Facilities
Fed cattle in a hoop building structure
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Cattle Handling Facilities and Equipment Planning
- Beef Housing and Equipment Handbook MWPS 6
- Cattle Behavior During Handling, and Corral Design for Ranches (Beef Cattle Handbook)
- Designing a Bud Box (pdf) (Kansas State University Research and Extension)
- Livestock Behavior, Facilities Designs and Humane Slaughter (Temple Grandin website)
- Livestock Psychology and Handling Facility Design (Beef Cattle Handbook)
- Recommended Basic Livestock Handling: Safety Tips for Workers (Temple Grandin website)
Cow/Calf Facilities
- Beef Housing and Equipment Handbook MWPS 6
- Feedlot Mounds (Beef Cattle Handbook)
- Iowa Cow-calf Production Systems manual (IBC 131)
- Iowa Fence Law Publication (pdf) (ISU Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation)
- Mound Design for Feedlots (pdf) (University of Nebraska–Lincoln historical)
- Using Geotextiles for Feeding and Traffic Surfaces (pdf) (University of Kentucky)
- Windbreak Fences (Beef Cattle Handbook)
Feed Storage
- Bunker Silo Sizing and Management (Oklahoma State University)
- Hay Storage (University of Wisconsin)
- Making and Storing Quality Hay (University of Missouri)
- Round Bale Hay Storage (Oklahoma State University)
- Forage Production and Management (University of Wisconsin)
- Sizing and Siting Hay Barns (pdf) (University of Missouri)
- Storage Capacity for Grains, Forages and Liquids (Ag Decision Marker C6-82)
See more resources on best management practices, harvest and storage techniques.
Feedlot Facilities
- Air Quality in Bedded Mono-Slope Beef Barns (PM 3062)
- Beef Housing and Equipment Handbook (MWPS 6)
- Beef Feedlot Systems Manual (PM 1867)
- Corrals for Handling Beef Cattle (pdf) (Alberta,Canada Agriculture, Food and Rural Development)
- Feedlot Facility Economic Assessment Calculator registration (excel) (Register for access)
- Feedlot Mounds (Beef Cattle Handbook)
- Iowa Cow-calf Production Systems manual (IBC 131)
- Locating a New Feedlot (pdf) (University of Nebraska–Lincoln historical)
- Mound Design for Feedlots (pdf) (University of Nebraska–Lincoln historical)
- Planning Cattle Feedlots (pdf) (Kansas State University)
- Windbreak Fences (Beef Cattle Handbook)
See more resources on cattle facilities and the environment.
