Feb 25 2007
equine lesson plans
Does anybody have any ideas of bringing in additional income to a horse farm? (2 or 10 points!) ?
In the future, I plan on owning and running a small horse farm, between 4-6 horses, 6 being the maximum. As you may know, the equine industry is far from cheap, so, I was wondering if anybody knew of any ways to bring in any additional income to the farm. Please include your own ideas, links if possible, as well as feedback and/or links on the following list of ideas.
1) Sleigh rides throughout the winter months
2) Photos with the horses
3) Lessons/Instructing lessons
4) Selling organic produce
5) selling compost to local farms
Thanks!
Jozef Tkocz-
You’re reported by me, hopefully somebody else will report you too…
Renting the arena by the hour.
Barn dances
Haunted Farm stuff (like hayrides, mazes, Haunted barn tour)
renting out your trailer
getting working students to do the farm work and rather than paying them, you trade lessons/horse experience.
selling hay
tack sales/consignment shop
hold clinics and charge admission
have an above barn apartment for rental income
ADD-
buy some beef critter to share the pastures if you can bear slaughtering them
have some chickens and sell the organic eggs/meat
offer an ‘authentic farm experience’ and charge people to come work the farm/ see it run for the day
try therapeutic riding (get certified and you can get a small amount of state funding)
ADD 2- Oh gosh, please PLEASE don’t get into breeding. Unless you have a proven wonderful stallion who is recognized and evaluated by the association with which he is registered- with perfect conformation, temperament, color, and bloodlines and have a vet and breeder on grounds at all times. It’s people that do that to make ‘extra’ money that contribute the the excess of sub-par horses and downgrade great bloodlines. If you have broodmares, you still need extra spectacular horses and have to feed, train, and care for foals until they can be sold.
offer your services off the farm- try to train horses /give lessons to people at their homes
go to local farmers markets with your produce/meat
network with other farms to share costs/ profits to get really famous trainers and clinicians to come out to the farm and talk, train, give a one or two day clinic.
host a show and charge for use of a stall for the day/ trailer parking/ snacks/ drinks/ stuff that you always wished you had at shows
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