Rural Building and Yard Sizes
Specifications as follows:.
| Haysheds: allow 1 cu m per 5 bales. Fertisliser bins: allow 0.9 cu m per tonne. Woolsheds: allow 0.4 sq m per sheep. Dairy cow yard: allow 0.9 sq m for Jersey cow, 1.1 sq m for Fresian cow. Feeding platform: allow 0.45 m width per animal Loafing pad: allow 9 sq m for in-calf cow, 5 sq m for dry stock. Calf pen: allow 1.1-1.4 sq m per calf (no access to paddock), and 0.46-0.65 sq m per calf (access to sheltered paddock). |
Drafting race width: sheep 0.425m cattle allow 3-3.5 m for drafting alley and 0.65 for race. Sheep yards: allow 0.46 sq m for large sheep, 0.28 sq m for small sheep. Cattle yards: for holding yard, allow 2 sq m per beast. Silos: for oats, allow 2.0 cu m per tonne; for barley, allow 1.6 cu m per tonner; for wheat, allow 1.3 cu m per tonner. (Note: commercial firms often allow less because of a compensation factor not used here.) Starling box: hole no larger than 44 mm; width 100 mm; length 300-380 mm. |
Saleyards - a regular feature for any NZ farmer
