The wethers go into our ethnic meat market outlets, both as live animals and restaurant carcass sales. Herbicide and pesticide usage can be virtually eliminated with goat grazing, and goat meat is in high demand. Each contract is individually negotiated and written. All factors that go into a profit model are analyzed and gross margin, a measure of profitability, calculated. Know the efficiency of your management, know the costs incurred when other modes of vegetation removal are used, and evaluate the environmental benefits.
Project success lies in planning, re-planning, flexibility and creativity.
Western SARE is an effort of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Western region includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and the Island Protectorates of American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia and the Northern Mariana Islands.