Economics

According to a recent survey by the American Sheep Industry Association, 64 percent of sheep producers identify themselves as commercial. On this page, links related to farm economics are arranged alphabetically according to subject category: business planning, economics, enterprise budgets (dairy goats, dairy sheep, feeder lamb, hair sheep, meat goats, and sheep), farm business management, feasibility, and feed costs.

Business planning

AgPlan™ @ University of Minnesota
Business planning: Sheep 201
Developing a plan for raising meat goats - Jack/Anita Maudlin Boer Goats
Evaluating farm resources and sheep production systems - Ontario, Canada
[PDF] Farm Business Planning Workbook - University of Maryland
INVenture Business planner @ Purdue University

Economics of sheep and goats

[PDF] Can you make money with sheep? - University of Wisconsin
[PDF] Controlling sheep production costs - University of Wisconsin
Critical control points for profitability in sheep production - NDSU
[PDF] Economic analysis of controlling leafy spurge with sheep
Economics of raising sheep and goats
[WORD] Economics of sheep dairying - sheepmilk.biz
[PDF] Financial benefits rearing surplus and orphan lambs - Meat/Wool NZ
[SlideShare] Income opportunities with sheep and goats
Lamb feeding and marketing decisions can affect flock profitability
[SlideShare] Making money with sheep and goats
Milk sheep for profit - Sheep! Magazine

Enterprise budgets

Budget Library - Ag Risk Library
Decision-making templates - West Virginia University
[PDF] Enterprise budgeting - University of Wyoming
[PDF] Enterprise budget analysis - Penn State Ag Alternatives
[PDF] Enterprise budgets - University of Vermont
[PDF] Enterprise budgets for farm planning - Michigan State University
[PDF] Goat farm budgeting - Meat Goat Training module
[EXCEL] Guard dog budget - West Virginia University
Enterprise budgeting: Sheep 201
Sheep and goat budgets - Texas A&M University
[PDF] Using enterprise budgets to make decisions about your farm
[PDF] Using enterprise budgets in farm financial planning - OK State Univ.
[PDF] Utilizing enterprise budgets - University of Arkansas

Farm business management

Center for Farm Financial Management @ University of Minnesota
Farm business management for the 21st century @ Purdue University
[PDF] Farm management tools for the small acreage producer - Univ. Idaho
Web resources for farm business management @ NC State University

Feasibility studies

[PDF] Economics of meat goat production for small scale producers...
[PDF] Feasibility of goat production in West Virginia
[PDF] Feasibility report: goat meat marketing in the Pacific Northwest
[PDF] Feasibility study of operating a sheep dairy in Central Iowa

Feed costs

[EXCEL] Comparison of feed costs
Coping with high feed costs
[PDF] Coping with high priced corn - South Dakota State University
Dealing with high hay prices - Purdue University
[PDF] Reducing feed costs - Navajo Sheep Project

The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in sheep and goat production. The web site includes original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants and related topics. The web site was developed and is maintained by Susan Schoenian, Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively, and also attended The Ohio State University. Susan conducts the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test at her research facility in Keedysville. She raises registered and commercial Katahdin sheep on her small farm called The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

Disclaimer: The links contained on the Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] and other pages created by Susan Schoenian are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any person, organization, business, product, or web site. The author disclaims any liability in connection with the use of this information. Users of this web site and all external links are advised to apply common sense and sound judgement to all information obtained from the internet, regardless of source.

Last updated 25-Jul-2010 by Susan Schoenian.

Economics

Business planning

Economics of sheep and goats

Enterprise budgets

Dairy Goat

Dairy Sheep

Feeder lamb

Hair sheep

Meat Goat

Sheep

Farm business management

Feasibility studies

Feed costs