• Reasons for choosing on-farm storage
• How design and location of a grain system can help avoid bottlenecks during harvest
• Matching grain handling components to performance, capacity, and convenience
• Function and operation of equipment used for holding wet grain, and also drying and cooling grain
• How to maintain grain quality after harvest
• How to handle larger grain volumes
• The need and importance of safety and automation

• Farmstead planning
• Lots, housing and utilities for the cow-calf operations
• Water and watering systems
• Fences and gates
• Harsh environments
• Handling facilities; including bud box for low-stress handling
• Manure management, including manure runoff
• Forage management, feeds and feed storage
• Reproduction, breeding and calving
• Heard health and nutrition
• Euthanasia and proper disposal
• Arthropod pests
• Beef operation, safety and health

• Case studies on various farm accidents with suggested solutions for prevention
• Management calendar for each stage of production and season of the cow herd
• Marketing tips and recommendations for the herd

• Planning for Water Use
• Wells
• Catchments, Cisterns, Ponds, and Springs
• Pumps
• Maintaining Pressure in a Private Water System
• Water Distribution
• Water Quality and Testing
• Water Treatment and Protection
• Water Systems Maintenance Calendar
• Appendix and Glossary

• Dosing systems and controls
• Media filters
• Aerobic treatment units
• Constructed wetlands
• Lagoons
• Chlorination units
• Soil treatment areas
• Evapotranspiration beds
• Drip and spray fields
• Outfalls

• Complete descriptions of the operation and maintenance (O&M) service provider role and function
• Step-by-step instructions for implementing an O&M service program
• Definitions of terms
• Clearly written text, supplemented by checklists, worksheets, illustrations, data tables, and learning objectives
• Reviews of mathematical processes to refresh understanding
• Conversion factors to aid calculations. References for further reading

• Creating a Resident-friendly Home
• Working with Professionals
• Designing a Home, or Choosing to Remodel
• Selecting a Location or a Building Site
• Social Area
• Kitchens, Bathrooms, and Bedrooms
• Home Offices
• Laundry Areas
• Garages
• Entries, Doors, Halls and Stairs
• Household Storage
• Foundations
• House Utilities
• Building Materials

• Selecting a rural living site
• Designing a homestead adaptable to lifelong needs
• Establishing or accessing systems for utilities including septic systems
• Understanding effects of seasonal weather and wind
• Minimizing damage by insects and animals
• Developing outdoor living areas
• Planning and managing a pond
• Planning and building driveways and roadways
• Establishing a routine preventive maintenance schedule

• Planning Principles
• Farmstead Site Selection
• The Family Living Area
• Drives and Service Yard
• Farm Buildings
• Farmstead Office, Shop, and Machinery Storage Areas
• Fertilizer and Pesticide Storage Area
• Crop Storage and Processing Area
• Farmstead Livestock Area
• Planning Farmstead Utilities
• Planning for General Safety, Accident Prevention, and Emergencies
• Planning for Biosecurity
• An Expansion Plan Example

• Site planning
• Design and construction of stables, paddocks, and other outdoor and indoor facilities
• Manure management
• Storage
• Fencing
• Utilities
• Fire protection

• Fetal calf development and birth, including delivery
• Calf health, feeding, housing, and general management
• Heifer development, health, nutrition, reproduction, environment, housing, and general management
• Prevention and treatment of mastitis

• Housing Management Options
• Building Layout and Equipment
• Manure Handling
• Environmental Control Systems
• Utilities

• Tillage benefits and tillage system definitions
• Wind and water erosion
• Crop residue and irrigation water management
• Residue management oat harvest
• Estimating residue cover
• Crop response to tillage systems
• Costs and returns
• Soil compaction
• Controlled traffic
• Water quality
• Converting CRP to crop production
• Integrated crop management
• Cover crop management in cotton
• Nutrient and weed management
• Insect and disease management
• Rodent damage control
• Site-specific crop management
• Tillage system selection and equipment descriptions
• Fall strip-tillage systems
• No-till and ridge-till planting equipment
• No-till drills
• Crop cultivators
• Pesticide application equipment

• Basic Aeration Consideration
• System Components
• Design Recommendations and Procedures
• Additional Examples
• Appendix: Storage volumes, densities and calculation

• Center pivot design
• Small acreage irrigation
• Traveler irrigation system
• Center pivot design for lagoon effluent

• Housing and management options
• Building layout and equipment
• Manure handling systems
• Environmental control systems
• Utilities, and safety

• Regulations
• Site selection
• Functional system design
• Pesticide and fertilizer storage
• Secondary containment
• Mixing/loading facilities and equipment
• Worker safety
• Concrete
• Remodeling facilities
• Emergency planning
• Waste disposal

• Preplanning and layout
• Materials and equipment
• Utilities, construction details, and furnishings
• Accident prevention and the environment

This informative handbook includes

• Planning considerations
• Barn types, placement, and layout
• Manure management
• Feed storage and handling
• Treating and handling facilities
• Equipment for raising orphan lambs
• Needed utilities and construction materials.

• Waste Disposal Overview
• Animal Waste Characteristics
• Collection and Transport to Storage
• Handling Open Lot Waste
• Liquid-Solid Separation
• Manure Storage
• Biological Treatment
• Pumps
• Land Application Techniques
• Animal Waste Utilization

• heating by way of radiant heaters, floor heat, unit space heaters
• tempering through air blending, heat exchangers
• earth tub heat exchangers
• cooling with ventilation, air circulation, evaporation, and air conditioning systems

• air requirements
• insulation
• fan types
• controls
• maintenance

• 78 truss selection tables, with data for trusses With 20' to 60' spans
• 3/12, 4/12, and 5/12 slopes
• 2', 4', and 8' spacings
• 0, 5, and 8 psf ceilings
• Roof loads from 12 to 100 psf
• Lumber grades of 1,100f, 1,400f, and 1,600f

• building types and factors such as roof slopes, openings, building orientation, wall, eave, and ridge openings
• insulation and moisture problems
• birds and rodents
• troubleshooting with tools

• Farmstead planning
• Building construction and materials
• Ventilation
• Cow-calf and cattle feeding facilities
• Feed storage processing and handling
• Water and waterers
• Utilities
• Manure management
• Fences and gates

• Loads
• Materials and Selection
• Construction
• Design
• Planning
• Environmental Fundamentals
• Waste Management
• Utilities