SE Manitoba | kipps - 6/12/2024 10:03
Here in Virginia, sheep appear to be as or more profitable than cow/calf pairs. That's assuming you can keep them contained, and can keep coyotes out of the flock.
I'm still focusing on dairy cattle, so I haven't bothered much with sheep or beef cattle. But if it came down to picking one of those, I would seriously consider sheep instead of the ubiquitous Angus herd.
Edit: have the plans been finalized and constructed started? Or is there still time to ask for modifications of the original plan? I suspect that everyone involved would want the panels higher off the ground if grazing will be included in the long-term plan.
Well - - - I would echo Kipps response - - - panels a touch higher from the ground would make life easier!!!!
A potential problem - - - water!
Not really a problem but something to overcome would be that if you were rotationally managing this area you would like quite a group of sheep - - - dunno how many actually (I wouldn't start with the whole amount anyway)
but running over a 1000 girls would not be a small job imo.
You could even have it as a sheep dairy but getting a lot of high quality dairy ewes would NOT be easy!!! (You might be even hard pressed to start with 30 imo!)
I would pursue the opportunity for sure but then you would need to have access to feed and facilities to manage the girls the other 7 months of the year although you might even be able to squeak out 6 months of grazing if you include drys.
(Wish I had an opportunity like this here - - - I'd be ALL over it!!!) |
Solar Grazing Sheep & Sheep In General
