Title: Determine requirements for establishing and managing an animal enterprise.
Course: Agricultural Production Technology (18301-I) > Section: Exploring Livestock and Poultry Production

Determining requirements should include

- identifying available resources and assets
  - land
  - facilities (e.g., shed space, lot space, feed bunk, water, manure, acres of pasture)
  - capital
  - knowledge of selected animal enterprise
- identifying markets to support the enterprise
- creating a livestock management plan.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are examples of land, facilities, capital, and knowledge resources for an animal enterprise?
- What markets might yield better support for an enterprise?
- What might be the consequences of not having a livestock management plan?