Course: SLF 155 Small Farm Maintenance and Operations

Unit 7 Assignment

Cost and Materials Investigation (25 points)

In this assignment, you will investigate the cost of building a farm related project. Some examples are a hay wagon, a three-sided shelter, a chicken coop or a green house. Be sure to choose a structure or piece of equipment that you think you will use in your farm operation.

Once you have decided what you would like to investigate building, conduct an internet search for design plans. It is very important that you use plans that are free and not copyrighted. To find free plans do a Google or Yahoo search using the term “free.” For example, if you decided to look for greenhouse plans you would do a search using the words “free green house plans” or if you decided to look for chicken coop plans you would search using the words “free chicken coop plans.”

After you find plans that you want to use, calculate the cost of materials for the project. To do this, you may have to call or visit your local lumber yard, home improvement store or farm equipment store. You need to compare at least two different sites and/or stores and find the best prices.

Finally, create a cost list of your findings with the estimated total cost to build the project and where you would get the materials for the best price and submit it to the Dropbox folder found on the course home page.

Include the link where you found your plans as well as the title. Remember to be as efficient as possible and try to find ways you can re-purpose or recycle. If you are able to find free materials, simply note $0.00 for the cost in your list.

An example is included to download below.

This assignment is worth 25 points.

Please download the following files in reference to the Unit 7 Assignment
- Unit 7 Assignment Example.docx (16.37 KB)