In any livestock enterprise and especially in a sheep operation, management is the name of the game.
Good management involves more than raising sheep, selling lambs and wool, and paying bills.
To be profitable, it requires a method of controlling production factors all year and being prepared to be flexible to meet change that is always inevitable. Good sheep management is a process of goal setting, developing plans and organization. Management requires knowledge of specifics about a sheep operation such as feed costs, lamb gains, wool weights, lambing rate, number of lambs marketed per ewe, interest rates, selection, reproduction and health. The first step to improved management is goal setting. Put your goals into writing.