Enterprise Ideas Sustainable Small Farming & Ranching.

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Enterprise Ideas Sustainable Small Farming & Ranching

Finding your market potential Click on image to start video

Best Centerpiece Agricultural Opportunities  Joel Salatin lists in his book, “You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Start and Succeed in a Farming Enterprise.”  Based on certain criteria

Criteria for making the list:  Low initial start-up cost relative to the ability to generate income  High gross profit margin  Relatively low maintenance requirements  High Cash flow, quick turnaround  History of high success rate

The top eight:  Pastured Broilers  Eggs  Salad bar beef  Grass based dairy

The top eight: (continued)  Market garden  Home bakery  Bandsaw mill  Small Fruits with U-pick operation

Best complimentary enterprises  Criteria Use of existing infrastructure Filling low work times with cash generating jobs Evenly distributed cash flow Increased customer flow

10 best complimentary  Pastured turkeys  Lamb  Pork  Rabbit  Firewood

10 best complimentary (continued)  Agritourism/recreation  Greenhouse/Flowers  Honey and bee products  Land management – stockers  Cottage industry

Choosing your Animal Enterprises  Consider animals that : Fit your temperament Are marketable You can raise with existing or affordable land and facilities Match your time and labor resources Are complimentary to main enterprise

Aquaculture Requires water resources MS clipart and photos

Aquaculture Requires water resources Some examples of aquaculture enterprises:

Goats for milk, cheese and/or meat MS Clipart

Goats for milk, cheese and/or meat Some examples of goat enterprises:

Sheep for meat and/or wool MS clipart & photos

Sheep for meat and/or wool Some examples of enterprises that use sheep:

Poultry MS clipart and photos

Poultry Products MS clipart and photo

Get on the bus! (Chicken run?) Slide used from Living on the Land, Western SARE PDP

Livestock and Poultry Production Click on image to start video

Exotic birds like Ostrich & Emus MS clipart photos

Pigs MS clipart photos

Pigs Examples of pig and hog enterprises:

Rabbits MS clipart photos

Cattle and other Ruminants MS clipart photos

Example of some cattle & ruminant enterprises             

Buffalo MS clipart photos

Choosing your Crop Enterprises What grows in your climate What you can market Those that grow and harvest with existing or affordable equipment Crops that match your time and labor resources Complimentary to main enterprise or that can be used on the farm (feed, cover crops)

Vegetables and melons

Gourds and pumpkins

Herbs (culinary or medicinal)

Small fruits

Fruit and nut trees

Flowers, cut fresh or dried

Traditional grains MS clipart photos

Pasture, hay and cover crops MS clipart photos

Timber and other tree crops MS clipart photos

Other potential enterprises MS clipart photos

Summary  Many choices and many factors to consider  At this point you should select something that is a possibility for you  The duration of the course will involve an evaluation of the feasibility of this enterprise

Credits Presentation developed by Cultivating Success TM : Sustainable Small Farms Education. Photos provided by Cultivating Success TM Staff, unless otherwise noted. Video segments taken from: “Meadowlark Farm: A Case Study of a Small-Acreage Farm” produced by Ben Troka, University of Idaho College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Copywrite 2005, University of Idaho.