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2011–2013 Project manager in Milk management –development project, ProAgria Oulu 2009–2011 Farm manager in a beef calf barn for 850 beef calves in Kuivaniemi, Finland Marjo Posio, M.Sc.(agriculture), animal nutrition (University of Helsinki) She has a lot of postgraduate education and experience especially in udder health management and influence of the barn environment and design on health and production of dairy cows, calves and heifers.
#Humane dairy barn design professional#
Virpi’s professional interest is focused on the health and welfare of dairy cows in robotic milking and herd health management in dairy farms. In 4dBarn her work designing and boosting barns with AMS milking focuses on ensuring excellent animal health and welfare for good production and efficient working. In 2013 she got a special training from the University of Wisconsin (USA) about calf housing and calf barn ventilation and is a licensed calf barn overpressure tube ventilation adviser. She also does specialize consulting for robotic farms as a member of ProAgria’s Herd Navigator advisory team. Virpi has done a lot of presentations for farmers, advisors, and veterinarians about bovine health and welfare. Since then she has worked as a practising veterinarian mostly in large animal practice and as a herd health veterinarian.
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Virpi Kurkela graduated from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Helsinki University in 1999. Has got training from the University of Wisconsin (USA) about calf housing and calf barn ventilation in 2013, Licensed calf barn overpressure tube ventilation adviser.
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Jouni Pitkäranta has designed about 700 dairy barns in total mostly in Finland, but also in Sweden, Estonia, Russia, Lithuania, Holland and Germany. Jouni Pitkäranta is specialized to dairy, youngstock, and calf barn design especially focused to robotic milking barn design. Jouni Pitkäranta has born and lived his childhood on a dairy farm and did his first barn design, which was built, at 15 years age in 1987. Even before that He has run his own barn design and architecture office Cowhomes. Jouni Pitkäranta graduated from the University of Technology in Helsinki in 2006. (Architect) Helsinki University of Technology 2006