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Profitable Livestock Production (Socorro County)
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Plan Goal
Improve the profitability of livestock production by enhancing decision-making skills of livestock owners and managers.
Situation Statement
Annually, approximately 48,000 head of cattle are used in beef production in Socorro County, accounting for the largest receipts in the county. Sheep and Goats are a major agricultural enterprise on the Alamo Indian Reservation and are important culturally. There is an increasing number of horse farms in Socorro County that provide some economic importance for Socorro County.
Target Audience and Actions
Socorro County production units range from family owned and operated to large absentee owner operations. Many of t he farming operators in the Middle Rio Grande Valley include livestock in their production mix. Native American producers on the Alamo Indian Reservation derive a major protion of their income from sheep, goat, and beef production.
Short-Term Objectives
10% of Livestock producers will implement production practices that will produce an economic return.
Medium-Term Objectives
Producers will learn inovative marketing concepts.
Long-Term Objectives
50% of producers will have been educated in a production practice that can make an economic return.
Evaluation Plan
End of meeting guestionaires will be given to producers to indicate if knowledge was gained and/or producer will implement a production practice.