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Conceptual Plans

 Beef
Dairy
Poultry
Sheep
Swine
Waste Management
Building Engineering
Special Structures
Feed Storage
Fruit and Vegetable

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All our plans are conceptual only and may not be adequate to obtain a building permit. See IMPORTANT NOTE on the How To Order page.

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Beef

Plan Title

   Plan Number
Beef Cattle Housing & Equipment - General Information   (L)  (CPS) 310-00
Beef Feeding Barn - Drive Through Feed Alley 400 Head             (LP)  (BCMAFF) 310-01
Open-End Beef Barn - Drive Through Feeding  (L) CPS)   310-02
Beef Feed Barn - Wedge Pack Bedding 400 Head   (LP)  (BCMAFF) 310-03
Calving Barn - Pole Frame                       (L)  (CPS) 310-05
Calf Range Shelter - Pipe Frame           (L)  (CPS) 310-06
Calf range Shelter - 20 Calves - Gable Roof   (L)  (CPS) 310-07
Calf Range Shelter - 20 Calves - Shed Roof   (L)  (CPS) 310-08
Cow/Calf Overwintering - South Slope   (LP)  (BCMAFF) 312-11
Dryland Beef Feedlot - 800 Head            (L)  (CPS) 312-21
Dryland Beef Feedlot - South Slope      (L)  (CPS) 312-22
Dryland Beef Feedlot - Diagonal Slope  (L)  (CPS) 312-23
Backgrounding Feedlot                       (LP)  (BCMAFF) 312-24
Slant Bar Feeder for Round Bales         (L)  (BCMAFF) 314-01
Slant Bar Feed for Round Bales - Steel    (L)  (CPS) 314-02
Tombstone Feeder for Round Bales           (L)  (CPS) 314-03
Tombstone Feeder for Round Bales - with Roof
 (L)  (BCMAFF) 		314-04
Electric Two Wire Feeding for Round Bales   (L)  (CPS) 314-05
Movable feed Gates                        (L)  (CPS) 314-06
Slant Bar Portable Hay Feeder   (L)  (CPS) 314-07
V-Sided Hay Feeder                  (L) (CPS) 314-08
Slant Bar Hay Feeder on Hay Shed      (L)  (BCMAFF) 314-09
Portable Hay Self Feeder      (L)  (BCMAFF) 314-10
Portable Hay Self Feeder - Chopped Hay    (L)  (CPS) 314-11
Portable Grain Self Feeder    (L)  (CPS) 314-12
Portable Calf Creep Grain Feeder      (L)  (CPS) 314-13
Mineral Feeder – Weather Vane       (L) (CPS) 314-14
Mineral Feeder - Wood Box                 (L) (CPS) 314-15
Tombstone Feed Fence                        (L) (BCMAFF) 314.16
Fenceline Feed Bunk – All Wood      (L) (CPS) 314-21
Fenceline Feed Bunk – Wood / Concrete (L) (BCMAFF) 314-22
Fenceline Feed Bunk – Precast Concrete
(L) (BCMAFF)		 314-23
Portable Silage Bunk           (L) (CPS) 314-24
Calf Feed Bunk                  (L) (BCMAFF) 314-25
Beef Cattle Handling Facilities – General Information (L) (CPS) 315-00
Corral Gate and Fencing        (L) (BCMAFF) 315-01
Crowding Gate                    (L) (CPS) 315-02
Working Chute                          (L) (CPS) 315-03
Blocking Gates                   (L) (CPS) 315-04
One Way Block Gate – Adjustable        (L) (BCMAFF) 315-05
Single Animal Scale & Scale Cage       (L) (SA) 315-06
Loading Chute Portable Adjustable      (L) (CPS) 315-07
Loading Chute Stationary Adjustable    (L) (CPS) 315-08
Minimum Working Corral                    (L) (CPS) 315-61
Small Working Corral            (L) (CPS) 315-62
Large Working Corral            (L) (CPS) 315-63
Working Corral with Covered Area         (L) (BCMAFF) 315-64
Curved Chute Corral           (L) (SA) 315-65
Working Corral with Curved Lanes        (L) (BCMAFF) 315-66
Beef Cattle A.I. Corral         (L) (BCMAFF) 315-71
Pregnancy Testing & A.I. Chute           (L) (CPS) 315-72
Herringbone A.I. Breeding Chute          (L) (CPS) 315-73
Wedge Pack Barn for Heifers or Feedlot Finishing Veal Calves         (LP)   (BCMAFF) 321-22
Bullyard                (L)   (CPS) 326-10

 

Dairy

Plan Title

   Plan Number
Tombstone Feed Fence for Young and Adult Cattle                  (L) (CPS) 314-14
Bunker Silo Feed Fence – Welded Steel Construction        (LP) (BCMAFF) 314-18
Dairy Cattle Housing and Equipment     (L) (CPS) 320-00
Free Stall Dairy System - Drive-Through Feed Bunk, 60 Cows and Replacements                (LP) (BCMAFF) 321-12
Free Stall Dairy System – 60 Cows      (LP) (CPS) 321-13
Free Stall Dairy System – Slotted Floors (LP) (CPS) 321-14
Free Stall Dairy System – 100 to 200 Cows (LP) (CPS) 321-15
Free Stall Dairy System – 200 Stalls   (LP) (CPS) 321-16
Free Stall Dairy System – Drive Through Feed Bunk, 100 Cows and Replacements                  (LP) (BCMAFF) 321-20
Calf and Heifer Building – 100 Cow Dairy Operation (LP) (BCMAFF) 321-23
Bedded Pack Heifer Barn                         (LP) (CPS) 321-24
Free Stall Dairy Calf and Heifer Barn    (LP) (CPS) 321-25
Warm Calf Barn – 40 Individual Calf Stalls
(LP) (BCMAFF)		 321-26
Cold Calf Barn – 20 Individual Calf Stalls
(LP) (BCMAFF)		 321-27
Cold Calf Nursery                                       (LP) (CPS) 321-28
Warm Calf Nursery – Individual Pens  (LP) (CPS) 321-29
Bunker Silo Lean-To                                 (LP) (BCMAFF) 323-01
Bulk Milk Tank Foundation for Tanks up to 11,500 Litres (3,000 USG)                      (L) (BCMAFF) 324-30
Parlour Grounding Methods     (L) (BCMAFF) 324-50
Milking Parlour Complex – 100 Cow Dairy System (LP) (BCMAFF) 324-60
Herringbone Milking Center – Single Return Alley (LP) (CPS) 324-61
Herringbone Milking Center – Two Return Alleys
(LP) (CPS)		 324-62
Free Stalls       (L) (BCMAFF) 326-20
Individual Calf Stall, Slotted Floor            (L) (BCMAFF) 326-33
Individual Floor Level Bedded Box Stall (L) (BCMAFF) 326-35
Individual Calf Pen              (L) (CPS) 326-36
Heifer Calf Tie Stall                (L) (CPS) 326-37
Portable Tie Stall Unit for Calves          (L) (CPS) 326-38
Calf Hutch – Hinged Door on Front         (L) (BCMAFF) 326-39
Calf Hutch – Open Front     (L) (CPS) 326-40
Tilting Squeeze                     (LP) (MWPS) 326-50
Open Circular Manure Storage Tank     (LP) (CPS) 383-20
Open Rectangular Manure Storage Tank with Cantilever Walls                  (LP) (CPS) 383-21
Open Rectangular Manure Storage Tank with Buttressed Walls             (LP) (CPS) 383-22
Covered Circular Manure Storage Tank         (LP) (CPS) 383-23
Covered Rectangular Manure Storage Tank (LP) (CPS) 383-24

Poultry

Plan Title

   Plan Number
Light-Restricting Fan Houses and Air Inlets  (L) (CPS)   306-45
Poultry Housing and Handling                            (L) (CPS)   340-00
Cage Laying House                  (LP) (BCMAFF)   341-01
Two Storey Broiler House           (LP) (BCMAFF)   342-01
General Purpose Single Storey Poultry House - Post Construction (LP) (CPS)   342-02

 

Sheep

Plan Title

   Plan Number
Sheep Housing         (L) (CPS)   350-00
Open-End Pole Sheep Barn, Drive-Thru Feeding
(LP) (CPS) 		  350-01
Slotted Floor Sheep Barn               (LP) (CPS)   350-02
Pole Frame Sheep Shed                (LP) (CPS)   350-03
Semi-Confinement Sheep Facilities for 1000 Ewes (LP) (CPS)   351-21
Sheep Drylot Unit          (LP) (CPS) 351-22
Lambing Unit              (LP) (CPS)   351-24
Portable Lambing Pen Panel with Equipment (L) (CPS)   352-11
Stanchion Lambing Pen        (L) (CPS)   352-12
Lamb Creep Feeder               (L) (CPS)   352-13
Grain Feeders for Lambs     (L) (CPS)   352-14
Large Round Bale Sheep Feeder    (LP) (CPS)   352-20
6-Sided Sheep Feeder          (L) (CPS)   352-21
Sheep Feed Rack              (L) (CPS)   352-22
Baled Hay Feeder                  (L) (CPS)   352-23
Walk Through Sheep Feeder                         (L) (CPS)   352-24
Portable Hay Feeding Fence for Sheep    (L) (CPS) 352-25
Sheep Fenceline Feeder – Wood Posts   (L) (CPS)   352-26
Hay and Grain Feeder for Sheep                 (L) (CPS)   352-27
Hanging Self Feeder          (L) (CPS)   352-28
Self Feeder for Concentrate Lamb Rations (L) (CPS)   352-29
Feed Cart                                (L) (CPS)   352-30
Fixed Mineral Box             (L) (CPS)   352-31
Portable Mineral Box         (L) (CPS)   352-32
Mineral Box for Sheep       (L) (CPS)   352-33
Sheep Corral Unit             (LP) (CPS)   353-01
Sheep Corral Fencing & Gates      (L) (CPS)   353-02
Spraying-Sorting Chute and Accessories (LP) (CPS)   353-03
Working Chute                     (L) (CPS)   353-04
Sheep Loading Chute for Double Decker Truck (LP) (CPS)   353-05
Sheep Spray Chute         (LP) (CPS)   353-06
Weighing Crate & Scale Frame (L) (CPS)   353-07
Tilting Squeeze              (LP) (MWPS)   353-08
Ewe Stanchion, Hoof Trimming Cradle & Lamb Castration Table             (LP) (CPS)   353-20
Shearing Facilities          (L) (CPS)   353-51
Shearing Table               (LP) (CPS)   353-52
Shearing Floor & Fleece Sorting Table     (L) (CPS)   353-53
Fleece Packing Frame    (L) (CPS)   353-54

 

Swine

Plan Title

   Plan Number
Swine Housing and Equipment      (L) (CPS)   360-00
Farrow-To-Finish Swine Barn – 30-Sow Unit (LP) (CPS)   362-01
Farrow-To-Finish Swine Barn – 75 to 150-Sow Unit (LP) (BCMAFF)   362-03
Farrow-To-Finish Swine Barn – 100 to 200-Sow Unit (LP) (BCMAFF)   362-04
Farrow-To-Finish Swine Barn – 200-Sow Unit
(LP) (BCMAFF) 		  362-05
Breeding-Gestation Unit, Pen Stalls and Group Pens (LP) (CPS)   362-21
Two-Room Breeding and Gestation Unit    (LP) (CPS)   362-22
One-Room Continuous Farrowing System
– 50 Sows, Front Creeps     (LP) (CPS) 		  362-31
Three-Room Farrowing, Three-Room Weanling Unit (LP) (CPS)   362-32
Five-Room Farrowing, Five-Room Weanling Unit
(LP) (CPS) 		  362-33
Weaner Unit, 28 Ft. Wide         (LP) (CPS)   362-41
Grower-Finisher Barn               (LP) (CPS)   362-51
Naturally Ventilated Grower-Finisher Barn   (LP) (CPS)   362-52
Modified Open-Front Grower-Finisher          (LP) (CPS)   362-53
Gestation Pen Stalls               (L) (CPS)   362-61
Farrowing Pens                            (L) (CPS)   362-62
Welded Steel Farrowing Stall  (L) (CPS)   362-63
Hog Probing Crate                      (L) (BCMAFF)   362-64
Cast-In-Place Concrete Slotted Floors for Swine
(L) (CPS) 		  381-22
Liquid Manure Storage Tank – 20 Ft. Wide  (LP) (CPS)   383-12

Waste Management

Plan Title

   Plan Number
Cast-In-Place Concrete Slotted Floors for Cattle
(L) (CPS) 		381-21
Concrete Manure Tank – 8 Ft. Deep    (LP) (BCMAFF) 383-10
Concrete Manure Tank Roof Framing Details
(LP) (BCMAFF)		 383-11
Curbed Storage Slab for Stacked Manure   (LP) (CPS) 383-13
Curbed Slab Manure Storage with Earth Banks
(LP) (BCMAFF) 		383-14
Clay-Lined Manure Storage Pond
– Optional Pumping Dock     (LP) (BCMAFF) 		383-15
Small Agricultural Waste Storage
– Wood Walls – 24 Ft. Wide Maximum  (LP) (BCMAFF) 		383-16
Gravity Flow Slurry Channel    (LP) (BCMAFF) 383-35
   

 

Building Engineering

Plan Title

   Plan Number
Steel Ceiling Diaphragm           (LP) (CPS)   305-10
Steel Ceiling Diaphragm with Center Air Inlet (LP) (CPS)   305-11
Steel Roof Diaphragm Wind Bracing with Stud Walls (L) (CPS)   305-12
Plywood Ceiling Diaphragm (LP) (CPS)   305-13
Steel Ceiling Diaphragm with Air Inlets Both Sides (LP)  (CPS)   305-15
Knee-Brace Systems for Wind Bracing Farm Buildings (L) (CPS)   305-30
Stud Wall Bracing (L) (BCMAFF)   305-31
Building Your Own Roof Trusses          (L) (CPS)   305-32
Roof Truss Erecting & Bracing                 (L) (CPS)   305-33
Roof Truss Diagonal Bracing                     (L) (BCMAFF)   305-34
Sliding Doors                                      (L) (CPS)   305-35
Large Bi-Fold Shop Door                      (LP) (CPS)   305-36
Gambrel Roof Braced Rafters                   (L) (CPS)   305-37
Hay Floor Safety Fence                             (LP) (BCMAFF)   305-80
Plastic Curtain Wall Ventilation               (L) (CPS)   306-40
Natural Ventilation Ridge Vents                (L) (BCMAFF)   306-41
Tilt-In Wall Panel Ventilation                     (L) (CPS)   306-42
Adjustable Side Air Inlet                      (LP) (CPS)   306-46
Self-Adjusting Slot Air Inlets                (L) (CPS)   306-48
Solar Ventilation Wall with Heat Storage   (L) (CPS)   306-49
Prefabricated Insulated Roof Panels     (LP) (CPS)   306-50
Insulated Pole Frame Walls                (LP) (CPS)   306-51
Insulated Stud Frame Walls                    (LP) (CPS)    306-52
Stray Voltage                                               (L) (CPS)   314-40

 

Special Structures

Plan Title

   Plan Number
Page Wire Fencing                              (L) (CPS)   316-11
Barbed Wire Field Fencing            (L) (CPS)   316-12
Barbed Wire Suspension Fencing  (L) (CPS)   316-13
Windbreak Fences                       (L) (CPS)   316-14
Texas Gate (Vehicle Pass)           (L) (CPS)   316-31
Dairy Goat Milking Facility            (L) (BCMAFF)   355-01
100 Goat Milking Barn and Feed Area     (LP) (CPS)   355-02
All Purpose Stud Frame Building to 60 Ft. Span
(LP) (BCMAFF) 		  373-01
General Purpose Farm Storage – Stud Walls
(LP) (CPS) 		  373-02
Machinery Storage (End Doors) – Pole Frame
(LP) (CPS) 		  373-03
Machinery Storage (Side Doors) – Pole Frame
(LP) (CPS) 		  373-04
All Purpose Building – Triple Span to 52 Ft. Max. (LP) (BCMAFF)   373-05
Clear Span Pole Barn Open End – Spans to 60 Ft. (LP) (CPS)   373-06
Clear Span Pole Barn Open Front – Spans to 40 Ft. (LP) (CPS)   373-07
Clear Span Pole Barn Open Front – 24 Ft. Span
(LP) (CPS) 		  373-08
Shed Roof Pole Barn – Open Front       (LP) (CPS)   373-09
Farm Workshop Stud Frame to 32 Ft. Span
(LP) (CPS) 		  373-10
Farm Storage Building 14 Ft. by 26 Ft.        (LP) (CPS)   373-11
Farm Storage Building 22 Ft. by 26 Ft.       (LP) (CPS)   373-12
Barn for Riding Horses – 3 Box Stalls         (LP) (CPS)   373-51
Barn for Riding Horses – 6 to 10 Box Stalls (LP) (CPS)   373-52
Two Storey Horse Barn – Gambrel Roof      (LP) (CPS)   373-53
Horse Stock Rack                (L) (CPS)   373-55
Mineral Feeder for Horses     (L) (CPS)   375-56
240 Doe Rabbitry                 (LP) (CPS)   373-61
Rabbit Hutches                   (LP) (CPS)   373-62
Cabinet Dryer                      (LP) (BCMAFF)   280-391

 

Feed Storage

Plan Title

   Plan Number
Grain, Forage & Feed Structures – General Information      (L) (CPS)   372-00
Concrete Footings for Steel Hopper–Bottom Bins
(L) (CPS)		   372-10
Foundation for Circular Steel Grain Bins  (L) (CPS)   372-11
Portable Self Supporting Grain Wall – 8 Ft. (L) (CPS)   372-12
Portable Self Supporting Grain Wall – 4 Ft. (L) (CPS)   372-13
Multiple Feed Bins – Plywood Construction (LP) (CPS)   372-14
Portable Granary – 1,300 Bushels              (LP) (CPS)   372-15
Multiple Bin Granary – 13,200 Bushels       (LP) (CPS)   372-16
Clear Span Flat Granary – 20,000 Bushels (LP) (CPS)   372-17
Grain Bin Arrangements                   (LP) (CPS)   372-18
Grain and Feed Processing Center    (LP) (CPS)   372-19
Dump Pit and Leg Boot                    (LP) (CPS)   372-20
Open Hay Shed Posts @ 12 Ft. & Trusses @ 4 Ft. (LP) (CPS)   372-22
Open Hay Shed Posts @ 8 Ft. & Double Trusses  (LP) (CPS)   372-23
Hay Storage for Round or Rectangular Bales
(LP) (CPS)		   372-24
Open/Closed Hay Shed – Posts @ 8 Ft. & Trusses @ 8 Ft.      (LP) (CPS)   372-25
Covered Timber Bunker Silo – Single Compartment (LP) (BCMAFF)   372-31
Covered Timber Bunker Silo – Double Compartment (LP) (BCMAFF)   372-33
Covered Timber/Concrete Wall Bunker Silo  (LP) (CPS)   372-34
Open Top Timber Wall Bunker Silo
– 12 Ft. Wall (Braced)        (LP) (CPS) 		  372-35
Open Top Timber Wall Bunker Silo
– 8 Ft. Wall (Braced)            (L) (CPS)		   372-36
Open Top Timber Wall Bunker Silo
– 8 or 10 Ft. Wall              (L) (CPS)		   372-37
Open Top Concrete Wall Bunker Silo
– 6, 8 or 10 Ft. Wall          (LP) (CPS) 		  372-38
Open Top Precast Concrete Wall Bunker Silo
– 8 to 20 Ft.                     (LP) (CPS) 		  372-39
Heap Silos                       (L) (CPS)   372-40

 

Fruit and Vegetable

Publication Title

   Reference Number
Steel Ceiling Diaphragm for Bulk Vegetable Storages        (LP) (CPS)   305-14
Fruit and Vegetable Storage Insulation        (L) (CPS)   306-53
General Storage of Fruits and Vegetables    (L) (CPS)   330-00
Refrigerated Bulk Vegetable Storage Wall   (LP) (CPS)   330-11
Refrigerated Pallet Fruit & Vegetable Storage Wall (LP) (CPS)   330-12
Walk-In Cooler/Freezer                     (LP) (CPS)   330-20
Air Cooled Bulk Storage Walls     (LP) (CPS)   331-01
Bulk Vegetable Storage – Interior Walls      (LP) (CPS)   331-02
Insulated Door for Bulk Vegetable Storages  (LP) (CPS)   331-03
Controlled Atmosphere (CA) Storage             (LP) (CPS)   331-04
Bulk Potato Storage with Side Air Plenum  (LP) (CPS)   331-05
Two Bin Bulk Potato Storage                          (LP) (CPS)   331-06
Braced Rafter Bulk Vegetable Storage       (LP) (CPS)   331-07
Potato Bin Bulkhead          (L) (CPS)   331-08
Small Root Cellar               (L) (CPS)   331-50
Plywood Pallet Bin          (L) (BCMAFF)   332-10
Hotbed and Coldframe     (L) (CPS)   334-10
Two Layer Polyethylene Greenhouse      (LP) (CPS)   334-20
Woodframe Greenhouse (LP) (BCMAFF)   334-21
Cabinet Dryer                (LP) (BCMAFF)   280-391

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