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Marketing

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Marketing is a very important aspect of sheep and goat production. No longer is it adequate to simply be a good producer. Often, significant profit can only be realized with effective, smart marketing. On this page, marketing links are listed alphabetically according to subject category: American lamb checkoff, direct/niche marketing, ethnic markets, export, goat marketing, government links, lamb marketing, marketing cooperatives, meat processing, on-farm slaughter, and promotional boards.

Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC) recommended | Blog
American Sheep & Goat Center recommended
Livestock Marketing Association (LMA)
National resource for sheep and goat marketing recommended

American Lamb Checkoff

American Lamb Checkoff recommended | How it works
[PDF] Lamb checkoff guide
Lamb promotion and research program @ USDA AMS
[PDF] LS 81: Remittance report

Direct / niche marketing

[PDF] Adding value to livestock with niche meat marketing programs
Alternative meat marketing- ATTRA | PDF
Direct and local meat marketing aids - University of Kentucky
Direct marketing - ATTRA | PDF
[PDF] Direct marketing farm-raised meats in Maryland
Direct marketing grass-based meat - Leopold Center
Direct marketing meat and poultry - Northeast Beginning Farmers
[WORD] Direct marketing of goats in California
[PDF] Direct marketing lamb - Kansas Rural Center
[PDF] Direct marketing of lamb to achieve a sustainable future...
Direct marketing of your production and products - Penn State
Lamb Eaters Connection Directory
Marketing claims for sheep and goat products by Susan Schoenian
[PDF] Marketing livestock products - Washington State University
Niche marketing for small ruminants - Alabama Coop. Extension | PDF
[PDF] Opportunties and barriers for niche marketing lamb
[PDF] Processing and marketing beef, pork, lamb, and goat - North Carolina
[PDF] Selling meat and meat products - University of California

Ethnic markets

Cultural and preference understanding to develop Halal...
[PDF] Direct marketing lamb to niche and ethnic markets
Ethnic holiday calendar by Susan Schoenian
Ethnic holiday demand for lamb and goat meat - Manitoba, Canada
Goat and lamb holidays - Penn State University
[PDF] Niche and ethnic markets for goat meat in Illinois
[PDF] Pilot study of Halal goat meat consumption in Atlanta
Producing and selling sheep and goats to ethnic/religious markets by Susan Schoenian

Export

Export information from USDA FSIS
Import and export at USDA APHIS
Livestock Exporters Association of the USA

U.S. Livestock Genetics Export, Inc.

Goat marketing

[PDF] Assessing the market potential for goat meat...
[PDF] Assessment skills for meat goat marketing - Victoria, Australia
[PDF] Cincinnati retail market of goat meat
Consumer demand for goat meat - Langston University
[PDF] Demand potential for goat meat in the Southern U.S.
[PDF] Goat meat marketing: strategies for reaching consumers
[PDF] Market analysis of meat goat in Ohio
Marketing channels for meat goats - GoatWorld
Marketing meat goats - Penn State University
[PDF] Marketing of meat goats - University of Arkansas
[PDF] Market opportunities for meat goats - Michigan State University
[PDF] Marketing slaughter goats and goat meat - Meat Goat Training
[[PDF] Meat goat demographics and niche marketing - Redalyc
On-farm marketing of slaughter goats - Empire State Meat Goat
[PDF] Preparing meat goats for sale - Victoria, Australia
[PDF] Relationship of consuming populations to meat goat production

Fiber marketing

Go to Fiber Page.

Government

Ag Marketing Service (AMS) @ USDA | Twitter | RSS
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) | Twitter | RSS
The Census of Agriculture
Economic Research Service (ERS) | Twitter | RSS
Farm Service Agency (FSA) | RSS
Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) | Twitter | RSS
Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) | Twitter
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the U.S. (FATUS)
House committee on agriculture
Know your farmer, know your food home
Livestock and Grain Market News Portal @ USDA recommended
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) | Twitter | RSS
National Organic Program (NOP)
Risk Management Agency (RMA)
Rural Development Business and Cooperative Programs
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) | Blog | Facebook | Twitter
U.S. Senate committee on agriculture

Lamb marketing

[PDF] Alternative marketing arrangements in the lamb industry
Lamb and goat market research in Brooklyn, NY
Lamb, from produce to consumer - Purdue University class project
Lamb marketing: Sheep 201 by Susan Schoenian
[PDF] Lamb marketing patterns in the U.S., 2000
[PDF] Marketing lambs, cull ewes, and wool from the dairy sheep flock
Meat; grading; slaughter; home kill - Wool Shed 1 Blog
[PDF] Non-traditional lamb market in the U.S. - ASI recommended
Producer-oriented lamb marketing - University of Kentucky
[PDF] Religion and lamb consumption
[PDF] Slaughter lamb marketing and price differences - Okla. St.

Marketing cooperatives

Dakota Lamb Growers Cooperative
Mid-Atlantic Meat Goat and Lamb Marketing Cooperative
Mountain States Lamb Cooperative
Natural Lamb Co-op
Scott County Hair Sheep Association

Meat processing

Center for Meat Process Validation @ University of Wisconsin
Federal Meat Inspection Act
Humane methods of livestock slaughter
Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network @ eXtension recommended
Recommended ritual slaughter practices by Temple Grandin
Small and very small plants @ USDA
Tools for Humane Slaughter - Spirit of Humane

On-farm slaughter

Allowing on-farm slaughter for buyers - The New Farm
[PDF, Poster] Humane on-farm slaughter of sheep and goats
On-farm marketing of lambs and slaughter goats - sheepgoatmarketing.info
[PDF] Slaughter of sheep for private consumption by the owner (UK)
[PDF] Tapping into ethnic markets

Promotion Boards

American Lamb Board (ALB) | Facebook | Twitter recommended
Australian Lamb
Fresh Canadian Lamb | Facebook
Lean on Lamb
New Zealand Lamb