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A. Livestock Equipment & Handling Facilities Cost Share Program

This cost share opportunity provides funds to improve livestock management capabilities and enhance farm safety practices.

Livestock Minimum Requirements
Cost Quote
35% Cost Share
Standard Producer
50% Cost Share
Master Producer
Cattle - 15 Head
(BQA required)
Goats/Sheep - 30 Head
Not Required
$3,500 Max
$3,500 Max
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES GUIDELINES
Applicants can only receive one Livestock Equipment & Handling Facilities cost share reimbursement per household, registered premises, & BQA per year.
Premises Registration
Application Period: CLOSED
Reimbursement Deadline: December 1, 2008
Eligible Items
  1. Commercial Head Gate
  2. Squeeze Chute
  3. Palpation Cage
  4. Holding Chute
  5. Curved or Offset Working Chute
  6. Crowding Tub & Gate
  7. Hoof Trimming Table or Chute
  8. Single Animal Scale
  9. Semen Tank (Cattle Only)
  1. Hay Ring/Cone Insert
  2. Loading Chute
  3. Creep Feeder
  4. Equipment Foundation
    1. Concrete
    2. Geo-Textile
    3. Gravel
  5. Slant Bar Hay Feeding Wagon
  6. Automatic Cube Pellet Feeder
  1. Weaning/Holding Pen Maximum Size 9,000 sq feet
    1. Lumber
    2. Gates
    3. Panels
    4. Piping or Guard Rails
Dairy Only Eligible Items
  1. Headlock Stanchions
  2. Catch Lanes
  3. Commercial Water Heater*
  4. Water Sterilization Equipment
  5. Plate Exchanger for Cooling
  1. Milk Vacuum Pump
  2. Milker Pulsation Equipment
  3. Vacuum System Regulators
  4. Vacuum Gauges
  5. Milk Pipeline System*
  1. Milking Equipment Service Contract*
  2. Antibiotic Test Kits for on farm use*
  3. Milk Quality Lab Analyses
Ineligible Items
  1. Used Equipment
  2. Labor
  3. Bunk Feeders
  4. Hay Un-rollers
  5. Overhead coverings for working facilities/ equipment
  1. Woven Wire, Barb Wire, HighTensile, Electric Fence
  2. Delivery Charges
  1. Watering Systems (contact the Soil Conservation District in your county forcost share assistance with livestock waterers & fencing)

*Water heaters must be capable of maintaining a water temperature of 165 degrees
*Includes but not limited to automatic washer/sanitizing unit, clean in-place unit, washers, milker claws (units), vertical wash vat
*Milking Equipment Service Contracts must be no longer than a 12 month period
*Cow-side tests including incubator or heater block and test kits

Application MaterialsEligibility RequirementsApplication Approval & Payment Process