FARM DESIGN
Plan before you start - FARM DESIGN
The best way to design or work out your farm layout is not about nice drawings.
(That comes later.)
It is about knowing how to make the pieces fit together.
BUT FIRST !
You need to know what pieces you need to fit together.
What are your goals?
How much income (profit) do you need and how will you achieve that income.
In other words, how much do you need to put in your pocket each week/year to live on, and to reach your goals in life?
Therefor how much production will you need?
How will you reach this production target?
Don't forget to think about the help you might need, labour costs.
Also allow for other production costs, electricity, fish food and all the other consumables.
Also any expansion costs that you plan for the future etc.
You need to plan where the water is going to end up before it leaves your property.
Your loading area, packing area, hatchery and purging facility etc.
Water from your facility should end up at the bottom of you land, "down the hill."
Your water storages (dams) should be at the lowest point of your property.
Before entering the storage dams, there should be a bioremediation dam.
The list goes on . . .
Packing area
Loading area
BELOW
Before anything was built knowing how water is to be delivered into each tank/pond, and how tanks/ponds drain, and water is treated . . .
Ponds drain
BELOW
The water storage dams shown here are all at the lowest point on the property.
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If you are planning to start a new farm my experience may help save you time and money.
My consulting service is based on over 45 years in the fish business, and 37 years building and running a freshwater fish farm and hatchery in Australia.
I supplied fingerlings to farms across Australia and Asia.
I served as the president for the Aquaculture Association of Queensland for about 25 years.
This gave me access to many farms, and government facilities as the industry grew in Australia and other countries.
There are three levels of consulting.
Level 1 is access to the members area of this website
You can also subscribe to a set of private videos that show commercial detail about Australian native freshwater fish farming.
BELOW
The holding tanks are installed before the shed is constructed.
Planning how everything will work is essential.
You need to know how the farm will work after is is built.
To end up with this you need to plan ahead and know exactly what you will need to operate your business.
You will need to understand your local regulations.
You need to know your market and how you can supply what they need.
You must know the fish biology and how to manage their needs and . . .
Manage potential diseases.
How you will be able to quarantine batches of fish.
Purge the fish for transport of consumption.
And the list goes on.
To end up with this . . .
I did all this
All my contact details are here
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