About the Farm Building Plan Service
The Farm Building Plan Service provides drawings for the construction of structures and equipment used in Alberta's Agriculture industry. Plans and design information are available for a wide range of livestock production building, storage structures, building components and equipment. Most plans are produced by the Canada Plan Service, a co-operative venture of the federal and provincial departments of agriculture. A few additional plans have been developed by Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development for specific Alberta requirements.
Each plan is described in a leaflet that outlines the main features of the plan, including a pictorial drawing of the floor plan, management information and some construction details. For some items the leaflet contains all the construction information, in which case large plans are not provided. The Edmonton office has a complete set of these leaflets as well as the more popular plans.
The large scale plans are available in limited quantity. They can be ordered by mail from Edmonton, but it is also preferred to contact an agricultural engineer in any of the offices listed on the order form. The agricultural engineer can offer planning and design assistance, or explain construction details or modifications to a particular plan.
This document contains a list of the current plans. Plans can also be downloaded directly from the Canada Plan Service by clicking onto the link below.
Canada Plan Service
Beef Cattle Housing and Equipment
For residents of Alberta, the following is a list of the current plans available. For people in other provinces, these same plans are available through your provincial agricultural engineer.
The numbers marked with an "A" indicate plans developed by Alberta. Plans are available in metric and imperial.
Order Form
Number Plan title
1000 Beef Cattle Housing and Equipment
1113 Open-end Beef Barn, Mechanical Feeding
1114 Open-end Beef Barn, Drive-through Feeding
1303 Calving Barn
1352 Calf Range Shelter (Open Front)
1353 Portable Pipe Frame Calving Shelter
1453 Western Feedlot for South-Facing Slope
1454 Western Feedlot for Diagonal Slope
1611 Portable Calf Creep Feeder
1621 Covered Concrete Feed Bunk
1622 Bunk Feed Cart
1623 Expandable Feed Bunk
1633 Fenceline Feeder (Pipe Frame)
1641 Two-Wire Feeding of Giant Bales
1642 Giant Bale Feeder (Steel)
1643 Giant Bale Feeder (Wood)
1645 Movable Feed Gates
1646 Portable Hay Feeder
1647 Weathervane Mineral Feeder
1649 Grain Self-Feeder
1651 Chopped Hay Feeder for Cattle
1800 Cattle Handling Facilities (Guide)
1811 Corral and Feedlot Fencing
1812 Crowding Gate
1813 Working Chute
A 1813 Working Chute: Option Two
1814 Blocking Gates
1816 Stationary Adjustable Loading Chute
1817 Portable Adjustable Loading Chute
1818 Pregnancy Testing and A.I. Chute
1819 Herringbone A.I. Breeding Chute
1820 Loading System for Large Trucks
1821 Calf Branding System
1831 Minimum Working Corral
1835 Large Working Corral
1836 Cattle Working Corral
Note: See plans 8162 and 8163 for Pole Shed Plans.
Dairy Cattle Housing and Equipment
For residents of Alberta, the following is a list of the current plans available. For people in other provinces, these same plans are available through your provincial agricultural engineer.
The numbers marked with an "A" indicate plans developed by Alberta. Plans are available in metric and imperial.
Order Form
Number Plan title
2000 Dairy Cattle Housing and Equipment
2101 Free Stall Dairy System - 60 Cows (Mechanical Feeding)
2102 Free Stall Dairy System - Slotted Floors (Mechanical Feeding)
2104 Free Stall Dairy System, 100 to 200 Cows (Mechanical Feeding)
2106 Free Stall Dairy System - 200 Stalls (Drive-thru Feeding)
A 2111 Free Stall Layout - Two row, 44 ft wide (Mechanical Feeding)
A 2112 Free Stall Layout - Two row, 56 ft wide (Drive-thru Feeding)
A 2113 Free Stall Layout - Two row, 58 ft wide (Side Drive-thru Feeding)
A 2114 Free Stall Layout - Three row, 64 ft wide (Side Drive-thru Feeding)
A 2115 Free Stall Layout - Four row, 96 ft wide (Drive-thru Feeding)
A 2116 Free Stall Layout - Six row, 114 ft wide (Drive-thru Feeding)
A 2117 Loose Housing Layout - 80 ft wide (Side Drive-thru Feeding)
2220 Single Story Tie Stall Dairy Barn
2342 Cold Calf Nursery
2343 Warm Calf Nursery - Individual Pens
2402 Open-Front Heifer Barn
2403 Bedded Pack Heifer Barn
2404 Free Stall Dairy Calf and Heifer Barn
2503 Milking Parlour Bonding to Prevent Tingle Voltage
2512 Milkhouse - Outside Vestibule
2513 Milkhouse, Office and Washroom
2514 Milkhouse with Equipment Room
2623 Feed Cart
2658 Tombstone Feed Fence for Young and Adult Cattle
2663 Mineral Feeding Box
2806 Bull Yard
2821 Single Headrail Tie Stall
2822 Low Arch Chain Tie Stall
2823 Stanchion Tie Stall
2831 Portable Tie Stall Unit for Calves
2832 Calf Hutch
2834 Individual Calf Pen
Note: Plans 2111 to 2117 are layout plans; a floor plan plus cross section, but no other structural details. Milking parlour plans have been discontinued. It is critical to work with equipment suppliers to develop a plan that matches the milking system.
Swine Housing and Equipment
For residents of Alberta, the following is a list of the current plans available. For people in other provinces, these same plans are available through your provincial agricultural engineer.
The numbers marked with an "A" indicate plans developed by Alberta. Plans are available in metric and imperial.
Order Form
Number Plan title
3000 Swine Housing and Equipment
3002 Site and Building Planning for Swine Production
3003 Swine Barn Construction and Services
A 3059 Kennel-Type Hog Barn
3112 Hog Barn (Farrow to Finish Pens)
3236 Breeding-Gestation Unit , Pen Stalls and Group Pens
3241 Two-Room Breeding and Gestation Unit
3303 Three-Room Farrowing, Three-room Weanling Unit (Side Hallway)
3304 Five-room Farrowing, Five-room Weanling Unit (Center Hallway)
3428 Grower-Finisher Unit (1820 market hogs/year)
3433 Naturally Ventilated Grower-finisher Barn
3434 Grower-finisher, Natural Ventilation, Truss Roof
3435 Modified Open-front Grower-finisher
A 3550 Alternative Low-cost Swine Housing
A 3560 Entrance, Office and Change Area
A 3561 Large Pig Barn Office
3700 Swine Manure Systems
3701 Cast-in-place Concrete Slotted Floors for Swine
3800 Farrowing Pens
3812 Welded Steel Farrowing Stall
3843 Gestation Pen Stalls
A 3952 Barn Lighting Worksheet
Sheep Housing and Equipment
For residents of Alberta, the following is a list of the current plans available. For people in other provinces, these same plans are available through your provincial agricultural engineer.
The numbers marked with an "A" indicate plans developed by Alberta. Plans are available in metric and imperial.
Order Form
Number Plan title
4000 Sheep Housing
4111 Pole Frame Sheep Shed
4123 Sheep Drylot Unit
4151 Open-End Pole Sheep Barn, Drive-Thru Feeding
4312 Expandable Lambing Unit
4551 Shearing Table
4552 Shearing Floor and Fleece-sorting Table
4553 Fleece Packing Frame
4611 6-Sided Sheep Feeder
4612 Adjustable Feed Bunk Adapted for Sheep
4613 Fixed Mineral Box
4614 Portable Mineral Box
4615 Grain Feeders for Lambs
4617 Sheep Fenceline Feeder, Wood Posts
4619 Self-feeder for Concentrate Lamb Rations
4621 Hay and Grain Feeder for Sheep
4623 Lamb Creep Feeder
4624 Portable Hay Feeding Fence for Sheep
4625 Sheep Feed Rack
4628 Chopped Hay Feeder for Sheep
A 4629 Feeder for Large Round Bales
4632 Sheep Salt and Mineral Feeder
4633 Walk Through Hay and Grain Sheep Feeder
4811 Sheep Corral Unit
4812 Working Chute
4813 Sheep Corral Fencing and Gates
4815 Sheep Spray Chute
4831 Portable Claiming Pen
4832 Portable Fence Sections
4841 Sheep Loading Chute for Double Decker Truck
Poultry Housing and Equipment
For residents of Alberta, the following is a list of the current plans available. For people in other provinces, these same plans are available through your provincial agricultural engineer.
The numbers marked with an "A" indicate plans developed by Alberta. Plans are available in metric and imperial.
Order Form
Number Plan title
A 5000 Poultry Housing
5015 Nests
5101 General Purpose, Single Story Poultry House
5210 Layer Housing
5255 300 Hen Laying House (Minimum Facilities)
5310 Broiler Housing
5320 Pullet Housing
5602 Lighing for Poultry Housing
5603 Water Requirements for Poultry
5702 Proper Dead Bird Disposal
5911 Light-Restricting Fan Houses and Air Inlets
Fruit and Vegetable Buildings and Equipment
For residents of Alberta, the following is a list of the current plans available. For people in other provinces, these same plans are available through your provincial agricultural engineer.
The numbers marked with an "A" indicate plans developed by Alberta. Plans are available in metric and imperial.
Order Form
Number Plan title
6000 Fruit and Vegetable Storage (Planning Guide)
6110 Bulk Vegetable Storage Wall (Not Refrigerated)
6111 Refrigerated Bulk Vegetable Storage Wall
6112 Refrigerated Pallet Fruit and Vegetable Storage Wall
6115 Bulk Vegetable Storage Interior Wall
6116 Controlled Atmosphere (CA) Storage
6119 Hotbed and Coldframe
6121 Insulated Storage Doors
6122 Potato Bin Bulkhead
6131 Steel Diaphragm for Bulk Vegetable Storage
6312 Bulk Potato Storage with Side Air Plenum
6313 Two Bin Bulk Potato Storage, 2500 tonnes (2800 tons)
6314 Bulk Potato Storage, 1725 tonnes (1900 tons), Three Bins
6315 Bulk Potato Storage, 590 tonnes (650 tons), Two Bins
6319 Walk-In Cooler
6321 Small Rootcellar
6330 Fruit and Vegetable Storage Insulation
6666 Tunnel Forced-Air Coolers
6701 Greenhouse Heating Requirements
6704 Greenhouse Ventilation
6720 Two Layer Polyethylene Greenhouse
Note: Plans 6110, 6312, 6313, 6314, and 6315 are large commercial storages.
Grain, Forage and Feed Storage
For residents of Alberta, the following is a list of the current plans available. For people in other provinces, these same plans are available through your provincial agricultural engineer.
The numbers marked with an "A" indicate plans developed by Alberta. Plans are available in metric and imperial.
Order Form
Number Plan title
7000 Grain, Forage and Feed Structures
7111 Foundations for Circular Steel Grain Bins
7114 Concrete Footings for Steel Hopper Bottom Bins
7128 Tall Portable Self-Supporting Grain Wall, 2.4 m (8 ft)
7129 Short Portable Self-Supporting Grain Wall, 1.2 m (4 ft)
7134 Grain Bin Arrangements
7231 Dump Pit and Leg Boot
7410 Silo Gas
7432 Pole-Type Horizontal Silo (Braced Walls)
7435 Above-ground Horizontal Silo
7436 Roofed Horizontal Silo
7601 Hay Storage for Round or Rectangular Bales
7602 Hay Storage with Trusses spaced 2.4 m (8 ft)
7651 Heap Silos
7821 Grain and Feed Processing Centre
7824 Multiple Feed Bins (Plywood, Hoppered)
Special Structures
For residents of Alberta, the following is a list of the current plans available. For people in other provinces, these same plans are available through your provincial agricultural engineer.
The numbers marked with an "A" indicate plans developed by Alberta. Plans are available in metric and imperial.
Order Form
Number Plan title
8161 Open End Pole Barn
8162 Open Front Shed (Single Slope, Metal Roofing)
8163 Open Front, Clear-Span Pole Barn
8164 Pole Frame Cattle Shed (Single Slope, Plywood Roofing)
8201 Barn for Riding Horses (3 Stalls)
8202 Barn for Riding Horses - 6 or 10 Box Stalls
8203 Two-storey Horse Barn (Hip-roofed)
8209 Mineral Feeder for Horses
8211 100 Goat Milking Barn and Feed Area
A 8215 Bee Wintering Building (650 Hives)
A 8216 Bee Wintering Building (2000 Hives)
8248 240 Doe Rabbitry
8311 Machinery Storage (End Opening Doors)
8312 Pole Frame Machinery Storage (Diaphragm Roof Wind Bracing)
8313 Stud Wall Machinery Storage (Diaphragm Roof Wind Bracing)
8314 Stud Wall Machinery Storage (Knee Braced Wind Bracing)
8321 Farm Workshop (Wood Frame)
8362 Texas Gate (Vehicle Pass)
8364 Farm Gate
8365 Page Wire Fencing
8366 Barbed Wire Field Fencing
8367 Barbed Wire Suspension Fencing
8368 Windbreak Fences
A 8401 Circular Plywood Fertilizer Bin
A 8440 Cistern
A 8459 Workbench
A 8701 Cast-in-place Concrete Slotted Floors for Cattle
Building Engineering
For residents of Alberta, the following is a list of the current plans available. For people in other provinces, these same plans are available through your provincial agricultural engineer.
The numbers marked with an "A" indicate plans developed by Alberta. Plans are available in metric and imperial.
Order Form
Number Plan title
9010 Building in Metric
9011 Metric Fact Sheet
9012 Specifying Concrete for Agricultural Applications
9102 Truss Erecting and Bracing
9301 Roof Purlins and Rafters (Design Tables)
9302 Prefabricated Insulated Roof Panels
9307 Knee-brace Systems for Windbracing Farm Buildings
9308 Buttresses for Windbracing Farm Buildings
9309 Concrete Retaining Walls
9310 Steel Roof Diaphragm Wind Bracing with Stud Walls
9311 Sawn and Round Pole Selection Charts
9312 Plate Beams and Lintels
9314 Insulated Pole Frame Walls
9324 Insulated Stud Frame Walls
9341 Sliding Doors
9342 Large Bi-Fold Shop Door
9351 Plastic Curtain Wall Ventilation
9355 Tilt-In-Wall Panel Ventilation
9371 Steel Ceiling Diaphragm
9374 Plywood Ceiling Diaphragm
9401 Wood Preservatives
9451 Rodent and Bird Control in Farm Buildings
9611 Stray Voltage
9700 Fan Ventilation Principles and Rates
9701 Interlocked Heating/Ventilating Control for Livestock Buildings
9702 Troubleshooting Livestock and Poultry Ventilation Problems
9703 Ventilation Instruments
9705 Selecting Fans for Livestock Buildings
9706 Temporary Winter Back-draft Damper
9707 Protecting Workers in Livestock Buildings From Dust and Gases
9708 Farm Workers Health Problems Related to Air Quality Inside Livestock Barns
9710 Fresh Air Inlets
9715 Self-adjusting Slot Air Inlets
9731 Passive Solar Shop Heating
9735 Hot Water Floor and Space Heating
9750 Ventilating and Heating Small Livestock Rooms
9760 Natural Ventilation for Warm Housing
9765 Sizing Openings for Naturally Ventilated Barns
Environment
For residents of Alberta, the following is a list of the current plans available. For people in other provinces, these same plans are available through your provincial agricultural engineer.
The numbers marked with an "A" indicate plans developed by Alberta. Plans are available in metric and imperial.
Order Form
Number Plan title
10702 Manure Handling From Barn to Storage for Beef Dairy Cattle
10703 Manure Handling From Barn to Storage for Poultry Facilities
10704 Odour Control for Livestock Buildings
10706 Clay-lined Manure Storage Pond with Pumping Dock
10707 Curbed Storage Slabs for Stacked Manure
10708 Rectangular Roofed Storage for Semi-Solid Manure
10710 Manure Gas
10712 Concrete Covered Rectangular Manure Tanks
10713 Open Rectangular Manure Storage
10730 Open Circular Manure Storage Tanks
10731 Open Rectangular Manure Storage Tanks with Cantilever Walls
10732 Open Rectangular Manure Storage Tanks with Buttressed Walls
10733 Covered Circular Manure Storage Tanks
10734 Covered Rectangular Manure Storage Tanks
Other sites with plans available on web
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/plans/index.htm
http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/miscplans.htm