Small Ruminants (Sheep & Goats)
Goat Enterprise Budget Worksheet
A worksheet for estimating the income and costs of a goat enterprise. Use it to plan before expanding or to review the year's results. Fill in each line from your own records and keep the worksheet with your other farm papers.
WorksheetSmall Ruminants (Sheep & Goats)Free PDF
What you fill in
- Number of breeding animals
- Expected products sold
- Expected price per product
- Feed and pasture costs
- Veterinary and medicine costs
- Labor and hired services
- Interest and overhead costs
- Estimated net return
How to use this worksheet
Take the sheet along to the field, shop or office. The blank lines are there so you can write down what you actually see and use.
Where to check the details
This sheet is a general template, so confirm specifics with your own manuals, labels and local rules. For current official guidance, start with eXtension and Farmers.gov.
For more in this area, see the small farm start-up help. Between chores, farm.FM has farm humor, including The Goat Ate My Fence Again, and ranching farm stories.