Oak Springs Mountain Ranch
We Take Pride In Our Ranch. Oak Springs Mountain Ranch consist of 411 acreas of pasture meadows, hay fields and woodland. We love to horseback ride or four wheel, checking on fence and cattle and just wondering over the beautiful mountain range.
Meat Goat Farming
Welcome to Meat Goat Farming in the beautiful mountains of the Ozarks. Our journey to discover the fascinating adventure of raising goats began about three years ago.
Well, actually, raising goats has been in my mind for a long time since I always helped my grandfather who raised goats. They are very enjoyable to work with and there is a great return on investment to boot!
Let me explain
The previous owners of our farm (family) had clear cut the timber and regrowth took over the land where you couldn't even walk over it. I would work on clearing with the chain saw and bush hogging the land and did accomplish to get some of the land under control, but there was just too much work that I became overwhelmed and quite frustrated and discouraged that I would never see our land cleared as we have dreamed.
That's when we began our research on meat goat farming. We researched how to buy, raise and care for goats, how much clearing can a goat accomplish; and also what is the demand and supply for meat goats in the United States.
There is a huge demand for goat meat in the United State.
Getting started with meat goat farming isn't as costly as other types of livestock.
Goats offer a quick return on investment.
Goats are easier to manage than other livestock.
Goats preferably forage on saplings and weeds and leave the grass for your cattle.
Goat meat is the healthiest red meat that men could possible eat.
And lastly, but not least, they are fun and quite intelligent.
Our first purchase was from a local farmer. I bought eleven percentage boer doelings and later bought seven more. We began caring and observing their behavior and learning as much as possible by attending seminars, workshops and studying everything we could grasp.
Slowly, we began seeing the brush around the edges of our pastures begin to disappear. Then, we would walk down into the woods and see what we called "little paradises that had been cleared as high as the goats could reach. It was amazing!
Well, like I said, Our primary purpose for purchasing goats was to help clear the land, but then we began to see what our research was telling us.
There is definitely a huge market for meat goats!
