Shiloh Dairy, LLC is a dairy farm owned and operated by the Spiers family in Brillion, WI. The farm was established in 2003 by Gordon and Cathy Spiers, emigrants from Alberta, Canada, who have now transitioned ownership to include their son, Travis. Shiloh Dairy prioritizes quality, animal wellbeing and health, employee care and education, and environmental sustainability.

The farm’s 2,900 cows are milked in a double 36 parlor (72 stalls) three times daily. These numbers are the result of planned expansion projects since their establishment. In recent expansions, Shiloh Dairy has worked with MSA Professional Services for facility designs and improvements. Most recently, MSA facilitated the design and construction of a drive-over silage pile feed storage area to store quality feed for the cows.

The feed storage area consists of a 9.6-acre asphalt pad with a drain tile, a clay liner, and surface leachate and stormwater runoff collection system. The project also included an associated 2.8-million-gallon concrete leachate and runoff collection storage. The collection system and storage allow the farm to utilize this wastewater for irrigation on the farm’s crops. In order to maintain compliance with local ordinances, stormwater practices were incorporated into the design as well.

For this project, MSA spearheaded the site and facility design, permitting, and construction quality assurance and control. This project provided challenges for the design team with relatively high groundwater and many small wetlands in the area to minimize impacts to. MSA worked with the county and DNR for applicable permits and regulations for both the wetlands and facility itself. In addition to the facility design and permitting, MSA provided construction services including on-site observation, rebar scheduling and waterstop placement verification, concrete pour oversight and sampling, asphalt services, asphalt placement and compaction oversight, drain tile and pipe placement, and soil compaction for both the site preparation and clay placement. All aspects were designed and constructed adhering to the applicable Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) conservation practice standards, NRCS Wisconsin construction specifications, Wisconsin DNR Chapters NR 151 and NR 243, as well as local regulations.

The project was completed in 2023 and is now an integral part of the farm’s operations and cow-feeding practices.