Amazing weed eaters

In the future, goats (and sheep) may be more valued for their ability to control unwanted vegetation than for the meat, milk, and fiber they produce. These before and after pictures were taken by Jeff Semler at the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test in Keedysville, MD. The goats quickly cleared the vegetation (lots of thistle) on this ridge that they wanted to bed down on.

Before

After