Cattle on pasture drink at the Storage Drinker. The low trough is designed so both full grown cattle and calves can access water. It can be used for several species, from sheep to bison.
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Cattle gather around a storage drinker. “They just work so well. They don’t leave a footprint and you don’t have to pour any concrete,” said Brian Barber.
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Storage Drinkers sit ready for shipment from the Barber ranch in Hermosa, S.D. Shane Barber used his background in engineering and refined the tank over the last decade. “It’s not a new design, but it’s the refinement,” he said.
A Storage Drinker is drained. The tank is designed to be portable, capable of moving with the herd as they rotate pastures or graze corn stubble and cover cropped land.
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Cattle on pasture drink at the Storage Drinker. The low trough is designed so both full grown cattle and calves can access water. It can be used for several species, from sheep to bison.
A Storage Drinker is drained. The tank is designed to be portable, capable of moving with the herd as they rotate pastures or graze corn stubble and cover cropped land.
Cattle gather around a storage drinker. “They just work so well. They don’t leave a footprint and you don’t have to pour any concrete,” said Brian Barber.
Storage Drinkers sit ready for shipment from the Barber ranch in Hermosa, S.D. Shane Barber used his background in engineering and refined the tank over the last decade. “It’s not a new design, but it’s the refinement,” he said.
