Dairy goats, goat cheese, yoghurt, goat milk products

The bulk of Mathom Farm's product goes to Launceston where it is processed into goat feta by Hillwood Cheeses. Hillwood, the "Betafeta People", distribute their product to supermarkets in Tasmania and on the Australian mainland.

Because the herd is maturing and only a small number of maidens have been added to the herd at the beginning of the 2005 2006 season, average production per doe is expected to increase. Poor producers and older does have either been culled or retired from the milking herd to produce Boer cross kids.

GOAT CHEESE

In 1994 Mathom Farm expanded into the goat product retail market with the introduction of its own label. Mathom Farm Goat Cheeses were available at selected local retail outlets however now all of our product goes to the best restaurants in Tasmania. For descriptions of Mathom Farm Cheeses click the label graphic opposite (or click here

GOAT FETA
TASMANIAN PEPPERBERRY CHEVRE
CHEVRE ROLLED IN VINE ASH
NATURAL CHEVRE
GOAT FETA IN BRINE
GOAT FETA MARINATED WITH ITALIAN HERBS
GOAT CURD

PET GOATS

Pet goats are available throughout the first four months of the season, August to December. Because coloured and Nubian-type kids are more popular as pets, kids from the commercial herd are being dealt with separately. Local buyers please note that because of export pressures, weaned kids are not available this season. We can supply 3-day-olds that have been fed on colostrum.

CAPRETTO

Goat meat is the most eaten meat in the world and has for generations been the choice of milk-fed meats in the Mediterranean region.

Mathom Farm Boer Dairy cross kids are raised on the their mother’s milk produced on the clean, green pastures of Gunns Plains, Tasmania. They have never been exposed to growth promotants, antibiotics or drenches.

Cooked (roasted) 85g	Calories	Fat (g)	Saturated Fat (g)	Protein (g)	Iron (g)
CAPRETTO	122	2.58	0.79	23	3.2
BEEF	245	16.00	6.80	23	2.9
PORK	310	24.00	8.70	21	2.7
LAMB	235	16.00	7.30	22	1.4
CHICKEN	120	3.50	1.10	21	1.5

Throughout the world, people consume more meat from goats than from any other domesticated animal. The Boer was specifically bred to produce high quality meat.

Capretto is exceptionally lean and low in cholesterol and is the focus of a growing demand from the health conscious populations of the western world.

Research presented to the Nutritional Society of Australia (1997) confirms the reputation that Capretto is as low as 5mg of cholesterol per 100g, whereas the lowest figures reported for other meats were 44mg for beef, 52mg for lamb and 66mg for pork

But the best thing about it is that it tastes great!