Breeding Farms

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Breeding Farms
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Farm Design

• Considerations
• Safety and health
• Aesthetically pleasing
• Planned to reduce overall costs
• eliminating unnecessary expenses
• Minimize labor requirement

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Farm Site Selection

• Considerations
• Location of land
• well-drained
• fertile soil
• pasture or forage production
• ability of soil to hold water
• Water supply
• Climate
• Availability of necessary utilities

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Farm Site Selection

• Continued.
• Zoning regulations
• Building codes
• Legal restrictions
• Adequate space for future expansions

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Farm Layout

• First must have an idea of the farm plan or
  design in mind.
• Short and long term goals
• Land or existing facilities
• Can renovation occur
• Facility requirements

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Facility Requirements

• Stallion barn(s)
• Outside mare barn(s)
• Foaling barn(s)
• Storage building(s)
• Farm laboratory(s)
• Examination and breeding area(s)
• Labor housing(s)

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Facility Requirements

• In addition
• System of pasture(s)
• Paddock(s)
• Alleyway(s)
• Teasing corral(s)

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Farm Facilities

• Barns
• Stalls
• Floors
• Ventilation
• Lighting
• Handling and Storage Area(s_
• Paddocks, pastures, and fences
• Misc.

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Breeding Farms
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Breeding Farms
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Breeding Farms Apts.
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Reproduction Lab
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Reproduction Lab
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Stables
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Stables
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Paddocks
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Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
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Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences