Venison alternative can still pay dividends
Vipond, J.
Venison alternative can still pay dividends - 1987 - Farmers' Weekly 106 (12) 20 March 1987, 38 (1) .
Sufficient data is now available to cost systems of deer farming to suit most farm requirements. Deer can be profitable in the long run only with a substantial premium for venison over beef. Gives advice and information on starting and running a deer enterprise, and the possibilities of cutting capital costs by exploiting economies of scale in fencing and handling pens are noted. Table giving service charges and capital costs of establishing a deer enterprise and gross margins.
EXPENDITURE
FARM ECONOMY
Venison alternative can still pay dividends - 1987 - Farmers' Weekly 106 (12) 20 March 1987, 38 (1) .
Sufficient data is now available to cost systems of deer farming to suit most farm requirements. Deer can be profitable in the long run only with a substantial premium for venison over beef. Gives advice and information on starting and running a deer enterprise, and the possibilities of cutting capital costs by exploiting economies of scale in fencing and handling pens are noted. Table giving service charges and capital costs of establishing a deer enterprise and gross margins.
EXPENDITURE
FARM ECONOMY