Sheep: a business plan. Sheep breeding as a business from "A" to "I"

Often start-up entrepreneurs living in rural areas, when choosing the direction of their activities, prefer to engage in sheep breeding. Sheep breeding is considered a traditionally popular business, and there are several reasons for this. First of all, the business attracts to itself because of its relatively low labor input. This is explained by the fact that sheep are rather unpretentious animals.

The second reason for the popularity of these animals for breeding is their comparatively low case. It is also interesting that you can start such a business from the smallest flock. The entrepreneur will not have problems with feed, because sheep are pasture animals.

Business Prospects

According to statistics, the population of our planet is constantly growing demand for food. Is not an exception and mutton. The share of annual consumption of this meat is about eight and a half million tons. As for Russia, here sheep breeding has a period of deep crisis.

Confirmation of this fact - a rapid reduction in the number of animals. Farms contain only 1 million sheep, in the herds of agricultural enterprises there are 4.4 million heads, and 9 million of these animals are raised in private households.

Entrepreneurship start

If you have chosen such activity as sheep breeding in order to receive income, the business plan, like in any other business, must be compiled without fail. In this document, reflecting the main stages of the establishment of a farm, such a point as the registration of a company must be specified without fail. Only in this case your activity will be considered lawful.

The legal form of the company is peasant farming. The registration of a sheep breeding business is similar to that of an IP. The organization of the legal entity in this case is not required.

Those who compose a business plan for sheep breeding must necessarily study the list of documents that need to be collected for submission to the registering authority. This list includes:

• Application for FH registration;
• Power of attorney at the MFC;
• A receipt confirming payment of the state duty for the registration of the economy;
• The original, as well as a copy of the passport of the head of the farm;
• Document confirming the Russian citizenship of the person who registers the farm;
• The original, as well as a copy of the birth certificate.

Another document, the receipt of which must provide for a business plan for sheep breeding, is the SES permit. Without it, it will be impossible to open a farm.

Selection of pasture

The business plan of the farm, the sheep breeding in which is the main activity, should consider the nutrition of animals. To ensure feed, you will need to find a suitable option for pasture.

When planning such a business as sheep breeding, make sure that the business plan takes into account that one animal (with offspring) will need 1 hectare of pasture within a year. This should be taken into account when calculating the planned number of sheep.

Selecting a room

Where can sheep and rams be raised? The business plan should mention the options for selecting the necessary premises for the farm. They can become an ordinary wooden paddock. Today it will not be difficult to find one of the abandoned farms, which are many in villages and villages.

The creation of any system of premises does not have to be provided, since sheep perfectly tolerate frosts. In case of onset of severe cold, it is enough to install only a stove-burzhujku.

Purchase of pedigree cattle

What kind of animals should be in the herd in order to maximize the profitability of such a thing as sheep breeding? The business plan should have an article that provides for the costs of buying pedigree livestock. Agree on the supply of animals only with certified, certified farms. This condition will protect the newly created economy from possible problems with the offspring. And in order to prevent intergenerational crossing of animals, it is desirable to acquire individuals from different vendors.

What breeds of livestock will prevail in the peasant farm, should also describe the business plan. Many entrepreneurs carry out the cultivation of sheep for meat. That's why they buy the Romanov breed of sheep. It is meat. However, it should be borne in mind that, in practice, the Romanov breed's advantage over the rest is not confirmed. You can buy a long-haired Russian, prekos, etc. But if the business plan sets the main task of entrepreneurship to sell meat, then the Romanov breed should still be preferred.

Staff recruitment

After registration of the PF, decisions on the placement and purchase of livestock will need to be hired to the farm workers. Itself, without additional staff, it will be impossible to organize sheep breeding. The business plan should have a section in which the list of professions will be presented and the number of people that will be needed for proper farming is indicated. For every three hundred head of livestock, four workers must be hired. These will include:

• Shepherd (shepherd);
• vet;
• milkmaid;
• A specialist who produces a haircut (can be on a temporary basis).

When creating a small-scale sheep farm, members of the same family will be able to cope with the work on it.

If it is right to organize the schedule of a day's work and plan the necessary activities for the whole year, then for the entrepreneur sheep breeding is a profitable business. The breeding of these animals, which requires little cost and time, may not be the only direction for the farm.

Sales of products

Wool, meat and milk - this is what will bring income to the entrepreneur. The size of the possible profit also pre-calculates the business plan (sheep breeding). The finished product in the form of wool today does not have a particularly high price. That's why you should not make special bets on it. It is also problematic to sell large amounts of sheep's milk. A decent profit can only give meat. It can be offered to restaurants, cafes, shashlik, and also to sell on the market. Of course, the demand for mutton is much lower than for pork, but the conclusion of contracts with permanent buyers will make the business based on sheep breeding maximally profitable.

Calculation of costs and profits

The business plan of sheep breeding should include the financial issues of the future project. Below are approximate calculations of the costs of the organization, as well as the income of the farm, which has three hundred animals.

So, in order to open your own farm, a starting businessman will need:

• For the lease of pastures and premises - 100 thousand rubles each;
• On the issuance of wages to employees (per year) - 600 thousand rubles;
• For overhead costs (per year) - 50 thousand rubles.

All these expenses amount to 850 thousand rubles. An aspiring entrepreneur will need to invest in the purchase of animals. How much does one sheep cost? The price of an animal will depend on the purity of the species. Consider the most popular Romanov breed. The cost of one sheep will be 250-300 rubles. For 1 kilogram of live weight. In general, it will be 8000-12000 rubles. Cheaper lambs will be somewhat cheaper. Each of them will cost 5500-8000 rubles.

What is the profitability of such a business? If you sell whole sheep, then you can save five hundred thousand rubles a year. On the sale of wool, the entrepreneur will receive one hundred thousand rubles. Half a million can be obtained by selling meat to fifty heads. Thus, the annual income of the farm will be 1,100,000 rubles.

All the above figures, of course, are approximate. Much will depend on the business region and on existing average market prices for the final product. However, even the most modest calculations make it possible to talk about the payback of sheep breeding within one year. This is quite a good indicator, which in the current economic situation is clearly evidence in favor of this business.

Increase profits from breeding sheep will allow fattening and further resale of the lambs. Young stock can be bought in spring for little money - 120 rubles. For 1 kg of live weight. By the autumn, animals reach 60-65 kilograms. During this period, they can be profitable to sell.