Code of Practice
Site Planning
Stable and Pasture Design
Arenas and Ventilation
100

The amount of sections the Code of Practice contains

What is 10?

100

This zone includes Area of major horse activities, large stable areas, indoor and outdoor arenas, paddocks, manure management 

What is Zone 4

100

A shelter in a horse pasture must face open in this direction. 

What is away from the prevailing wind? 

100

Low energy consumption, simple operation, and low cost to maintain describes this ventilation type. 

What is natural ventilation? 

200

One of the five freedoms 

What is:

  • Freedom from Hunger and Thirst

  • Freedom from Discomfort 

  • Freedom from Pain, Injury and Disease

  • Freedom to Express Normal Behaviour

  • Freedom from Fear and Distress

200

This natural feature increases aesthetics, reduces noise and snowdrifts and is best to have along fence lines. 

What is a shelterbelt?

200

The minimum height of a stable. 

What is 8ft?

200

Arena footing that has increased injury potential due to force as the horses toe can not penetrate the surface. 

What is high shear strength?

300

This section of the Code of Practice requires non-slip surfaces only in stalls to reduce the risk of horses slipping and falling.

What is Facilities and housing 
300

These allow farmers to invest in farm improvements that may otherwise be out of their budget while helping the environment 

What is cost-share funding programs?

300

This type of soil is mostly clay soil mixed with sand and no silt.

What is a loam?

300

A roof that has two slopes on either side of a centre ridge, allowing for overhead storage.

What is Gambrel Roof?

400

According to the NFACC Code of Practice, Section 2.3.4, horses must be provided with a ________ lying area

What is Dry?

400

These are assessments prepared by farm owners to increase their environmental awareness on their farm

What is an Environmental Farm Plan?
400

This stall design has two rows of stalls back to back and side to side with doors that open onto the aisle that circles the stalls. 

What is island stalls? 

400

The percentage at which high volume low speed fans can improve ventilation by.

What is 20%?