Growers | Australian Cashmere

Australian Cashmere is a renewable resource with the fleece being harvested once a year.
Australian Cashmeres are free range animals that can be used to advantage to clear areas of weeds without the use of costly, hazardous chemicals.
The Australian Cashmere Goat's dietary preference for the weeds rejected by other livestock species, leads to pasture improvement, more nitrogen fixing plants and healthier soils.

Fertility. Australian Cashmere goats are very fertile and quite prolific. A mature buck in good condition can serve 80 - 100 does. Bucks mature at an early age, so either need to be castrated or removed from their mothers by 12 weeks.
Australian Cashmere does make excellent, protective mothers, are good milkers, have multiple births and if they have the right nutritional requirements, are capable of rearing two or more kids at a time.
Cashmere Goats are intelligent, inquisitive and playful. They are frequently long lived, whilst still being productive.
Low Cost Production as there is no need to crutch, mules or jet, nor is there a need for constant surveillance for months each year for fly strike.

Cashmere Goats are suitable for farming in most areas of Australia.
Australian Cashmeres are suitable livestock for both small farms and large broadacre farming.
The demand for all types of Cashmere continues to increase, whilst world production is declining and the price for Cashmere increasing.
Due to the fact that Cashmeres choose a different portion of the feed available, other enterprises benefit from the pasture made possible with the addition of Cashmere Goats. They can be a lucrative addition to core farm businesses, with good returns for both meat as well as fibre.
After years of domestication, farming Australian Cashmeres is not dissimilar to farming and handling crossbred sheep.