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"In particular, one is advised not to try to start a moose farm for meat production: the meat output will not cover the costs of production (which could be ten

"In particular, one is advised not to try to start a moose farm for meat production: the meat output will not cover the costs of production (which could be ten times as high as those of beef production), and, besides, free-range moose are not stupid, and they will not be coming back to the farm where their kin are being slaughtered. A couple of operators in Yaroslavl and Nizhny Novgorod Oblasts went out of business trying to do this."

toomanybeersies 7y ago
Deer farming (mostly red deer) has been very successful in New Zealand. Would moose farming be that much different?
- b_tterc_p 7y ago
  A moose is two to three times the mass of a red deer, or more. I’m not sure you can assume they’re similar.
- noselasd 7y ago
  Moose is not a herd animal - it's significantly easier to farm heard animals like red deer. Nor do they require as big a range or as varied a diet as moose.
Aloha 7y ago
This particular quote stood out at me too, and I was going to quote it as well.