CATTLEMEN YOU CAN
INCREASE YOUR PROFITS
WITH
BOER GOATS
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The Boer goat is a new breed of meat goat in the United States. Breeders know that the Boer has the potential to do for the meat goat industry what the European cattle has done for the beef industry. Cattlemen are finding that running Boers in tandem with cattle is smart management for increased profits. The Boer goat can reach weights of 60-90 pounds at 90-120 days old and mature weights range from 180-300 for Does to 250-400+ for Bucks. The tremendous average daily gains (one half pound a day is not uncommon),conformation, hardiness, disease resistance and foraging tenacity are all profitable characteristics for the commercial breeder. The Boer is a content, non jumping, intelligent and easily managed animal which provides a totally new dimension to goat management. Providing a natural eradication option for brush, rose, greenbrior, brambles and thorn tree control along with eating weeds that are left behind by cattle allowing for the reclamation of land that up until now has been unsuitable for other livestock. The standard rule is that you can stock six to ten head of Boers or Boer crosses where you have been stocking one cow. Research also shows that you can stock one to three head of Boers or Boer crosses with each cow adding 170-500 pounds per cow to your annual calf crop. Multiple births are common and a 200% kids crop is achievable in well managed herds. The demand for goat meat, called chevon, is an established and growing market .The U.S. is currently importing 1,080,000 pounds of processed chevon from outside of the U.S. in addition to the meat that is currently raised with the U.S. boarders. Buyers have been contacting Midwest producers with requests for several hundred head of goats per week, a void that additional producers could help to fill. The Boer influence in crossbreeds has increased the
dressing weights from the common 40-45% to 60-65%. |
IMPRESSIVE - isn't it!
Foundation stock is available from:
TRI-QUEST
Dan and Paulette Wohnoutka
3326 South First Road
Humansville, MO 65674
417 / 754-8135