 : 1stall / cow		UW Dairyland adult-cow housing — one stall per cow is the design target; transition even tighter.

Field notes on this focus

Note 01Stocking density is a time budgetOverstocking steals lying and eating time — manage stalls, bunk, and flow, not headcount alone.3 min · 2026-09-09

Quick check

Q 01 / 03

Why is “how many cows are in the pen” a weak stocking number?

Sources

Stocking Density — UW Dairyland Initiative
Transition Cow Housing — UW Dairyland Initiative
Freestall Dimensions — UW Dairyland Initiative

Plate credit

System figures are educational plates drawn from public-domain veterinary teaching anatomy (udder, claw, uterus, and housing relationships). They are not scanned specimens. Educational only.

Not a veterinary diagnosis, prescription, or ration formula.