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Recordkeeping, Marketing and EconomicsGoats 101 • Sheep & Goat Toolbox
• Records are important!!!• Keep records that you will use• Types of records
– Breeding/kidding– Health– Economic (costs, sales)
Recordkeeping
http://www.sheep101.info/201/Forms/BarnRecordgoats.pdf
Records
http://www.sheep101.info/201/Forms/Doerecord.pdf
Records
Records
http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/pubs/Record%20Books/ES06-142%20Goat%20Guide.pdf
Records
http://www.famu.edu/goats/UserFiles/File/Record_Keeping.pdf
Records
• Takes time• Helps to:
– Identify animals to keep or cull– Identify health issues– Evaluate marketing– Track costs/income– Make tax time easier!
Recordkeeping
• Marketing is what sets your farm apart
• Dependant on:– Farm and lifestyle goals– Local access and demand– Your ability/desire to create demand– Personal preference– Time you are willing to invest– Income goals
Make or break time
• Lots of options • Learn what your customer wants• Consider the benefits and
challenges of different marketing channels
Marketing
• Methods?
• Products/services?
Marketing Options?
• Sale barn• Pooled/cooperative
sale• Graded sale• On-farm• Buyer’s club• Farmers Market• Restaurants/stores
• Ethnic markets• Organic• Value-added
products• Breeding stock• Show stock• Vegetation
management• Fiber• Milk/dairy products
Marketing Options
• Variable
• Cover cost
• Build in profit
Setting your price
Break-even Kid Price (per pound)
Doe cost ($/head/yr)
% Kid Crop
75% 100% 150% 200%
30 .67 .50 .33 .25
40 .89 .67 .45 .34
50 1.11 .83 .55 .42
60 1.33 1.00 .67 .50
Assumed market weight: 60 lbs.
• Keep costs low• Manage forages and
animals well• Pay attention to marketingPhoto courtesy of Susan Schoenian
To Enhance Profitability
• www.sheepgoatmarketing.info
• Marketing chapter in the Small Ruminant Resource Manual, and
• Tips for Marketing Sheep and Goats series (Live Animal, Meat, Dairy, Fiber, Vegetation Management Services) at www.attra.ncat.org
More information at:
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