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Producers Report Meat Goat Market Profitable, Growing
The Herrs use simple self-feeders for their meat goat feedlot.
The Mellots use open feed troughs to feed grain each evening when the flock comes
in from pasture. They also have protein block placed around the feedlot.
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Blairs Mills
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Grace and Lyle Mellott are quite please with the growth of
their registered Boer kids. Here they show one of the
favorites.
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various feedstuff costs to be
inserted to see what formula is
most cost efGcient In addition, he
can presuppose other input costs
and see what the results will be
with various rates of gain. He says
it costs $7O to keep a nanny for a
year. If you assume you get twins
that sell for $6O each, thafs $l2O
income.
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While many of ihe 70 members
of the Empire State Association
have jobs away from the farm and
can’t raise their own feed, Croisant
mixes his own goat feed in an old
cement mixer. He aims to sell kids
that average above 30 pounds
because that’s his premium price
market
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Bernville
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Northampton
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Germansville
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Brogue
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Williamsport
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Allenwood
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Hughesville
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Danville
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(717) 437-2798
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Mill Hall
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