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Geese have never been reared on the same scale as chicken, duck, and turkey. In the United States, geese are raised under cover for the first six weeks, then they are allowed to range from fourteen to twenty weeks, during which time their diet consists of local grass and grain. According to the USDA, California and South Dakota are the major geese-raising states.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), geese were likely among the first animals to be domesticated in Egypt about 3,000 years ago, although some research indicates that domestication may have occurred at an even earlier date. Several varieties arrived in the Americas with European settlers, and over the years, crossbreeding between the European varieties and local wild geese has resulted in the development of a number of breeds, including the Embden and Toulouse breeds, which are the most common in commercial use.