Farmyard Design

Farm Outline

40 ha beef and tillage farm converting to sheep and tillage.
1 x 70 hp tractor plus loader plus 1 x 100 HP tractor.
Plough, harrow, roller, fertilizer spinner, sprayer, topper, grain and straw trailer, agitator, slurry tanker and dung spreader, Ifor Williams trailer plus Jeep.
Coastal farm with main wind from south west

Straw shed / Machinery shed:

A frame, 5 x 4.8m bays with 9.8m width.
Concrete floor, water and ESB in shed.
Reinforced walls for loading against on the western side, open on other three sides.

Shed A - Straw Shed / Machinery Shed

Shed B Slatted Shed

Double slatted tank ( 2.4m deep x 3m wide x 22.8m long) 2 x 1.2m long agitation points at each end.
3.8 m deep lying area per tank.
4 m wide feed passage.
Single slatted tank (2.4m deep x 3m wide x 22.8m long) plus 2 x 1.2m long agitation points .
3.8m deep lying area per tank.
Hardcore floor lye back of 4.9 m wide by 22.8m long.

Shed B - Slatted Shed

Farm Buildings Challenge - Shed B.pdf

Link to shed B plan

You can view or download a PDF plan of the shed from the link above.

Silage Pits

2 pit x ( 7m wide x 21m long) with 3.3m high walls.
Silage effluent channeled to the single slatted tank by straw lyeback.
1 x pit recently resurfaced with effluent channel. The other is porous with no channel.

Handling Facilities

Entry point to farm yard for the northern and eastern farm roadways.
16.5 ft long cattle crush against the silage pit wall.
1 x collection pen and 1 exit pen.
All on a concrete base
Gates open back for access to farm when not in use.

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