Courtesy of National Pork Board DIVERSIFICATION: Adding livestock or expanding an existing livestock operation can help ensure future generations will have a place on the farm. Studies show a healthy livestock industry aids job creation, tax bases, soil health through manure and feed usage. Kevin Schulz | Feb 16, 2021 Are you considering adding livestock to your operation, or are you merely wishing to expand that segment of your operation? Reasons for adding or expanding livestock are varied, but regardless of your reason, Ty Eschenbaum lays out five steps to follow if considering diversifying with livestock. Eschenbaum is with A1 Development Solutions out of Sioux Falls, S.D. The firm does “site selection, land acquisition, permitting, pre-construction and ongoing operations for livestock and industrial sites,” he said. “We’ve done everything from talking to farm families about what they’d like to get into as far as diversification, picking the site, getting it permitted at the local and state level, staying on through the construction phase, and then ongoing working with farmers to get feed and get the manure nutrients out.” Eschenbaum presented during a recent webinar hosted by the North Dakota Livestock Alliance.