Vanguard Ranch Meat Goats VABF 2011

Renard Turner owns Vanguard Ranch Ltd with his wife Chinette Turner. The central part of the operation is commercial meat goat production with an emphasis on the marketing of value-added, gourmet quality, ready-to-eat goat meat products. His farm supports sustainable and organic practices and takes farming as a lifestyle choice. Renard's interest in agriculture began in high school while living in California, where he partici-pated in agricultural science and engineering classes. This lifelong interest has led to the raising of everything from sheep and ostrich to meat goats. His stint as National Secretary of the American KIKO Goat Association led to a greater understanding of the meat goat industry. His focus will always be on producing the best all-natural products. He integrates goat manure into organic vegetable and herb production, wasting nothing on the farm and building a living soil.

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• Meat Goats
• Organic
• Farm
• Sustainable
• Renard Turner

[lindas236]

Is this the same vanguard ranch that signed up people from charlottesville, richmond, washington and baltimore for a csa, a few years ago? Then the csa had to refund their money because the people never received their food. I guess grandma was right, buyer beware.

[Jefferdaughter]

Goats are ideally suited to sustainable, even regenerative, ag practices - like intensive rotational grazing, or Managed Intensive Grazing (MIG). Properly done, fencing costs are minimal (well designed electric, train them to it before turning the first ones out in it). Worming can be eliminated (worm on arrival on drylot, then ROTATE on browse and taller forbs & grasses; and rotate or run with cattle or horses that don't share parasites). The knowledge is out there! Otherwise great info!

[DFBlair1964]

Thank You so much for share all this priceless info. It has openned my eyes, and thought in a whole new direction!

[skunkriverstables]

As a goat producer I find this video to be excellent with its information. I am not a value added producer at this time but plan to be someday.

[lindas236]

nteresting slideshow! A few questions,

What value added goat products do you produce?

Since you don’t sell on the wholesale market, do sell to a network retail markets?

Do you sell pre-packaged goat meat to these markets?

What is the brand name?

Is it cost effective to feed the goats silage rather then providing enough land for them to graze?

Who do you sell goat manure to?

Thanks, Linda S.