MARKETING

Ethnic Markets

• On-Farm Marketing of Lambs and Slaughter Goats.
  Tatiana Stanton. May 2000.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/onfarm.htm.
• Marketing Lambs and Slaughter Goats Through Livestock Market Auctions.
  Tatiana Stanton. July 2000.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/livestockauction.htm
• Marketing Lambs and Slaughter Goats to Dealers, Packers, Wholesalers, and Retailers.
  Tatiana Stanton. November, 2000.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/middlemen.htm
• How to Plan Your Breedings to Target Specific Holidays.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/targetbreeding.htm
• Halal Meat trade in the United States of America.
  Adeel Iqbal
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/adeel.htm
• A Brief Introduction to some of the Practical Aspects of the Kosher and Halal Laws for the Meat Industry.
  Joe M. Regenstein, Professor of Food Science and Muhammad Chaudry, Executive Director Islamic Food and Nutrition Council.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/kosher.htm
• Ethnic Holiday Calendar for Holidays Where Lamb or Goat Meat is Part of the Traditional Holiday Feast.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/ethnicholidays.htm
• Building Markets for Specialty Commodities: Techniques and Strategies to Enter Ethnic Markets.
  T. Miller, Southern University.
  http://marketingoutreach.usda.gov/info/99manual/ethnic.htm
• Producing and Selling Sheep and Goats to Ethnic/Religious Meat Markets
  Susan Schoenian, Maryland Cooperative Extension
  http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/ethnicmarkets.html
• Ethnic Holiday Calendar 2006-2010.
  http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/ethniccalendar.html

General

• Web-Calculator- Kid Feeding Budget (Interactive Excel File)
  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/presentations/caculator_feederkidfinishingprogram07.xls
• Web-Calculator- Goat and Kid Budget (Interactive Excel File)
  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/presentations/caculator%20-%20goatbudget%20-%20UKy%20KSU07.xls
• 2007 Goat Management & Marketing Calendar.
  Kentucky Goat Producers Association, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension
  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/2007%20Goat%20Mgt%20Calendar.pdf
• Market & Outlook: 2005.
  Lee Meyer, Tess Caudill, Terry Hutchens. University of Kentucky
  http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AnimalSciences/goats/presentation/goatmarketoutlook0206.pdf
• Lamb and Goat Marketing - Terminology.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/terminology.htm
• Distribution Chains.
  Robert J. Melchior.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/chains.htm
• Establishing A Price for Your Livestock.
  Robert J. Melchior
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/price.htm
• Selling Smart.
  Robert J. Melchior
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/sellingsmart.htm
• Northeastern Auction Barns: Are they Doing the Job?
  Robert J. Melchior
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/auctionbarns.htm
• Protection Available to Livestock Sellers.
  Robert J. Melchior
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/protection.htm
• Grades of Goats and Lambs for Northeast Markets.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/negrades.htm
• Evaluating Meat Goat Kids.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/eastergoatkids.htm
• Lamb and Goat Marketing - Dressing Percentages of Slaughtered Carcass.
• Factors Affecting Dressing Percentage.
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/dressingfactors.htm
• Finding A Specialty Market for your Farm Products.
  Martha Goodsell
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/secrets.htm
• Specialty Market Pooling.
  Robert J. Melchior
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/specmarketpooling.htm
• Adventures in Market Pooling to Live Animal Markets.
  Chris Parsons
  http://sheepgoatmarketing.info/PageLoad.cfm?page=education/livemarketpooling.htm
• Cutting Date Effects on Yield and Quality of Unimproved Kudzu (Pueraria Lobata (WILLD.) OHWI.).
  T.H. Terrill, S. Gelaye, S. Mahotiere, E. A. Amoah, S. Miller, and W.R. Windharn, Agricultural Research Station, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA 31030-3298
• Meat Goat Production and Marketing.
  F. Pinkerton, Langston University; D. Scarfe, Tuskegee University; and B. Pinkerton, Clemson University. June 1991 Pub # M-01.
  http://www.luresext.edu/goats/library/fact_sheets/m01.htm
• Marketing Meat Goats: Channels, Supply and Demand.
  F. Pinkerton, Langston University; L. Harwell, Clemson University; W. Drinkwater, Virginia Department of Agriculture; and N. Escobar, Langston University. April 1994 Pub # M-03.
  http://www.luresext.edu/goats/library/fact_sheets/m03.htm
• Consumer Demand for Goat Meat.
  F. Pinkerton, Langston University; L. Harwell, Clemson University; W. Drinkwater, Virginia Department of Agriculture; and N. Escobar, Langston University. April 1994 Pub # M-04.
  http://www.luresext.edu/goats/library/fact_sheets/m04.htm
• Livestock Grade Standards and their Effect on Quality.
  K.W. McMillin and M. E. Michel, Louisiana State University.
  http://marketingoutreach.usda.gov/info/99manual/livestock.htm
• Meat Goat Selection, Carcass Evaluation & Fabrication Guide.
  K.W. McMillin and F. Pinkerton. Louisiana State University. Pub # 2951 July 2006.
  http://www.lsuagcenter.com/NR/rdonlyres/B8FE3706-64DC-417F-A592-B8DEC14B4D9F/27779/pub2951MeatGoatPubLOWRES.pdf
• Drug Withdrawal Times for Sheep and Goats.
  K. Clopton and F.D. Lehman. Mississippi State U. Pub # IS1467
  http://msucares.com/pubs/infosheets/is1467.pdf
• Lamb and Goat Marketing - Dressing Percentages of Slaughtered Carcass.
  http://www.sheepgoatmarketing.org/sgm/education/dressingpercentages.htm.
• Live and Carcass Evaluation of Meat Goats.
  http://www.sheepandgoat.com/goatcarcass.html
• Tips for Selling Sheep and Goats Through Public Livestock Auctions: A Northeast Perspective.
  Susan Schoenian, Maryland Cooperative Extension
  http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/sellingatauctions.htm