Sheep & Goat Farming
Sheep & Goat Farming: stock and warehouse, production and shipment, customer accounts and reporting.
Challenges
- The headcount is not updated after lambing.
- Pasture-period and barn-period costs are not separated.
- Milk, lamb and wool revenue are lumped into one line.
- The vaccination and medicine calendar is not tied to reminders.
Workflows
Herd and lambing
- The headcount is held by ear tag and age group.
- Lambing and kidding are added to the headcount.
- Sale, death and slaughter are deducted from the headcount.
Pasture period and revenue
- Pasture and barn periods are separate cost centres.
- Feed and care costs are posted to the relevant period.
- Milk, lamb and wool revenue are tracked as separate lines.
Documents
- Headcount record
- Lambing record
- Vaccination and medicine calendar
- Sales document
Reports
- Headcount and movements
- Cost by period
- Revenue line breakdown
- Vaccination calendar adherence
Metrics
- Lambing rate
- Mortality rate
- Revenue per animal
- Feed cost share
Compliance
- Animal registration system
- Vaccination and medicine calendar
- Animal welfare rules
Glossary
- Headcount
- Live count updated by movements
- Pasture period
- Separately tracked seasonal cost centre
- Lambing
- Birth record that increases the headcount
- Wool
- By-product held as a separate stock item
FAQ
Can I keep the headcount current?
Yes — lambing, sale, death and slaughter movements update the headcount instantly.
Can I separate pasture and barn periods?
Yes — they are separate cost centres and costs are posted to the relevant period.
Can I track milk, lamb and wool separately?
Yes — all three are held as separate revenue lines and the breakdown is reported.
Can I tie the vaccination calendar to reminders?
Yes — vaccination and medicine steps are attached to a calendar and the upcoming step lands on the list.
Can I measure the lambing rate?
Yes — the number of births is ratioed against the number of dams.
