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Welcome to Hedge Hills just a little
bit about us and our operation. My wife, Rebecca, and I are both
lifelong residents of Dekalb County in northwest Missouri. We both
have a background in agriculture as we were raised on or around a
farm. We both spent many hours in a milk barn in our youth and
Rebecca has some experience in the show ring, having shown dairy
cattle as a 4-H project. We have both owned small herds of beef
cattle over the years and really had little knowledge of goats.
Well, to be honest I had no knowledge of goats and Rebecca had a
little knowledge of goats.
Raising beef cattle on our farm had
been a dream of mine for most of my life and I began to realize that
dream in the fall of 2004 with the purchase of 21 crossbred beef
cows. Then with the wife and I both looking for a change of
profession we began researching Boer meat goats. What we found was
an animal that Rebecca could physically handle, was good natured,
and had the potential to provide a good source of income on a
limited number of acres. What we got was just that plus more. There
has been little, except our two beautiful children, that has
provided us with as much joy as watching the little four legged kids
play. Now we have a farm that is providing us with both a source of
income and a great sense of pride and joy.
Please come
visit us or drop us a line either by phone or e-mail. We will be
happy to visit, share our experiences and any information we have
acquired through our experience or through the many hours of
research we have conducted on the internet or at seminars. Hope to
hear from you soon. |