On multi-enterprise farms, not only can goats produce meat, fiber or milk, they can also serve as a holistic tool to control brush and restore vegetation. Gross margins for the combination of two (meat and fiber), three (meat, fiber
and milk), four (meat, fiber, milk or brush control) or any combination of enterprises requires evaluation. With careful planning, the potential exists to manage a dual purpose or multi-purpose cross breeding enterprise that produces for fiber, milk, meat or vegetation management markets, increasing cash flow and spreading the risk of production.

On multi-enterprise farms, the improved meat type goat can be successfully crossed with dairy animals as a terminal sire to produce a heavier carcasses. In addition, dairy goat kids are very popular in ethnic markets.

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