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Infographic: The Meat Makers

Get the info you need to choose the best meat to raise on your hobby farm.

By Sue Weaver, Illustration by Tom Kimball


Raising meat on your hobby farm to feed your family is a noble venture, but it’s no small undertaking. Getting the quality meat from your livestock requires giving them quality care and attention. Before you invite livestock to the farm, spend some time thinking about what species and breeds you want to raise, the length of time is will require to grow your meat, and how much return on investment you will receive. Use the infographic below to compare different livestock species, and start thinking about what meat you can raise on your farm.

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very informative
brenda, windsor, MO
Posted: 12/31/2011 8:13:42 PM
Very good Info. The numbers are right on the money, we raise and have butchered and the return is better than the store.
Joe, Gray Court, SC
Posted: 11/23/2011 10:34:32 AM
We raise goats for meat and we have a couple Irish Dexter cows for meat also. There is a great market for goat meat, we have had a lot of interest from people wanting to buy it so we are looking at doing just that. After all 70% of the meat eaten in the world is goat.
AJ, St. Stephen, SC
Posted: 11/22/2011 11:25:06 AM
I am fairly new to raising my own meat, this is really helpful
Thomas, Gaffney, SC
Posted: 11/8/2011 10:49:25 AM
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