Goats ready to gobble up nearly anything that grows
JARED MCNETT, Globe Gazette
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MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) At least once in the past several years, Klemme resident Ben Petersen has had to monitor a goat stuck in a tree as a part of his job. It comes with the territory now.
Since 2018, Petersen has worked as a North Central Iowa affiliate for the Ames-based Goats on the Go to clean up park areas, abandoned properties and even yards with a herd of about 40 goats and without the assistance of mowers, chainsaws and chemical sprays.
“In our opinion, they’re not always going to replace those things but it’s another tool in the toolbox. They’re a lot safer to use around water and lakeshore because there are no chemicals to worry about and (you get) free fertilizer of course,” Petersen told the Mason City Globe Gazette.