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Working with goats to produce dairy products, soap, meat, leather, and fertilizer
Value-Added ProductsWith Goats
How can you make money with goats?
Milk Cheese & dairy products Soap Fertilizer
Manure (compost)Meat
Milk-fed pork, beef, poultry Chevon, cabrito
LeatherLandscaping (brush eating)
Selling milk
Raw milk Currently legal in Illinois to sell on farm in container
provided by consumer Illegal in Iowa; herd shares legal in Indiana See
http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/raw_milk_map.htm for additional states
Grade A dairy license Need different license for fluid milk, ice cream,
yogurt, and cheese Must have a separate certified kitchen for farmstead
cheese
Equipment for commercial cheese making
Commercial pasteurizerMolds for draining cheeseCooler for aging (or cave)+ commercial kitchen equipment
Ingredients for cheese
MilkSomething to ripen cheese
Acid (vinegar or citric acid)Culture (mesophilic or thermophilic)
RennetMold (white, blue, red)
For additional info on commercial cheese:
The Farmstead Creamery Advisor: The Complete Guide to Building and Running a Small, Farm-Based Cheese Business andMastering Artisan Cheesemaking: The Ultimate Guide for Home-Scale and Market Producers
By Gianaclis CaldwellChelsea Green Publishing
Soapmaking
Currently no legal requirements for soap manufacturers
Low start-up costs
Making soap -- equipment
Digital scaleStainless steel or enamel pot8-cup glass mixing bowl with handle or non-aluminum
pitcher2-cup glass measuring cupGlass or cup (1 cup)Thermometer (needs to read between 90 and 140 F)Plastic spatulas or wooden spoonsStick blenderMold(s)Freezer paper or wax paperVinegar
Soapmaking -- ingredients
OilFrozen milkLye
Optional:
Essential oilsFragrance oilsHerbs and botanicalsClayPumice or egg shells
Milk as Fertilizer
Linn, Missouri 1,100 more pounds of grass per acre 18% softer
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/jun/27/farmers-turn-to-milk-for-fields/
Composting manure in Illinois
Legally can only compost your own farm waste unless you have a permit
Cannot sell compost unless you have a permitNew rules are currently being drafted that
would make it easier and cheaper for small-scale compost production and sale.
Turning milk into meat
ChickenTurkeyBeef
Chickens and turkeys will drink a small amount of milk or whey. Calves can be raised on goat milk.
Homegrown meat -- pork
American Guinea Hogs
Pigs love whey and milk! Our pigs consume all of the whey from our cheesemaking.
Homegrown meat -- chevon
Extra buck kids can be sold for meat.
Legally selling meat in Illinois
Sell the live animal and deliver it to the locker as a service to the buyer. Buyer pays you for animal, pays locker for processing meat.
Pros:
•No permit required•Less marketing work as you only sell live animals, so you have to find fewer buyers
Cons:
•May make less $ per pound•Some people don’t want to buy a whole animal
Legally selling meat in Illinois
Butcher meat animals and sell individual cuts
• Cons
• Retail meat license required• More marketing work
because each customer buys less product
• Need a place to “set up shop”
• Must have dedicated cooler and/or freezer for meat
• Pros
• Can create your own signature items, such as sausage
• Potential to make more money
Leather
Ever heard of “kid gloves?”Salt hide after butchering and send to a
tanneryLearn to tan leather yourself
Sell as skin?Value-added products?
Resources
www.ThriftyHomesteader.comAntiquityOaks.blogspot.com
Supplies Cheesemaking.com Dairyconnection.com