Barn Expansion is Underway!

Aerial image of the Miner Institute dairy complex taken by Paul Frederick in August 2018.

An expansion of the dairy barn to better accommodate our research program is underway! The research side of the barn will be more than doubled as an additional 40,000 square feet will be added to the south side of the barn. The addition is 291 feet long. The job has been awarded to Fuller Excavating, who will hopefully begin construction in August. 

Site prep has been ongoing for several months, beginning with tree removal in early spring. Nearly 8000 cubic yards of gravel was pulled from the hill across from the Miner powerhouse on Ridge Road and used for base material at the construction site.  It is estimated that this saved more than $30,000 since we did not need to purchase and haul from another quarry.