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<blockquote data-quote="Todd 02" data-source="post: 850203" data-attributes="member: 13404"><p>After reading some of your responses, I definitely need to reconsider how I describe my services. To elaborate, I was thinking less "how-to raise cattle" and more infrastructure planning and design; agricultural waste handling and disposal; animal record keeping; and environmental permitting and compliance. More specifically, things like:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Designing working pens</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Designing barns and sheds</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Designing ponds</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pasture fencing plans</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ranch entrance design</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Composting</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Brush removal</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Air and Water quality</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Remote animal surveillance systems</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Management of infrastructure construction</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Drainage and erosion control.</li> </ul><p></p><p>My marketing effort would be tailored towards the individuals who have virgin land and want to get their setup going or those who encounter problems that require professional engineering work, but tailored to the rural lifestyle instead of being a big city civil engineering firm.</p><p></p><p>At first, the firm would be heavily weighted to Agricultural engineering and less weighted towards agronomy and animal nutrition. If there is enough of a demand, perhaps a partnership with a specialist in agronomy and/or animal nutrition would be in my future. Or even better, employing a specialist.</p><p></p><p>As far as cost, it would be determined by the type of work. Engineering fees are usually worth $60-200 per hour in the civil sector, depending on the level of experience of the engineer performing the work and they type of work they are performing. I prefer doing work on a value basis instead of a cost basis. Because it is service oriented and I can start on the side, I envision overhead costs being relatively low, which will give me the opportunity to experiment with the business without too much financial risk.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for letting me bounce my ideas off of y'all. Keep the feedback coming if you don't mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Todd 02, post: 850203, member: 13404"] After reading some of your responses, I definitely need to reconsider how I describe my services. To elaborate, I was thinking less "how-to raise cattle" and more infrastructure planning and design; agricultural waste handling and disposal; animal record keeping; and environmental permitting and compliance. More specifically, things like: [list][*]Designing working pens[*]Designing barns and sheds[*]Designing ponds[*]Pasture fencing plans[*]Ranch entrance design[*]Composting[*]Brush removal[*]Air and Water quality[*]Remote animal surveillance systems[*]Management of infrastructure construction[*]Drainage and erosion control.[/list] My marketing effort would be tailored towards the individuals who have virgin land and want to get their setup going or those who encounter problems that require professional engineering work, but tailored to the rural lifestyle instead of being a big city civil engineering firm. At first, the firm would be heavily weighted to Agricultural engineering and less weighted towards agronomy and animal nutrition. If there is enough of a demand, perhaps a partnership with a specialist in agronomy and/or animal nutrition would be in my future. Or even better, employing a specialist. As far as cost, it would be determined by the type of work. Engineering fees are usually worth $60-200 per hour in the civil sector, depending on the level of experience of the engineer performing the work and they type of work they are performing. I prefer doing work on a value basis instead of a cost basis. Because it is service oriented and I can start on the side, I envision overhead costs being relatively low, which will give me the opportunity to experiment with the business without too much financial risk. Thanks for letting me bounce my ideas off of y'all. Keep the feedback coming if you don't mind. [/QUOTE]
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