Goat Farming at Rosewood Farms in Cobb County            

Thanks to Natural Resource Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP), Charline Cambron of Rosewood Farm in Cobb County is able to prosper in the goat farming business. Charline’s family has owned Rosewood Farm since 1958. After her parents’ passing she decided to keep the farm and make a go of it.

That’s when NRCS District Conservationist, Valerie Pickard of Marietta and the EQIP program came to the rescue. The cost sharing and technical advice were invaluable aids for her farming goals. The EQIP program enabled Rosewood Farm to make more pastureland available to the animals through improved fencing, nutrient management, a stream crossing, use exclusion areas, a new well and watering trough.

The availability of multiple pastures is crucial for rotational grazing, which is vital to avoid parasitic infestations. Charline currently has a stock of 2 billies, 30 breeders, 33 babies, and 6 yearlings. She runs the farm with help from her husband, brother and three “guardian” dogs. The three dogs provide additional security for the goats while they are in the pasture.

She breeds the goats twice a year and shows some of the prize goats in addition to working at a full-time job.

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