Tips to Start a Goat Farming Business
Starting a Goat Farm in only 9 Simple Steps
1. Selecting Location:
Before starting, select a suitable location for your farm. While choosing suitable land for your farm, ensure all types of facilities are available in your location. A suitable clean and fresh water source is a must. Select the land nearby the village so that you can easily find the labor for your farm. Select the land with easy transportation facilities. Always be sure that sufficient veterinary service is available in the selected area. You can also check if other producers are available in the selected area or not.
2. Selecting the Products:
After selecting a suitable location for your farm, it’s time to determine the products which you want to produce from your farm. Goats are multi-functional animals. You can produce milk, meat, skin, fiber, etc. from them. Determine the products you want to produce and go to the next step.
3. Buying High-Quality Breeds:
After determining the products you want to produce, buy high-quality goat breeds which are suitable for your area/weather conditions. For example, if you establish a dairy goat farm and want to produce milk from your farm, then you have to buy high-quality dairy goat breeds. In the case of producing meat, you have to buy highly meat-productive goat breeds. For commercial purposes, you can purchase some goat breeds which are well adapted to your climate. Boer, Kalahari red, Savanah, Saanen, Toggenburg, Anglo Nubian, British Alpine, Angora, French Alpine etc. are such few exotic goats.
4. Housing/Shelter/Sheds:
A good housing system or shelter is very necessary for all types of commercial and domestically raised animals. Goats also need a good housing system for taking rest and keeping them free from predators and adverse conditions. While making housing or shelter for your goats, make a proper ventilation system for the proper flow of fresh air and sufficient light inside the house/shelter.
5. Feeding:
Feeding is the most important part of successfully running a goat farming business. The overall production and health of goats mostly depend on fresh and good quality food. So, always try to feed your animals fresh and high-quality food. In case of providing supplementary feed, never buy the fully prepared food which is available in the market. Instead, buy high-quality ingredients separately and prepare them on your farm. This will ensure the high quality and availability of all nutrition in the food. That also directly increases your total production.
6. Grazing Place:
Making a pasture or grazing place for your goats is very helpful. This will help to minimize the feeding cost and keep your animals healthy and active. Goats can go far while browsing. And moving far from the farm helps them to keep active and strong. Generally, two acres of grazing land is very suitable for raising 50-60 goats (you can raise more if you supply your goats home prepared supplementary feeds).
7. Special Care:
By providing suitable shelter and sufficient food, your goats also need some additional care and management. If you are a beginner in the goat farming business, then you can go for training to learn more about special care and management. You can also meet many established goat producers to learn more about the secrets of success and special care and management of goats. You can also contact me for advice, planning, and books on goats.
8. Ensure Veterinary Service :
Goats are very strong livestock. Generally, they suffer from diseases less than any other animals. But you have to be sure about the veterinary service in your farm area. It will help to prevent loss if something goes wrong with your goat farming business.
9. Marketing Goats:
A marketing plan is the first thing you must do before entering into any farming business. If everything goes well and if you follow the instructions mentioned above, then it’s time to market/sell your products.
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