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Bill Wellcock, an English major at PSU, recently attended the Pennsylvania Farm Show. While he was mystified by the hay judging and found the cows intimidating and the horses less than fascinating, the goats made an impact. Goats, he wrote in his editorial for The Daily Collegian Online, are “just right for the transition from... »
Goats in Ontario
Tobin Schlegel, President of the Ontario Goat Breeders Association, is encouraging Ontario farmers to invest in goats. In a recent story in The Sun Times, Schlegel said, ”I can’t stress enough the marketing end of this”. The article also notes that demand for goat meat is high during Easter and prices generally go up to about $3.55... »
Chevron Right to Your Door
Chevron, or goat meat, can be difficult to find depending on your location but Copeland Family Farms has solved that problem for us. One look at their website shows the variety of products they offer including soaps, sauces, marinades, halal meats as well as beef and chevron in many different cuts. All of their products... »
Malaysia: Improving Meat Production
Changes are in store for Sabah, Malaysia with an eye toward making the region a leader in goat and sheep production. The Daily Express covers the concerns of Deputy Chief Minister Hussin and an agreement made Monday between the State’s Rural Development Cooperation (KPD) and Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. The agreement, signed by KPD Chairman and UPM Vice... »
Changing the Goat Bias
It’s a story goat tenders are all too familiar with. You’ve carefully chosen your herd, thoughtfully bred them for quality meat or milk production and you’re ready to go to market. Where is the market? The Filipovich family from Minnesota is very aware of the problem, and the problem is, most Americans don’t eat... »
Philippines: Raising Boer Standards
Major breeders of Boer goats in the Philippines are hoping to encourage the improvement of body size and meat quality by lowering the prices of Boer bucks for sale, reports Agriculture Business Week. While Alaminos Goat Farm normally offers bucks for P24,000 to P30,000 (roughly $515-643 US), owner Rene Almeda says he’s decided to... »
Netherlands to kill 35,000 goats
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — An estimated 35,000 goats are to be culled in the Netherlands under a program to halt the spread of Q fever. The culling to be begin Monday includes killing healthy goats, which is opposed by the Dutch Farmers Association. Healthy goats and sheep can be vaccinated against the disease, the farm association... »
Goat-onomics
You’d never hear of this kind of thing happening in America, and that’s a shame. We’ve learned at modernghana.com, that in an attempt to improve that nation’s economy, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture plans to pass out goats and sheep. 21,000 to be exact; and that’s a lot of ruminants. According to the... »
Boer Goat Info
For anyone interested in boer goats, take the time to visit Boer Goats Home. Just as the name implies, this site is devoted to the most common of meat goats, Boers. Providing general information about the goat meat industry, books on the care of goats, as well as a wealth of knowledge about Boers specifically,... »
Defining Meat Goats
The Best Article in the Net recently reprinted one of Ted Allen’s series of articles on goats. In Mr. Allen’s summary of what makes a good meat goat, he states three characteristics: adaptability, reproduction/growth and carcass value, as the defining traits of a quality meat goat. While any breed of goat can be butchered for meat, certain breeds are better... »
Penn State: Meat Goats 101
Meat goat ranching is becoming increasingly popular with commercial farmers and homesteaders alike. To that end, the Penn State Cooperative Extension Office is offering a winter course online covering everything from a general overview of meat goat production to selecting meat goats and developing a market plan. The course, which begins Jan. 3, 2010, also... »
What Boer Goats Look Like …
“They look like a Basset Hound with a goat body. That’s Danna Barrett describing Boers in this Arizona Daily Star story. Barrett owns the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch just south of Pistachio Point, Arizona. (We’re not making this up.) »
The Butchering Process
Kristeva Dowling at Howling Duck Ranch, British Columbia, this fall butchered 25 Cornish crosses and 32 turkeys before mustering the courage to butcher one of her goats. The photos in this post are graphic and show exactly how to drop a goat with a bullet to the head, bleed it out and skin and carve... »
Butchering Goats
WALLER, Texas — Tim and LeAnne are raising 11 children and running a goat dairy. Her family recently killed a goat for their freezer, which she knows horrifies some people. In this post, LeeAnne she talks about deciding to butcher the goat on the farm rather than take it to a stranger at an abattoir: “He... »
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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.
