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Profitable Livestock Production (Cibola County)
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Plan Goal
Increase profits of Cibola County livestock producers by increasing their productivity as a result of applying practice that research has found to be beneficial.
Situation Statement
Cibola County is home to over 15,000 head of sheep and 12,000 head of cattle with lower numbers of horse, hogs, and goats also found inside the county. The size of area operations range from a handful of large ranches maintaining a good number of animals on them to extremely small operations that are often just a few acres in size and run just a couple head of animals on them. These operations are ran by a diverse group of operators including Native Americans on three separate pueblos/reservations inside the county, Hispanics, and Anglos. Amongst these operators are a number of producers who do not accept change well for various reasons ranging from cultural reasons to personal reasons.
Target Audience and Actions
The target audience consists of livestock producers of all sizes from through out the county including those on the pueblos/reservations who feel they are not getting maximum productivity from there stock. Various methods will be used to communicate the best practices to the producers. These methods will include but are not limited to workshops, presentations, publications, and one on one communication.
Short-Term Objectives
66% of Area stockman who receive input will learn of at least one practice that they are not implementing that could increase there productivity.
Small producers will receive education on maximizing their resources so that they may maximize productivity over an extended period of time.
Medium-Term Objectives
Area stockman with large ranches will make an increase of 5% in the productivity of there stock in one form or another with in 2 years.
75% of small producers who have received education on maximizing resources will implement at least one practice which helps to maximize their resources.
Long-Term Objectives
The producers from all over Cibola County will see an increase in productivity and efficiency of their stock that will lead to increased profits due to implementation of practices communicated to them regardless of there size.
Evaluation Plan
Evaluation will be done by a variety of means including but not limited to surveys, discussions, and questioners. These evaluations will be used to develop and create further programs to help assist in the future with similar situations.