I had a co-worker who used goats to clear the weeds in his backyard.
Goats are great herbivores for target grazing, they will grazed on just about all the weeds we have.
Hmm, human life spans have almost doubled in the last century. I think chemicals are fine

Tell me this, dose it pay off using chemicals year after year where you can used a specifice livestock that can do the job and pay it self off when you take in to the livestock auction? Ofcource you may be limited to used chemical for your yard but on large tract land you can bentifit using livestock.
So how long you been a goat roper?
How you going to aim them critters, frickin laser beams on their heads?
Not a goat roper, i am a rangeland management specialist or range ecologist.
Second question is a good one. To practice target grazing on weeds, there are few way to do this. All plants are classified as palatable or non-palatable according to each grazing animal. Goat and sheep will grazed just about anything where cattle are predominantly grazed on some grass. The timeing of grazing to is a factor on when to pratice target grazing. There are other factors that i can go on but the important part about target grazing come down to knowing when you have a infestation problem and what is the best way to handle it.