North Arkansas Meat Goat Association Marketing Survey

In an effort to strategize and develop ways to meet the growing demand for goat meat and lamb and to obtain better prices for producers, the NAMGA marketing committee has developed the survey below.  It is important for the marketing committee to know who the goat and sheep producers are in the area and how many animals they have available for sale each year.  Past surveys have indicated that most producers have between 10-50 head.  It will take the efforts of all producers working together to consistently meet the needs of an order buyer/buyers for all to get the best price for our market animals in the future.  We would like to encourage sheep producers to be involved in this marketing effort as well. 

Please take a few minutes to print and complete the survey below. 

Name:______________________________________________Phone:______________________________

Address:____________________________________________Email:________________________________

City/State:__________________________________________

Farm Name:______________________________________________________________________________

 
Would you like to be on our email marketing database?   _____Yes      _____No

(Used strictly for notifying producers of marketing opportunities/educational events and not shared with any other groups or used for any other purposes)

    1. Classify your goat operation:   ____Commercial meat goat   ____Purebred/Seed stock

____ Show goat   ____Brush goat  ____Dairy goat _____Sheep ____Multi-species grazing   

____Other___________________________________________________________________________

2. How many animals in your herd?  Males_____   Females_____   Wethers____

 3. What breed(s) of goats and?or Sheep do you have?________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

4. What month(s) do you typically kid and/or lamb? (Check all that apply)   ___Jan   ___Feb   ___Mar     ___April   ___May   ___June   ___July   ___Aug   ___Sept   ___Oct   ___Nov   ___Dec

 5.  How many kids do you typically sell each year?_________________________________

 6.  How much do your kids weigh on average when you sell them?______________________

 7.  Do you castrate your male kids?   ___Yes   ___No

 8. How many lambs do you tipically sell each year?__________________________________

 9. How much do your lambs weigh on average when you sell them?______________________

 10. What month(s) do you usually sell your kids and/or lambs? (Check all that apply)   ___Jan   ___Feb   ___March          ___April   ___May   ___June   ___July   ___Aug   ___Sept   ___Oct   ___Nov   ___Dec 

 11. Where do you usually sell your kids and/or lambs?   _____Livestock Sale Barn   _____Off the farm _____Directly to    order buyer/slaughter facility

 Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey!

North Arkansas Meat Goat Association (NAMGA)

PO Box 1033

Harrison Arkansas 72602

namga@arkansasmeatgoat.com

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