Kidding on the ranch in South Dakota / Wyoming can be crazy with weather, predators, and drought. I (Dani) spent years trying to perfect multiple Excel spreadsheets to track information I felt I needed to make important and profitable decisions on the ranch.
In 2021, I was showed my uncle Terry my many spreadsheets and explained how I would love "this and that" information in one spot allowing it to be sorted and printed.
I had records for kidding, weaning, sales, deaths, does, production (with links within excel), bucks, buck kids weights and sales. The list went on and on!
Data is so important. We need to know if we are on the right track with our genetics.
So, Terry said he could easily do that for me, as he is a computer programmer. As I was testing each production, it was getting better and better and easier to input the data. Terry asked me if I thought other producers would appreciate software like this.
Absolutely!!!!!
So that became the goal in 2022, to get it out to the public. On September 23rd, 2023, we did just that! Goat Production Management was launched with the ability to show producers who their actual money makers are.
I have been so excited and passionate about this program, and we have MANY ideas to continue to make it better and better every time!
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