Innovations in Ag: Moving to Management breeding and selection of goats - Western Landcare NSW

Western NSW producer John Vagg calls the Merino sheep a “leaf-eater” - that is, their high running costs meant they were always eating a leaf out of his cheque book.
When the wool market crashed 20 years ago, he went looking for an alternative and it was right under his nose - goats. Today John has a low-cost enterprise which he can run single handedly with the support of a couple of working dogs.
John’s goat business grew from him applying livestock management principles - such as genetic selection and grazing management - to the feral goats previously harvested from his property as a sideline.
The other benefit is having a livestock system which works with the challenging Western NSW environment, not against it.
His only problem now is living long enough to achieve all his farming goals.
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This case study was produced as part of the Landcare Farming Innovations in Agriculture Series. Supported by the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program, the Landcare Farming Innovations in Agriculture Series is managed in partnership by Landcare Australia and the National Landcare Network.

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Fantastic video, with some great stats! Love goats and hope to get into farming them one day.