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A. Livestock Equipment


Livestock Minimum Requirements
Cost Quote
35% Cost Share
Standard Producer
50% Cost Share
Master Producer
Cattle - 30 Head*
(BQA required)
Goats/Sheep - 50 Head*
Not Required
$3,500 Max
$3,500 Max

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

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

Application Period
CLOSED
Reimbursement Deadline
December 1, 2009
GUIDELINES: use application A to apply - pages 15 - 16 in printed application
A. Eligible Items Dairy, Beef, Goats/Sheep
  1. Commercial head gate
  2. Squeeze chute (concrete to level)*
  3. Palpation cage
  4. Holding chute/alley way
  5. Curved or offset working chute
  6. Crowding tub & gate
  7. Hoof trimming table or chute
  8. Single animal scale (concrete to level)*
  1. Semen tank (Cattle Only)
  2. Hay ring/cone insert
  3. Loading chute
  4. Slant bar hay feeding wagon
  5. Feed bins – min. capacity/4 tons, only purpose is on farm storage of animal feed, including concrete pad*, labor is not eligible
B. Dairy Only Eligible Items Dairy producers can also purchase items listed in section A.
  1. Headlock sanchions
  2. Catch lanes
  3. Commercial water heater 1
  4. Water sterilization equipment
  5. Plate exchanger for cooling
  6. Milk vacuum pump
  7. Milker pulsation equipment
  8. Vacuum system regulators
  9. Vacuum gauges
  10. Holding pen maximum size 9,000 sq. ft.
    a) Lumber
    b) Gates
    c) Panels
    d) Piping or guard rails (must be new)
    e) Concrete for setting posts*
  1. Milk pipeline system 2
  2. Milking equipment service contract 3
  3. Antibiotic test kits for on farm use 4
  4. Milk quality lab analyses
  5. Bunk feeders
    a) Concrete formed
    b) Steel
  6. EID, portable or panel readers
C. Verified Incentive Program (VIP) Only Item,  VIP Information
VIP producers can also purchase items listed in section A.
  1. Creep feeder and/or panels
  2. Bunk feeders
    a) Concrete formed
    b) Steel
  3. Automatic cube pellet feeders
  4. EID, portable or panel readers
  1. Weaning/holding pen max. - 9,000 sq. ft.
    a) Lumber
    b) Gates
    c) Panels
    d) Piping or guard rails (must be new)
    e) Concrete for setting posts*
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)
    a) Lumber
    b) Gates
    c) Panels
    d) Piping or guard rails (must be new)
    e) Concrete for setting posts*
  2. Fitting stand/hoof trimming table or chute
  3. Concrete for setting posts*
Ineligible Items
  1. Used equipment
  2. Labor of any type
  3. Plastic feed bunks/troughs
  4. Hay un-rollers
  5. Overhead coverings for working                         facilities/ equipment
  6. Gravel
  7. Woven wire, barbed wire, hightensile, electric fence
  8. Concrete, except where noted by (*)
  1. Eartags, taggers or software
  2. Fuel
  3. Hoof trimmers
  4. Delivery charges
  5. Watering systems - contact Soil Conservation District in your county for cost share assistance with livestock waterers/fencing
  6. Gravity wagons

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
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