Lucrative goats fetch $7/kg over the hooks

Samantha Townsend
April 19 2019 - 5:00am
Bruce Mills at his property at Coolabah and an aerial of a goat muster north of Broken Hill. Digitally enhanced image using photos by Rachael Webb and Stock and Station Aviation.
Bruce Mills at his property at Coolabah and an aerial of a goat muster north of Broken Hill. Digitally enhanced image using photos by Rachael Webb and Stock and Station Aviation.

In far western NSW a load of 200 goats means serious cash flow for drought-stricken graziers. In fact it's worth around $15,000 and is the equivalent to a road train of hay.

Samantha Townsend

Journalist based on the Mid North Coast for The Land.

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