My sheep will be moving to my property soon (they live at my neighbors)...don't know when they'll be here, but hopefully sometime within the next year or two...or whenever someone buys my neighbor's farm.
Anyway, I will be needing a farm name. We currently have two acres, but we are buying about two acres from the same neighbor. I currently have Montadale/Babydoll Southdown crosses, however, I don't intend on breeding them as "a part" of my farm - if that makes sense? I want to start a seedstock flock of registered/commercial/production Katahdin sheep...that will be our farm's main purpose. My dad will want to eventually get a draft horse, but that probably won't be at least until after he gets back from Kuwait. Eventually I would like to get a pair or trio of Yorkshire gilts and produce feeder pigs...but I don't know.
I was thinking something along the lines of "Sunset Livestock Company" because we have exquisite sunsets, I will want to be raising more than just sheep, and because this will be a working farm/business and I intend to make a profit (however much it may be). However, should I choose to direct market products (such as lamb or pork) in the future, I don't think this farm name would "sit well" with consumers. (Like, it paints the picture of a "company" rather than a "farm" and, IMO, consumers who buy straight from farmers want to buy from a "farm" not a "company.")
I don't want to include my name in it (first or last) because my first name is a common name...but spelled differently and nobody can pronounce my last name (and I intend to get married in the future and I want to "move" the farm name with me...at least for registration purposes for the Katahdins).
Suggestions, anyone?
Edited for grammar.
Anyway, I will be needing a farm name. We currently have two acres, but we are buying about two acres from the same neighbor. I currently have Montadale/Babydoll Southdown crosses, however, I don't intend on breeding them as "a part" of my farm - if that makes sense? I want to start a seedstock flock of registered/commercial/production Katahdin sheep...that will be our farm's main purpose. My dad will want to eventually get a draft horse, but that probably won't be at least until after he gets back from Kuwait. Eventually I would like to get a pair or trio of Yorkshire gilts and produce feeder pigs...but I don't know.
I was thinking something along the lines of "Sunset Livestock Company" because we have exquisite sunsets, I will want to be raising more than just sheep, and because this will be a working farm/business and I intend to make a profit (however much it may be). However, should I choose to direct market products (such as lamb or pork) in the future, I don't think this farm name would "sit well" with consumers. (Like, it paints the picture of a "company" rather than a "farm" and, IMO, consumers who buy straight from farmers want to buy from a "farm" not a "company.")
I don't want to include my name in it (first or last) because my first name is a common name...but spelled differently and nobody can pronounce my last name (and I intend to get married in the future and I want to "move" the farm name with me...at least for registration purposes for the Katahdins).
Suggestions, anyone?
Edited for grammar.
