Land Clearing
and Management
Hello, landowners!
At Goats4U, we’re committed to offering you innovative, eco-friendly land management solutions. We’re thrilled to introduce our new land clearing and mulching service, which complements our popular goat rental service, ensuring your hobby farm or small holding remains well-maintained and environmentally responsible.
WHY HIRE GOATS FOR WEED
CONTROL OR HAZARD REDUCTION?
Goats provide a chemical free option. Perfect if you’re organic, worried about overspray onto high value crops (such as in vineyards or orchards), in an environmentally sensitive area or looking for an alternative to chemicals.
Goats can get into places machines can’t.
Goats can eat out infestations too large to be treated by other methods.
Goats can be used all year round in all weather conditions.
How Much Will It Cost?
Generally speaking, our services are competitively priced and can be tailored to your individual needs and budget. Both our land clearing and mulching service and goat rental service provide cost-effective solutions for managing weeds and maintaining your property.
Jobs are charged on a daily rate, There may be additional costs depending on distance travelled, access and setup considerations and the need for additional manual clearing. Clearing fence lines and munching ( see vegitation bush clearing ) for mower information.
Packages can be tailored to your individual needs and budget. If you have existing goat friendly fencing and only need animals this is the cheapest option.
Considerations
Distance
Distance from mackay to site
Time frame for the works
Water on site or distance to collect
Fencing, Suitable fencing All fence lines should be clear of obstacles that may help goats jump the fence, such as stumps, stays and banks. In most cases, however, goats prefer to go under or through fences rather than over.
paddocks for electrical fencing
the need to Brush cutting boundary’s to allow temporary fencing
Areas that need mechanical clearing
( see vegitation bush clearing )
WILL MY WEEDS BE GONE FOR GOOD AFTER THE GOATS ARE FINISHED?
Like any weed treatment method, using goats will require follow up. The amount and speed of regrowth is dependent on the time of year and the type of weed treated. Goats are an excellent control method – they will limit the size and spread of weeds and are perfect for treating gullies, creek lines, slopes and thickets that are otherwise inaccessible. Both repeated grazing and pasture improvement/remediation will be required to eliminate noxious weeds. Goats destroy almost all seeds during digestion so will not spread weeds. Their light weight and soft hooves minimise damage to sensitive land and their grazing is a beneficial part of the remediation process.
HOW DOES GOAT HIRE WORK?
The first step is a free, no obligation consultation to determine the suitability of goats for the job. The job will be broken down into paddocks and an optimal herd size determined. Once on site, the goats will be secured into mobile electric paddocks and rotated through the areas requiring attention.
WHAT WILL GOATS EAT?
Goats eat a wide variety of weeds and plants. They preferentially graze plants and weeds over grass. Blackberry and Sweet Briar are among their favourites. Lantana however the toxicity will vary see the list of weeks in the MLA links.
For the MLA handbook on using goats for weed control click here, or for their list of what goats eat click here.