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Feedlot Design Manual
Overview
This manual takes the feedlotter and consultants through the stages of selecting a suitable site, designing the feedlot and its facilities, their construction and the overall management of the project.
In this electronic version, 48 sections are divided into four main subject groups. Each section provides the relevant technical information, and is well illustrated with figures and photographs.
Download the entire Feedlot Design Manual here [29MB]
Contents
Site Selection
- 1. Site selection
- 2. Site layout
- 3. Water supply and sources
- 4. Water requirements
- 5. Water quality
- 6. Energy supply and source
- 7. Site investigations
- 8. Earthworks
Site Design
- 9. Overall pen layout
- 10. Pen and drainage systems
- 11. Sedimentation removal systems
- 12. Holding pond design
- 13. Access and internal roads
- 14. Water reticulation system
- 15. Fences, gates and lanes
- 16. Shade
- 17. Pen and road surfaces
- 18. Pen and road stabilisation
- 19. Feeding systems
- 20. Water trough design and sewer systems
Feedlot facilities
- 21. Livestock handling
- 22. Receival and dispatch facility
- 23. Processing facility
- 24. Building over processing facility
- 25. Cattle crushes
- 26. Office and amenities
- 27. Truck weighbridges
- 28. Feed preparation and commodity storage
- 29. Grain processing equipment
- 30. Grain storage and handling
- 31. Commodity storage
- 32. Silage
- 33. Hay storage
- 34. Liquid feedstuffs
- 35. Feed mixing and delivery
- 36. Hospital and recovery pens
- 37. Stables
- 38. Fuel and gas storage
- 39. Chemical storage
- 40. Mechanical workshops
- 41. Cattle wash facilities
- 42. Vehicle wash down
- 43. Automatic weather stations
- 44. Covered housing systems
Project management