We have created a very thorough Sheep & Goat Marketing Directory on a separate website for marketing slaughter animals and meat. This site includes education materials, a marketing directory, a producer directory, calendar and classified ads.
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- Marketing Farmstead Cheeses – The Vermont Shepherd Experience 2 (PDF) by David Major, Vermont Shepherd – This talk covers three elements in our experience marketing farmhouse cheese at Vermont Shepherd and Major Farm: how we market now, and a brief history of how we got here, lessons we have learned about the nature of today’s markets, and a description of the tools and tricks we use to sell our cheese…
- Marketing Lambs, Cull Ewes and Wool From the Sheep Dairy Flock 2 (PDF) by Robert J. Melchior1 and Michael L. Thonney, Cornell University – Dairy sheep farmers have three potential sources of income: milk, meat, and wool. Sheep milk and possibly milk products presumably should be the most profitable part of the enterprise and, therefore, receive the most attention…