Marketing Meat Goats Posted: June 1, 2012 The economics of goat
production is important to most people who raise goats. The
price of market animals dictates what can be spent on the
practices associated with production. Meat goat production is
one of the oldest and most widespread of the animal enterprises
in the world. At this point, it is the fastest-growing animal
enterprise in the U.S. Most producers will not tolerate a
nonpaying hobby operation. The enterprise must sooner or later
become a paying operation or it will cease to exist. A producer
who cannot successfully market what he/she grows will not be in
business for an extended period of time. A few people keep goats
as pets and companion animals; however, the economics of goat
production is such that most producers sell the animals, either
for meat or breeding purposes. Learn more about marketing basics
in the the factsheet Marketing of Meat Goats, published by the
University of Arkansas.