Lance,sonOfdad wrote:... I also have goats as backup to take out any plant...
What do you use your goats for? Here in TX they are a meat industry. somewhat like cattle, but on a smaller scale. I have also heard there is some use of rented goats for brush control. I have often thought that goats would be useful in bamboo groves to control the under brush in a similar manner. You would have to keep them out of the groves during shooting season, but you could also feed them the branches from the poles that were harvested. In a small manual operation you could balance the goats against pole harvest and avoid feed costs, especially in the winter. Anyone know of this being done already? Our horses certainly like bamboo leaves along with the smaller branches, I would expect goats would also.
Mike near Brenham TX