To date, there has been no market for certified organic goat and supply is limited. There are virtually no producers of organic goat in Australia except for a few larger producers in Qld and Western NSW.
As for Natural goat, the supply is abundant depending on the nature of the program. If a program could be based on a Statutory Declaration that states - no antibiotics, no vaccinations, no HGPs and no chemical inputs at all -- then there would be a large supply. This Natural program would be a good
basis to start and gives suppliers time to take the next step to being certified organic. Most goat suppliers in Australia would take this next step towards organics if they saw a premium. At this stage though, the only reason our goat is certified organic is because they are secondary to beef and lamb.
Ninety-five percent of goat in Australia are grown in rangeland conditions requiring no artificial inputs whatsoever - if you are interested in organic or natural goat please contact us to discuss a program.
Tasman Station
Tasman/Corinya stations comprising of 72,000 Ha (180,000 acres) totally enclosed in mesh fencing with 120,000 acres internally mesh fenced for a low impact grazing system.
Managed carefully within mesh fencing, organic meat goats do exceptionally well in this country, specifically managed for meat dollars with a
ranching system that has been developed over a period of ten years
Recently fully Certified Organic Breeding hardy Rangeland cross Boer Goats genetics, producing a composite meat goat, which are yielding a heavier meat carcase within a 12 month period.
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