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B. 2011 Livestock Equipment

2012 Program Information Will Be Posted by April 1, 2012

Livestock Minimum Requirements
 Property
Premises Registration
Certifications  
Cost Share
$3,500 Maximum
Cattle - 30 Head
Goats/Sheep - 50 Head
 Owned or
Leased
Required

BQA - Beef and Dairy
Permit - Dairy

Standard
35%
Master
50%

                         Head is the actual number, regardless of age or sex at date of application.
                    You can combine goats and sheep to meet 50 head minimum requirement.

PROGRAM GOALS: Improve long term livestock husbandry and management capabilities and enhance farm safety

Application Period
CLOSED
Reimbursement Deadline
CLOSED
GUIDELINES: use application A to apply - pages 15 - 16 in printed application, application A instructions
A. Eligible Items Dairy, Beef, Goats/Sheep - Livestock Equipment Example Diagram
  1. Head gate
  2. Squeeze chute (concrete to level)*
  3. Palpation cage
  4. Single animal scale (concrete to level)*
  5. Multiple animal scale (concrete to level)*
    Scales used for commerce must be state certified
  6. Hoof trimming table or chute
  7. Hay ring and/or cone insert
  8. Slant bar hay feeding wagon
  9. Feed bins and/or unload augers - min. capacity/4 dry tons including concrete pad to level)* - labor, setup, installation and delivery are not eligible
  10. Creep feeder and/or panels
  11. Bunk feeders-concrete formed and/or steel (concrete to level)* plastic not eligible
  12. Automatic cube pellet feeders
  13. EID, portable and/or panel readers
  14. Tubular gates and/or portable corral panels - for Livestock Management use only
  15. Holding chute/alleyway
  16. Crowding tub system
  1. Loading chute
  2. Curved or offset working chute
  3. Holding pen (or hospital pen)
    a. Requirements
      • Securely attached to a handling,
         working or loading system
      • Completely enclosed perimeter
        stand alone sides not eligible -
        see Ineligible item 6.
      • Maximum size: 30,000 sq. ft.
      • Holding pen and hospital pen plans 
         are available at county UT
         Extension offices

(Items 15 - 19) Working System Example
Working system guidelines
• Must conform to the individual item description
  &  requirements
• Eligible components and materials include:
  o Item #14
  o Alley panels
  o Wire stockade or bull panels (1 to 6 gauge)
  o Lumber - boards and/or posts
  o Metal posts - includes I-beams, piping            
     and/or T-posts
  o Concrete for setting posts*
B. Dairy Only Eligible Items Dairy producers can also purchase items listed in section A.
  1. Headlock and/or dairy stanchions and palpation rails
  2. Commercial water heater1
  3. Water sterilization equipment
  4. Plate exchanger for cooling
  5. Milk vacuum pump
  6. Milker pulsation equipment
  1. Vacuum system regulators
  2. Vacuum gauges
  3. Milk pipeline system2
  4. Milking equipment service contract3
  5. Antibiotic test kits for on farm use4
  6. Milk quality lab analyses
D. Goats/Sheep Only Items Goats/Sheep producers can also purchase items in section A.
  1. Kidding/lambing pen, max. size per pen,144 sq. ft. (12x12)
  2. Fitting stand/hoof trimming table or chute
  3. Tilt/roll table
Ineligible Items
  1. Used equipment and used material
  2. Labor of any type
  3. Fuel
  4. Delivery charges 
  5. Overhead coverings or roofing materials for working facilities/equipment
  6. Woven wire, barbed wire, high tensile, electric fence, or any stand alone fences
  7. Tanks
  8.  Liquid handling systems
  9. Watering systems, fencing and high traffic areas - contact the Soil Conservation District office in your county to apply for cost share assistance on these practices
  1. Concrete, except where noted by *
  2. Gravel
  3. Geotextile
  4. Ear tags, taggers or software
  5. Hoof trimmers
  6. Hay un-rollers
  7. Plastic feed bunks/troughs
  8. Gravity wagon
  9. Mineral feeders
  10. Semen tanks - now eligible in cattle genetics (page 6)
  11. Guard rails
  12. Fans
  13. Calf hutches

1 Water heaters must be capable of maintaining a water temperature of 165 degrees
2 Includes but not limited to automatic washer/sanitizing unit, clean in-place unit, washers, milker claws (units), 
   vertical wash vat
3 Milking Equipment Service Contracts must be no longer than a 12 month period
4 Cow-side tests including incubator or heater block and test kits
* Concrete allowed on these items only, labor is not included
For additional information call 1-800-342-8206 or email livestock .equipment@TN.gov
Eligibility
Requirements 		Application
Rules 		Application A
Materials 		Premises Registration