• Farm Buildings- Construction & General Livestock Housing NebGuides
• Selecting and Working with a Farm Building Contractor (University of Missouri Extension)

Farm Shops

Heating

• To locate propane suppliers and servicers in your area, check the Yellow Pages under Gas-Propane.
• Energy Resources: Toll-Free Numbers and Addresses for Organizations and Agencies
• Heating with Wood and Coal (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Heating with Wood: Producing, Harvesting and Processing Firewood

Lightning

• Lightning Safety (University of Maine Cooperative Extension, PDF)
• National Lightning Safety Institute
• National Weather Service Lightning Safety

Livestock Facilities

• Beef Housing and Equipment Handbook (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Building and Facility Plans: Livestock & Equipment (North Dakota State University)
• Building Freestall Barns and Milking Centers (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Corrals for Handling Beef Cattle (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Dairy Housing and Equipment Systems (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Diary Housing Plans (Penn State University)
• Hoop Barns for Beef Cattle (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Hoop Barns for Dairy Cattle (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Hoop Barns for Gestating Swine (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Hoop Barns for Grow-Finish Swine (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Hoop Barns for Horses, Sheep, Ratities and Multiple Utilization (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Horse Facilities Handbook (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Insulating Livestock and Other Farm Buildings (Purdue University Cooperative Extension)
• Milking Systems and Parlors (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Moden Corral Design (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Natural Ventilation for Livestock Housing (Purdue University Cooperative Extension)
• Sheep Housing and Equipment Handbook (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)
• Solar Heating Systems for Confinement Livestock Buildings (Purdue University Cooperative Extension)
• Swine Breeding and Gestation Facilities Handbook (Iowa State University MidWest Plan Service)

• Farm Building Leases (Kansas State University)
• Figuring Rent for Existing Farm Buildings (Purdue University)
• Iowa Farm Building Rental Rate Survey (Iowa State University)

• Planning for a Farm Storage Building (Virginia Cooperative Extension)
• Planning Guide to Farm Machinery Storage