MJ Ironwater Acres

Welcome to MJ Ironwater Acres, located in the Ozarks of south central Missouri, where our primary focus is on New Zealand Kiko meat goats. Kiko goats are a truly amazing meat goat breed. The development of the breed began in the 1980's by a consoritorium of farmers in New Zealand and the importation to the United States occurred in the mid 1990's. The early developers recognized the many attributes of the Kiko, such as early maturity, high twinning rates, disease and parasite resistance, superior maternal instincts and rapid growth rates, but there is another attribute that I don't think they recognized. Kiko goats have great longevity of productivity. Kiko does generally remain productive for 8 to 10 years and some even into their teens.

Kiko goats are aggressive browsers and can be of great benefit to improve pastures and grasslands by ridding them of brush and many weeds that are undesirable to cattle. After two to three years of running goats, often times there will be a noticeable increase in the available grasses preferred by cattle. Cattle and goats do not share the same parasites, so both species may benefit from a rotational grazing system.

The demand for meat goats has stayed high and if you have the available acreage, meat goat production can be a profitable venture. Cattle fencing can be converted to contain goats with the addition of electrical fencing and adding goats to your grazing operation can eliminate much of the need for brush hogging and chemical spraying.

You're welcome to come on in and "browse" around, schedule a visit or just call to "talk goats".