So a couple of weeks ago I jokingly suggested my dad should raise some meat goats on the farm...... sent me this email today titled "Optimizing Farm Income"
Hi ben ji,
Success in life is all about overcoming challenges.
Those who overcome the biggest, have the best success.
Sometimes "success" can be measured in income, sometimes in health.
When you have your health, you have everything.
One day you will understand the value of venom therapy.
I'll show you the Eastern KS bee yards and you can do your first venom therapy trial.
Did you know that the reason goat meat is not found at grocery stores is that there is not enough supply ?
Young goats (50 lb) are selling for $150 each. A 200 lb buck goes for about $175 - 200. You can get twins on the goats with flock management over a few years.
When mom gets ready to milk goats we can get a couple dairy goats.
The meat goats are the market. I am still learning about the various breeds and their characteristics, but am leaning toward a Boer goat operation. I also am investigating a pellet machine (mixes alfalfa, feed, grain into smaller sized feed pellets for goats, sheep). This minimizes waste. I could sell pellets to other sheep/goat breeders. May put a half circle into non GMO alfalfa. The other half would be grain (wheat, milo, corn).
Running 1,000 head of goats would yield a revenue of $300,000 of which 50% would be profit. In such a case I'd leave the pasture "as is" for the most part.
Dad
Put some thought into my "health" comments and make some positive changes.