Goat framing is the act of breeding and raising goat for food consumption, goat farming is one of the most lucrative agriculture businesses in Nigeria and in the world at large. Thousands of tons of goat's products are consumed everyday yet, the demand remains unsatisfiable.
Goat meat is highly consumed in the world due to the fact that it is also lower in fat than chicken but contains higher protein than beef, that makes it better than chicken and beef.
They are so many benefits Attached to goat farm In India and Nepal, goat farming is one of the primarily source of income for families. A matured goat weighing about 100 pound is sold for $150 (#48,000) each pound is sold for $1.5... Now let us imagine we have 500 goat for sell, do your calculation and you would see it would round up to $75,000 per year. Take away $25,000 as the production cost, you will be left with $50,000 (₦8,000,000)
China, India, and Pakistan are currently the largest producer of goat in the world.
with the opportunities still great there for any new farmer who would like to tap the gain.
Nepal is said to still import about 1.3million live goat yearly from the neighboring countries such as India, meaning that the opportunity is very much huge in that country for any would be goat farmer.
The high demand of goat meat and goat product can not be meet,Australia is the largest exporter of live goat and goat products in the world, yet they can't meet the needs of the country.
In this post I would explain how you can start up goat farming on a small scale and grow to any size you want within couple of years.
Goat take between 2-3 years to mature and take feed on anything green, they also feed on Grains,Chaffhaye and Hay
How To Setup Your Goat Farm
- Pasture
The requires good grazing ground that grows plenty of grass, goat feed on anything green and it's nutritious to them.
When starting up a goat farm Look for where land is cheap and acquire some acres depending on the number of animals you want to keep.
Goat don’t like over crowded condition, ensure you have enough acres of land for your goats to roam about free while grazing and feeding. On a good pasture ground, maximum of 10 goats should be kept in an acre of grazing land, if you intend to keep up to 500 goats, you will need 50 acres of pasturage.
2.Fencing
This is also a method of setting up a goat farm, by constructing a barbwire fence around the pasture. Also barbwire help to keep animal safe from predators.1.2m fencing may be required to keep goats in. As goats like to go around obstacles, electric fencing is sometimes used.
3.Housing
This also a method but more expensive than the other two methods mention above. I require building a house for the goat. Goats like laying down and chew the cord while resting in a quiet condition. Make sure the housing is made comfortable for them. Some even suggested building dog house for each goat.
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