Goatscaping start-up has grown to include meat and breeding stock sales.

When Adam Ledvina purchased five Kiko goats more than 10 years ago, his only intention was to clear out brush around the family farm to create more cattle pasture. 

Little did he know then that he’d find a passion in goatscaping for others across much of Iowa, now growing his operation to include approximately 1,000 goats while also offering meat sales to niche markets across the country and stock sales for others interested in raising the prized Kiko breed.

“Everything kind of revolves around the goat operation now,” said Ledvina. “Kind of started wanting to clear out brush with goats instead of chemical and heavy machinery. It’s safer, organic and less destructive to the environment than other conventional methods.

“(We) now cover more than 1,000 acres of invasive brush and noxious weeds across Iowa using more Kiko meat goats than I can count. And goat is the number one meat in the world outside of America … There’s a market for goat. And then we do sell some for...