Raising goats in the Philippines for meat does not need to be a very painful or expensive process… if you know how — that is. Although goat meat farming can entail a lot of your time, the profits from this venture are indeed noteworthy. In order to successfully launch your goat farm, here are a couple of things you need to do first.

1. Develop a forage area in your farm that is large enough to sustain the number of goats you plan to raise. Common rule of the thumb is for every twenty five goats you have, you need one hectare of forage area to sustain there feed requirements.

2. Choose goat breeds that you can take care of with minimal fuss. Most novice goat farmers immediately choose animals which they think will have higher meat yield and are imported. That choice could be favorable — if you can make your farming practice work, that is. But the truth is: when it comes to raising goats for meat though, your first area of concern is the type of breed you can raise.

Boers (also known as South African Boer goats) and Anglo nubian goats are the most favored meat producing breeds in the country. These animals have larger bodies and not prone to become fat even on an intensive diet. Goats like these also grow up very quickly, which means that their meat can be harvested in a short amount of span only. These animals are indeed noted to have the highest amount of harvestable meat per animal. However, Boers, Saanen and Anglo nubians would also need extensive care and a very specific kind of diet.

On the other hand, there are some people who favor raising Philippine native goats instead. Unlike Boers and Anglo nubian goats, these animals have adapted to the tropical weather in our country, diet or temperature. Although not as heavily built as the Boers or the Anglo nubian, the Philippine native goats do have a high reproduction rate; and that is always a plus factor when it comes to raising goats for meat.

If you are not particularly sure as to what breed you ought to get, you can start with a high breed Anglo nubian or boer buck and breed it to your native goats to improve there offspring.