Goat Farming Business Plan

For any successful commercial goat farming, proper business plan is required before starting the goat farm. This business plan may include right from land selection to marketing of goats. However, goat farmers should have complete knowledge before going to large scale commercial goat farming. The following write up details about important milestones in goat farming business plan implemented in stall-fed goat system. You can assume the same for dairy goat farming, meat goat farming or wool goat farming.

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Goat Vaccination Schedule

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Goat Diseases Information Guide

For successful goat farming, one should be aware of common diseases of goats and their control methods. In many cases, intensive goat farming leads to spread many diseases which ultimately results in increased mortality. If goat farmers are not aware of common goat diseases and their prevention, there may be a chance of getting losses in goat farming business. Hence, it's very important to identify the symptoms and apply preventive care. Let us discuss about such common diseases and their control measures in commercial goat farming business. Read more : HERE. 

Toggenburg Goat Breed Information

This goat breed is famous for milk production and one of the very popular dairy goats originated in the Toggenburg Valley in north-east Switzerland. These goats are credited as being the oldest known dairy goat breeds in the region. This goat breed performs best in cooler conditions. These goats have known for their excellent udder development and high milk production. Toggenburg breed is distributed throughout the world. Other names of this goat include; Toggenburger Ziege, Chèvre du Toggenbourg and Capra del Toggenburgo. Goat farmers can consider Toggenburg breed for commercial dairy production due to their high production of milk. However, this breed can also be reared and raised for meat purpose.Read more: HERE.

Kiko Goat Breed Information Guide

The "Kiko" is a breed of meat goat from New Zealand where Kiko is a Maori word which means a "flesh" or "meat". It is the breed created by cross-breeding New Zealand local goats with Anglo-Nubian, Toggenburg and Saanen breeds. The best part of these goats is "fast growth", hardiness to survive in many climatic conditions and high feed conversion ratio (FCR). There is an association called "The American Kiko Goat Association" (AKGA) with this breed name. Let us discuss more about these goat performance and characteristics in this write-up. The scientific name of Kiko goat is “Capra aegagrus hircus”. Read more : Here.

Ganjam Goat Breed Information Guide

Ganjam goat is one of the Indian goat breeds mostly found in Ganjam district of odhisa and surrounding states like Andhra Pradesh. These goats are also found in some areas of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. These goats are reared for meat purpose. As goat meat has excellent demand in all states of India, commercial goat farming proved to be very profitable. Selection of health Ganjam goat breed is essential to get more profits in short period of time. Ganjam goat is one of the Indian goat breeds mostly found in Ganjam district of odhisa and surrounding states like Andhra Pradesh. These goats are also found in some areas of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala. These goats are reared for meat purpose. As goat meat has excellent demand in all states of India, commercial goat farming proved to be very profitable. Selection of health Ganjam goat breed is essential to get more profits in short period of time. Read more: HERE.

Commercial Goat Farming Guide

Commercial Goat farming is a process of rearing Goat for commercial production of meat, milk and wool (leather). Commercial Goat production is increasing day by day in India as the demand for meat is growing. People are from different professions getting into Goat farming business as this has huge scope of getting profits. This also lots of economic importance in India as this provides excellent income for marginal and landless farmers. In order to be successful in commercial Goat farming, one should have proper Goat farming business plan before rearing the Goat on large scale. The Goat business plan should include goat breed type, basic infrastructure (House/Shed), number of animals, feed management, Insurance, vaccinations (Disease control) and other medical information and marketing. Pregnant female goats and newly born kids needs more care in terms of nutrition/feed and medical attention. If you are going for Ram program where only male Goat is being raised, have proper batch plan meaning that one batch Goat flock should be ready for marketing when other batch enters into your farm.  Read more: HERE.