2009 Goat Budget

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Meat Goat Herd, Projected Annual Budget for Kids Sold in 2009

Herd of 100 does and 3 bucks with a 170% kid crop raised
20 doe kids retained as replacements
Purchase bucks at $300 each

                                                Spring           Your
                                                Kidding       Estimate
                                        Kid Crop:  170%
ESTIMATED INCOME/DOE
    Kid sales: 70 lbs. @ $110/cwt. x 1.5        $115.50    $__________
    Cull doe sales: 100 lbs. @ $50/cwt. x 16%      8.00     __________
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  ESTIMATED TOTAL INCOME/DOE                    $123.50    $__________

ESTIMATED OPERATING COSTS/DOE
    Pasture ($12/acre rental rate)              $  6.00    $__________
    Hay (500 lbs. @ $70/T.)                       17.50     __________
    Grain (50 lbs. @ 20¢/lb.)                     10.00     __________
    Salt and minerals (43 lbs. @ 30¢/lb.)         12.90     __________
    Dewormer (6 times/year)                        4.80     __________
    Vaccinations                                   0.42     __________
    Insecticides                                   0.24     __________
    Marketing and hauling                          8.50     __________
    Utilities and machinery costs                  6.00     __________
    Livestock facility and fence repairs           3.00     __________
    Professional fees (legal, accounting, etc.)    0.30     __________
    Association Memberships                        1.00     __________
    Miscellaneous                                  2.00     __________
    Operating interest
      (1/2 of above operating costs @ 8.5%)        3.09     __________
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        Total Operating Costs Except Labor      $ 75.75    $__________
    Labor (2 hrs. @ $11.50/hr.)                   23.00     __________
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        Total Operating Costs Including Labor  $  98.75    $__________

ESTIMATED OWNERSHIP COSTS/DOE
    Depreciation and interest
          on livestock facilities                $ 6.00    $__________
    Interest on doe and buck                       9.25     __________
    Breeding stock purchases                       4.50
    Insurance and taxes on capital items           2.00     __________
        Total ownership costs                   $ 21.75    $__________

     ESTIMATED TOTAL COSTS/DOE                  $120.50    $__________
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        Income over Operating Costs             $ 24.75    $__________
        Income over Total Costs                 $  3.00    $__________

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Prepared by Ron Plain, Extension Economist.
                                                     Prepared 12/29/08

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