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
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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
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Application Period
CLOSED
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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 |
- Head gate
- Squeeze chute (concrete to level)*
- Palpation cage
- Single animal scale (concrete to level)*
- Multiple animal scale (concrete to level)*
| Scales used for commerce must be state certified |
- Hoof trimming table or chute
- Hay ring and/or cone insert
- Slant bar hay feeding wagon
- Feed bins and/or unload augers - min. capacity/4 dry tons including concrete pad to level)* - labor, setup, installation and delivery are not eligible
- Creep feeder and/or panels
- Bunk feeders-concrete formed and/or steel (concrete to level)* plastic not eligible
- Automatic cube pellet feeders
- EID, portable and/or panel readers
- Tubular gates and/or portable corral panels - for Livestock Management use only
- Holding chute/alleyway
- Crowding tub system
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- Loading chute
- Curved or offset working chute
- 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
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(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* |
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| B. Dairy Only Eligible Items Dairy producers can also purchase items listed in section A. |
- Headlock and/or dairy stanchions and palpation rails
- Commercial water heater1
- Water sterilization equipment
- Plate exchanger for cooling
- Milk vacuum pump
- Milker pulsation equipment
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- Vacuum system regulators
- Vacuum gauges
- Milk pipeline system2
- Milking equipment service contract3
- Antibiotic test kits for on farm use4
- Milk quality lab analyses
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| D. Goats/Sheep Only Items Goats/Sheep producers can also purchase items in section A. |
- Kidding/lambing pen, max. size per pen,144 sq. ft. (12x12)
- Fitting stand/hoof trimming table or chute
- Tilt/roll table
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| Ineligible Items |
- Used equipment and used material
- Labor of any type
- Fuel
- Delivery charges
- Overhead coverings or roofing materials for working facilities/equipment
- Woven wire, barbed wire, high tensile, electric fence, or any stand alone fences
- Tanks
- Liquid handling systems
- 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
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- Concrete, except where noted by *
- Gravel
- Geotextile
- Ear tags, taggers or software
- Hoof trimmers
- Hay un-rollers
- Plastic feed bunks/troughs
- Gravity wagon
- Mineral feeders
- Semen tanks - now eligible in cattle genetics (page 6)
- Guard rails
- Fans
- Calf hutches
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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
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| For additional information call 1-800-342-8206 or email livestock .equipment@TN.gov |
Eligibility
Requirements |
Application
Rules |
Application A
Materials |
Premises Registration |