Goat grazing in South Salem.
The herd is on site now.

The Short Answer

Yes, you can hire goats to clear brush in South Salem, New York. Hudson Valley Goats deploys a 30-goat working herd for targeted grazing across Westchester County, with projects starting at $900 and every job quoted after a free site visit.

The math is simple: our full herd clears one acre of moderate brush in about 5 days. A half-acre poison ivy patch is typically a 1 to 2 day job, and an acre of heavy thicket runs around 11 days. The grazing math page publishes the whole duration model, and the interactive calculator will run your exact acreage, density, and terrain.

We have a targeted grazing project in progress in South Salem right now, so the herd already knows the neighborhood. Request a free site visit and we will walk the property with you.

What the Goats Will Find in South Salem

South Salem's stone-wall woods and pond edges in northern Westchester grow a dense invasive understory:

Also on the menu: honeysuckle, phragmites, barberry, wineberry, and mile-a-minute vine. Full list on the services page.

Getting the Herd to South Salem

South Salem is about an hour and a quarter from our New Hartford, CT base, comfortably inside our regular service area. We serve the Hudson Valley, Catskills, western Connecticut, and the Berkshires from our farm, and the quote always includes transport, temporary electric fencing, water, and daily herd care. You never pay those as surprise line items.

If your South Salem project involves heavy woody material or acreage past what a season of grazing can handle, our sister company Hudson Valley Forestry runs the mulchers, and many projects combine both: machine first, goats for maintenance. Municipal or commercial-scale programs run through DeployGoats.

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