GUIDELINE 1 Planning Dairy Freestall Barns provides general information that should be considered before beginning construction. It also gives detailed illustrations and information about all of the major functional components of the system and provides an index and checklist at the end.

DPC 66, Planning a Dairy Complex 100+ Questions To Ask is a beneficial prelude to this guideline.

DPC 1 was developed cooperatively with the Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service.