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Publication No. (if applicable) File Format Title of Publication Author(s)
AEES - Agricultural Engineering Energy Series
AEES-1   Energy for Swine Facilities: Part I - Energy Conservation (11/81)  
AEES-2   Energy for Swine Facilities: Part II - Alternative Sources (11/81)  
AEN - Agricultural Engineering Publications
AEN-16   A Mineral Feeder for Cattle (7/76)  
AEN-44   Livestock Waste Management - Questions and Answers Concerning Laws and Regulations (3/78)  
AEN-48   Minimizing Odor Confinement from Confinement Facilities by Management Practices (4/81)  
AEN-49   Feasibility of Manure Odor Control Using Commerical Products (1/81)  
AEN-50   Generation & Legal Regulations of Odors from Animal Manures (1/81)  
AEN-52   Safe Use of Animal Waste Management Systems (6/82)  
AEN-54   Disposing of Dairy Milkhouse and Parlor Wastewater (4/82)  
AEN-71   Electronic Controls for Broiler Houses (12/91) Gates, Overhults
AEN-75 PDF Micro-Sprinkler and Fan Cooling for Dairy Cows: Practical Design Considerations (6/92) Turner, Warner, Chastain
AEN-79 PDF Using Geotextiles for Reeding and Traffic Surfaces (8/97) Turner
AEN-82 PDF Cattle Handling Facilities: Planning, Components and Layouts (3/2002) Bicudo, McNeill, Turner, Burris, Anderson
AEN-83 PDF Assessing the Benefits of Misting-Cooling Systems for Growing-Finishing Swine in Kentucky as Affected by Environment and Pig Placement Date (12/2003) Bridges, Gates, Overhults, Turner
AEN-84 PDF Using Covers to Minimize Odor and Gas Emissions from Manure Storages (2/2004) Bicudo, Schmidt, Jacobson
AEU - Agricultural Engineering Updates
AEU-5 PDF New Animal-Waste Structure Permit Procedures Taraba
AEU-6 PDF Regulation of Hazardous Waste Disposal on Agricultural Land Taraba
AEU-7 PDF Safety Precautions with Liquid Manure Storage Systems - Warning - Gases Can Be Dangerous Piercy, Taraba
AEU-17 PDF Limiting Swine Stress with Evaporative Cooling in Kentucky Fehr, Priddy, McNeill, Overhults
AEU-18 PDF Performance of an Evaporative Cooling System in a Gestation House McNeill, Fehr, Walker, Parker
AEU-20 PDF Effects of Manure Handling Systems on Swine Health Taraba
AEU-21   Increasing Fertilizer Returns through Utilization of Swine Manure  
AEU-22 PDF Salt Buildup in Flush Recycle Systems Taraba
AEU-23 PDF A Dairy Cow Housing System Featuring Motel Free Stalls Fehr, Crist
AEU-24 PDF Building a Super Calf Hutch Turner
AEU-29 PDF Costs, Construction and Suppliers for High Tensile Wire Fencing Turner, McNeill
AEU-31 PDF Rapid Method for Determining Fertilizer Nutrients in Liquid Dairy and Swine Manures Taraba
AEU-35 PDF Reducing Summer Heat Stress in Dairy Cows/td> Turner, Chastain, Crist
AEU-55 PDF Full-Wall Ventilation for Dairy Free Stall Housing Turner, Chastain
AEU-56 PDF Electronic Controls for Broiler Houses Gates, Overhults
AEU-57 PDF Electronic Controls for Swine Buildings Overhults, Gates
AEU-60   Sprinkler and Cooling for Dairy Cows Turner
AEU-61 PDF Mixer Equipment Options for Total Mixed Rations Turner
AEU-63 PDF Solid Livestock Waste Regulatory Requirements Taraba, Thom, Pescatore, Williams
AEU-64 PDF Permitting Procedures for Operation of Liquid Livestock Waste Handling Facilities Taraba, Williams
AEU-66 PDF Laws and Regulations Impacting Livestock Wastes in Kentucky Taraba, Williams
AEU-68 PDF Reducing Mud Using Highway-Type Filter Materials Turner
AEU-69 PDF Generation and Legal Regulation of Odors from Animal Manures Taraba, Williams
AEU-76 PDF Flood Gates for Agricultural Fences Turner
AEU-78 PDF Vendors of Shade Cloth, Cooling Equipment and Geotextile Fabric Turner
AEU-85 HTML
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Geotextile Feeding/Traffic Surfaces and Costs Turner
AEU-86 HTML
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Water Systems for Controlled Grazing Wells, Turner
AEU-91 PDF Shade Options for Grazing Cattle Turner
ID - Interdepartmental Publications
ID-13 HTML Beef Cattle Corrals and Handling Facilities Burris, Absher, McNeill, Turner
ID-58 HTML Swine Confinement Breeding Facilities Fehr, Parker, McNeill, Liptrap
ID-74 HTML
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Planning Fencing Systems For Intensive Grazing Management Turner, Absher, Evans
ID-76 HTML Creep Grazing for Beef Calves Rice, Absher, Turner
ID-117 HTML Proper Handling and Storage of Poultry Litter Rasnake, Pescatore, Overhults
ID-123 HTML
PDF
Livestock Waste Sampling and Testing Rasnake, Overhults, Case
ID-140 HTML
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Kentucky Beef Quality Assurance Program Akers, Bicudo, Burris, Hall, Mikel, Stevenson, Scharko
ID-141A HTML
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Feeding Your Dairy Cows a Total Mixed Ration: Getting Started Amaral-Phillips, Bicudo, Turner
ID-141B HTML
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Managing the Total Mixed Ration to Prevent Problems in Dairy Cows Amaral-Phillips, Bicudo, Turner
ID-143 HTML
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Rotational Grazing Henning, Rasnake, Burris, Johns, Johnson, Turner
ID-148 HTML
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Sampling Animal Manure Coffey, Parker, Laurent, Overhults
OTHER - Other Available Literature and Publications
Most of the following publications are not available online. They can be requested from the BAE Plan Service.
ABEN-458   Anaerobic Digesters for Dairy Farms (~1990) - 72 pages - $10.00  
AED-40   Greenhouse Barns for Dairy Housing (1996) - 15 pages - $4.00  
AED-41   Hoop Structures for Grow-Finish Swine (1997) - 16 pages - $4.00  
AED-44   Hoop Structures for Gestating Swine (1999) - 16 pages - $4.00  
AED-45   Using All-Weather Geotextile Lanes and Pads (1999) - 12 pages - $4.00  
MWPS-CD1   Beef Cattle Handbook (1999) - CD-ROM - $25.00  
MWPS-CD1P   Beef Cattle Handbook (1999) - Printed Version - $50.00  
MWPS-3   Sheep Housing and Equipment Handbook (1994) - 90 pages - $10.00  
MWPS-4SD1   Cost Effective Management Strategies for Competitive Dairies (1998) - 106 pages - $15.00  
MWPS-6   Beef Housing and Equipment Handbook (1986) - 136 pages - $7.00  
MWPS-7   Dairy Freestall Housing and Equipment (1977, 6th edition) - 36 pages - $22.00  
MWPS-8   Swine Housing and Equipment Handbook (1983) - 112 pages - $8.00  
MWPS-15   Horse Housing and Equipment Handbook (1971) - 60 pages - $7.00  
MWPS-18   Livestock Waste Facilties Handbook (1993) - 112 pages - $8.00  
MWPS-23   Sloar Livestock Housing Handbook (1983) - 88 pages - $7.00  
MWPS-25   Research REsults in Manure Digestion, Runoff, Refeeding, Odors (1982) - 25 pages - $5.00  
MWPS-27/ NRAES-6   Small Farms - Livestock Buildings and Equipment - 85 pages - $7.00  
MWPS-32   Mechanical Ventilating Systems for Livestock Housing (1990) - 68 pages - $7.00  
MWPS-33   Natural Ventilating Systems for Livestock Housing (1989) - 30 pages - $5.00  
MWPS-34   Swine Farrowing Handbook: Housing and Equipment (1992) - 56 pages - $6.00  
MWPS-36   Concrete Manure Storage Handbook (1994) - 72 pages - $20.00  
MWPS-40   Heating, Cooling, and Tempering Air for Livestock Housing (1990) - 46 pages - $7.00  
MWPS-41   Swine Nursery Facilities Handbook (1997) - 72 pages - $15.00  
NRAES-11   High Tensile Wire Fencing (1987) - 22 pages - $4.00  
NRAES-24   Dairy Free Stall Housing (1996) - 180 pages - $30.00  
NRAES-26   Milking Systems and Miling Management (1988) - 181 pages - $30.00  
NRAES-31   Dairy Manure Management (1989) - 285 pages - $30.00  
NRAES-37   Planning Diary Stall Barns (1988) - 22 pages - $6.00  
NRAES-63   Diary Reference Manual (1995) - 293 pages - $20.00  
NRAES-66   Milking Center Design (1992) - 312 pages - $30.00  
NRAES-73   Designing a Modern Milking Center: Parlors, Milking Systems, Management, and Economics (1995) - 390 pages $30.00  
NRAES-74   Calves, Heifers, and Dairy Profitability: Facilities, Nutrition and Health (1996) - 378 pages - $30.00  
NRAES-76   Guideline for Planning Dairy Freestall Barns (1995) - 52 pages - $8.00  
NRAES-77   Expansion Strategies for Dairy Farms: Facilities and Financial Planning (1994) - 490 pages - $50.00  
NRAES-79   Liquid Manure Application Systems: Design, Management, and Environmental Assessment (1994) - 220 pages - $30.00  
NRAES-89   Liquid Manure Application Systems Design Manual (1998) - 168 pages - $25.00  
NRAES-92   The Food Processing Residual Management Manual (1996) - 378 pages - $62.00  
NRAES-95   Environmental Factors to Consider When Expanding Dairies (1999) - 44 pages - $9.00  
NRAES-96   Animal Agriculture and the Environment: Nutrients, Pathogens, and Community Relations (1996) - 386 pages - $30.00  
NRAES-101   Nutrient Management: Crop Production and Water Quality (1997) - 44 pages - $10.00  
NRAES-102   Nutrient Management Workbook (1997) - 17 pages - $3.00  
NRAES-103   Estimating a Mass Nutrient Balance (1997) - 8 pages - $2.00  
NRAES-108   Guideline for Dairy Manure Management from Barn to Storage (1998) - 36 pages - $8.00  
NRAES-109   Earthen Manure Storage Design Considerations (1999) - 100 pages - $18.00  
NRAES-110   On-Farm Large-Scale Chicken Carcass Composting (1997) - 10-minute Video - $15.00  
NRAES-111   Farm Waste Management Makes Sense (1996) - 9-minute Video - $20.00  
NRAES-113S   Priority Pasture Research and Education Needs: A Supplement to the Proceedings from Grazing the Northeast (1998) - 12 pages - $5.00  
NRAES-115   Guideline for Milking Center Wastewater (1998) - 34 pages - $8.00  
NRAES-116   Dairy Feeding Systems: Management, Components, and Nutrients (1998) - 402 pages - $30.00  
NRAES-119   Natural Ventilation for Dairy Tie Stall Barns (1998) - 7 pages - $3.00  
NRAES-120   Tunnel Ventilation for Dairy Tie Stall Barns (1998) - 15 pages - $4.00  
NRAES-129   Diary Housing and Equipment Systems: Managing and Planning for Profitability (2000) - 456 pages - $30.00  
NRAES-130   Managing Nutrients and Pathogens from Animal Agriculture (2000) - ? pages - $30.00  
NRAES-132   Poultry Waste Management Handbook (1999) - 72 pages - $16.00  
TR-9   Circular Concrete Manure Tanks (Revised 1998) - 23 pages - $10.00  
USDA-696   Effects of Electrical Voltage/Current on Farm Animals: How to Detect and Remedy Problems (1991) - 142 pages - $20.00  
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