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A Twist on Goat Programs
Like many economically challenged areas, Kyuso district in Kenya is initiating a project to distribute goats in an attempt to improve impoverished conditions. The twist is this: the project, Njaa Marufuku, is based in the schools. Parents of students will be given a gala doe. Each school will be provided the means to acquire a toggenburg buck.... »
Goat or Cow for the Family’s Milk?
Holly at Easy Living the Hard Way has kept both cows and goats and gives a analysis here of the difference. She covers initial investment, care and labor costs — including the cost to her body from milking” “My back appreciates that our goats jump up on to a stanchion and I’m sitting upright milking rather... »
Cuban Goat Herding
Edelsio Gijon Hernandez left his career as an English teacher to follow his true love: raising goats. He doesn’t do it for the money, he does it for the goat-love. In an area where he makes an average $115 per month, it’s obvious that caring for his herd, rather than being wealthy, is Gijon’s motivation. The... »
Understanding Mini Genetics
For those intimidated by the needs of full-sized goats, the mini dairy goat may be just the ticket. Mini goats are creating by breeding Nigerian Dwarf bucks to full-size dairy does. They conform to standard coloring but are smaller. However, determining percentages and generations, required for registration or showing, can be confusing. Green Gables Mini Nubians has provided a... »
Goat’s Milk: A Healthy Choice
Boer Goat Villa knows their stuff when it comes to goat’s milk. In a comparison of the virtues of goat’s milk and the differences between such and cow’s milk, they remind us that the fat globules found in goat’s milk are more easily digested than that of cow’s milk. Goat’s milk results in less allergies and is... »
Dairy Goats Down Under
CULCAIRN, Australia — Former cattle rancher Evelyn Osewald discusses her Santana Goat Dairy, one of two goat dairies in the region that supply milk to the Milawa Cheese Company. “It is a profitable business, otherwise I wouldn’t be doing it,” Osewald told The Border Mail, noting parasites, however, are a problem for her herd. “Goats are... »
R.I.P. Petey
Most of the goats we write about live on farms or small homesteads, sometimes in back yards. Then there’s Petey, a house goat. Amy Rowan, of Geneva Township, Ohio, adopted Petey in 2004 as a way to please her niece and “be the cool aunt,” Rowan told the Star Beacon of Ashtabula. “The last animal I... »
Today’s Dairy Goat
Ag writer Jan Hoadley gives an overview of the modern dairy goat, moving through myth to fact as she educates people to the world of hard-working and high-producing caprine does. »
Dairy Goat Chart
Hobby Farms Magazine offers this PDF of a Dairy Goat Breed Information Chart by Sue Weaver, with everything you need to know including the fat content for each breed’s milk. The Hobby Farms people dedicated their July/August 2009 issue to dairy-goat management from goat care to breed selection, and they’ve launched a new magazine... »
Managing Dairy Goats
The Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association has a free download on management practices, including breeding to improve production, milking protocols and equipment needs. “Dairy Goat Management: Best Management Practices” also covers vaccination and herd health, raising kids and facilities needed for dairy goats. The 118-page document was compiled and written by Wisconsin dairy producer Clara Hedrich of... »
Bermuda sells first goat milk
Bermuda has joined the ranks of places with locally produced goat’s milk on the shelves. Gerry and Aletha Wilmot’s efforts to bring their milk to the public marketplace is told in this story from the Bermuda Sun. The Wilmots raise several breeds of dairy goats and, with the help of a government grant that... »
Feeding & housing dairy goats
The University of Missouri Extension School offers these tips on feeding and housing dairy goats, including separate postings on how to feed bucks, dry does, the milking herd and kids and yearlings. »
Got Milk?
While goat milk has a growing fan base in North America, some people still act sniffy. Maybe they don’t try new things. Maybe they were just born with a lousy palate. Whatever the case, here’s some of what they’re missing: The fat in goat’s milk is different than that from cows so it’s more digestable.... »
Adding goats to the mix
Jim Falls, Wisconsin: Charlie Sue Ewings and her husband, Stanley, wanted to expand their dairy cow herd and decided to add goats to the mix. “I’d been researching them for a while, and they seemed simpler and cleaner and like less work. They’re not. They’re just as much work as cows,” Charlie Sue told The... »
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Happy Goat Caramels
Happy Goat Caramels are sweet, savory and made from the milk of California goats grazed on pesticide-free grass.
