Meat and Livestock Australia

Rangeland goat production inWestern NSW: Where are they now? 53 Looking forward Going forward, Big Ampi Rangeland Goats intend to continue along their current trajectory of developing their properties to run managed goats. Ultimately, goats will become their primary enterprise. In achieving this there are a number of areas where opportunities are being explored. A key priority for Big Ampi is to access markets that value their product and production system as superior to a wild harvested rangeland goat. Industry direction On an industry scale, Big Ampi would like to see greater development of the domestic market. They see this as an area where a premium product is demanded and subsequent opportunity exists for a price premium to be received. The avenues through which greater domestic demand may be created are the ‘normalisation’ of goatmeat as a protein source and the promotion of nutritional benefits of goatmeat. There are also a number of areas where they see the need for greater research. These include nutrition and feed conversion efficiency, intensification of joining programs and kangaroo management. Big Ampi are taking a leading role in conducting their own on-farm trials to better inform their decisions and management. Big Ampi Rangeland Goats are well engaged with industry bodies and believe they are motivated to further develop the industry.