Ensuring high animal welfare standards is one of the objectives of organic farming. The combination of modern housing concepts, proper herd management and good
human-animal relationship could be an effective strategy. In this study 14 viable dairy barn concepts were described and evaluated. In nine of these dairy farms the
management and animal welfare situation was examined. The outcome was a documentation of 14 different dairy farming concepts (housing, management) that are suitable to develop individual solutions with regard to animal welfare and the special requirements of organic dairy farms
