Re: starting a grade a goat dairy

[Guest guest]

Hello,

My husband and I have built two dairies (goat). Both complied completely

with the regulations. They are raw milk cheese dairies. (we do not

pasteurize to make cheese).

We did most of the work ourselves and some hiring out. The first was on raw

land in Alaska. The second on an established farm in NY. The first we used

a bit of savings and a FSA loan for 64,000. We went simple(Think VERY

Simple). We both came from years of working in cow dairies and having owned

goats. The second we used a bit of savings and borrowed 24,000. Mostly for

equipment and livestock.

IF you don't have any experience then GO and get some! VOlunteer at local

dairies, take evening classes, get a job on a dairy. You can't run a dairy

unless you know about ALL the in and outs.

Get some goats and keep extremely detailed records on EVERYTING! This is

what the FSA likes. Your history of caring for animals and what you spent

and what the animals produced. Even if it not in a commercial setting. And

remember with the FSA getting a loan from start to finish may take 12- 18

months. Also they like and extrememly detailed business plan.

If you have exact questions feel free to email privately and we can inform

you in more detail how to start a grade A dairy for under 100,000 easily.

(But remember you will not be living in luxury!)

Matt and Rhonda Shaul

Cranberry Ridge Farm

goatmilk@...

Re: Online now!!!:Raw milk - herd share - on TV news

last night.. al

I live in Kansas. There are 2 other grade A goat dairies and one that

is close to being certified and they have both goat and cow. Along

with Chezsource consultants they all agree $300,000 to comply;y.

Please do share how to make it cheaper.

Rothweiler

greenergirl@...

Simple Food

http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M32512

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“There will come a time when the Earth grows sick and when it does a

tribe will gather from all cultures of the world who believe in deeds

and not words. They will work to heal it…they will be known as

'Warriors of the Rainbow'. " Cree prophecy~

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[Guest guest]

(But remember you will not be living in luxury!) Loved this line!!

We pd about $18000 for equipment(bulk tank and all milking equipment for a

double 6 parlor out of another parlor not too far from us) We also bought 22

more cows/heifers. We went through a company about an hour away that

specializes in dairy parlors, equipment. Putting up new and maintaining

current parlors. We used their electrician and guys for installing the

milking equipment which cost a lot, but it was also done right and was in

working order before they signed off on it.

We remodeled our old barn into a pit parlor for smaller cows using used

equipment from a double 6 parlor. Our bulk tank was also bought used. Figure

on paying $5 a gallon for a tank (that's what they run in our area at

least). My dh did all the cement work (some with the help of friends) and

all the metal work, built the walls for the parlor and milk house.

W/out cows we spent less than 125K, but then we also had to shirr up the

barn roof with what my husband calls a 'suspension bridge' supports, up in

the hay mow. We also built our parlor for cows not goats, Grade A milk

production that gets shipped to a processing facility to make cheese. We do

not have an on farm cheese facility.

Even when we were quoted mostly new items (new building w/royal walls, new

equip (I think>>) it was still well under $300,000.

ro

Re: starting a grade a goat dairy

Hello,

My husband and I have built two dairies (goat). Both complied completely

with the regulations. They are raw milk cheese dairies. (we do not

pasteurize to make cheese).

We did most of the work ourselves and some hiring out. The first was on raw

land in Alaska. The second on an established farm in NY. The first we used

a bit of savings and a FSA loan for 64,000. We went simple(Think VERY

Simple). We both came from years of working in cow dairies and having owned

goats. The second we used a bit of savings and borrowed 24,000. Mostly for

equipment and livestock.

IF you don't have any experience then GO and get some! VOlunteer at local

dairies, take evening classes, get a job on a dairy. You can't run a dairy

unless you know about ALL the in and outs.

Get some goats and keep extremely detailed records on EVERYTING! This is

what the FSA likes. Your history of caring for animals and what you spent

and what the animals produced. Even if it not in a commercial setting. And

remember with the FSA getting a loan from start to finish may take 12- 18

months. Also they like and extrememly detailed business plan.

If you have exact questions feel free to email privately and we can inform

you in more detail how to start a grade A dairy for under 100,000 easily.

(But remember you will not be living in luxury!)

Matt and Rhonda Shaul

Cranberry Ridge Farm

goatmilk@...

Re: Online now!!!:Raw milk - herd share - on TV news

last night.. al

I live in Kansas. There are 2 other grade A goat dairies and one that is

close to being certified and they have both goat and cow. Along with

Chezsource consultants they all agree $300,000 to comply;y.

Please do share how to make it cheaper.

Rothweiler

greenergirl@...

Simple Food

http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M32512

http://www.facebook.com/pages/-Rothweiler/134155923311647

" There will come a time when the Earth grows sick and when it does a tribe

will gather from all cultures of the world who believe in deeds and not

words. They will work to heal it.they will be known as 'Warriors of the

Rainbow'. " Cree prophecy~

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