Farrier Price Worksheet

Download the Farrier Price Calculation Worksheet [XLS] »

Determining a fair price to charge for your skill and experience of shoeing horses can be daunting.  You want to be fair to your clients AND to yourself and your family.

Successful farriers establish their prices based on sound business and bookkeeping guidelines.This spreadsheet requires that you spend a little time to enter your expenses accurately, but in the end it will calculate how much you need to charge for each horse you shoe in order to meet all of your business and family financial requirements.

If you have any comments or questions, feel free to email me at:  bob@spanishlake.com

Spanish Lake Shop Talk Videos

The Business Side of a Farrier’s Life: Part One

Julie Schwalm presents “Putting Technology to Work for You,” a program on Business Practices for farriers. Julie designed the online software, iForgeAhead specifically for keeping records of a farrier business. Many farrier’s express frustration over the business side of their practice. This is one of the best programs to take a lot of the drudgery off the farrier. iForgeAhead helps keep detailed records of each horse, hoof quality, shoe sizes and styles, as well as storing photos and videos to record progress and changes of each horse. All business records from purchases to invoicing are easily done from a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer.

The Business Side of a Farrier’s Life: Part Two

In part two of Spanish Lake’s Shop Talk “The Business Side of a Farrier’s Life,” Mr. Nathan Essary of the Missouri Farm Bureau presents and discusses insurance for farrier tools and equipment, as well as liability and other protections.