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Hoegger Supply (770) 461-5398  

Goat world 911   http://www.goatworld.com/911/

AgSource   www.agsource.com 

All of the goat milk from Kolb Lena Cheese and Quality Coop is tested at 

AgSource Food and Environmental Laboratories 

Address: 1001 Frontage Rd., Stratford, WI 5448

Phone: (715) 687-4165

Fax: (715) 687-4165

Email: afel@Agsource.com

 

The website has excellent articles on DHI services, MUN testing, soil, nutrients, water, feed, milk, dairy product and forage analysis, udder health management and milk quality.  It's focus is on cows, so you will need to substitute goat values for the cow values listed on the screens, but much of the information applies to all types of dairies.

Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory: http://www.wvdl.wisc.edu

User’s guide: http://www.wvdl.wisc.edu/PDF/WVDL_UserGuide_05-06_web.pdf

General Information page: http://www.wvdl.wisc.edu/UserGuide.asp

Lab test submission form: http://www.wvdl.wisc.edu/PDF/WVDL.Form.General_Submission.pdf

Milk culture submissions form: http://www.wvdl.wisc.edu/PDF/WVDL.Form.Milk_Culture.pd

Interpretation of bulk tank test results: http://www.wvdl.wisc.edu/PDF/Bulk_Tank_Milk_Culture_Tests_Interpretation_Sheet.pdf

Legal Issues   http://www.luresext.edu/goats/training/legal.html

Farm Service Agency   Loan information: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/farmloaninfo04.htm

National Livestock Producers Association  Sheep & Goat Fund      www.sheepandgoatfund.com 

Math formulas  : contains formulas for figuring area, perimeter and volume of all kinds of shapes.

Unless they go directly to slaughter or an approved feedlot, Minnesota and Michigan cattle, bison and goats brought into Wisconsin will need:

-An import permit from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

-Negative TB test results from a “whole-herd test” in the past 12 months

-Negative tests for individual animals in the past 60 days if the whole-herd test was done before that time, or if they were not part of the herd at the time of the test

-In addition, they will be quarantined when they arrive in Wisconsin, and will have to be retested 60-90 days after import.

-There will be no exemptions for young animals.  Animals brought into Wisconsin for fairs and shows will not be quarantined, but must return to their farm of origin; they cannot be sold. 

Contact: Donna Gilson 608-224-5130. 

State by state requirements for moving goats across state lines http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/an_sci/extension/animal/meatgoat/MGHealth.htm  

WI DATCP information about animal movement  http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/ah/agriculture/animals/movement/gen_info.jsp

WI DATCP information on moving goats into WI from another state: http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/ah/agriculture/animals/movement/sheep_goats.jsp

Wisconsin Regulations on animal movement 

ATCP 11 Animal Movement: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/atcp/atcp011.pdf

ATCP 11.51 Goat Imports: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/atcp/atcp011.pdf

ATCP 11.02 Certificate of Veterinary Inspection http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/atcp/atcp011.pdf

WI Animal Movement (on-line) Request Form http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/ah/agriculture/animals/movement/forms/form_movementpermit.jsp

For more information: 608-224-4872, Monday thru Friday 7:45 am - 4:30 pm

To figure percent, move the decimal point two places to the left and multiply by that number.

Example: Your buck should be fed supplement at 0.25% of his body weight (200 lb) per day.  

Take 0.25 % and move the decimal two places to the left.  Now it is 0.0025.  

Multiply that times 200 lb.  0.0025 x 200 = 0.5 or half a pound.  

You should feed half a pound of supplement every day.  

1 2 3 4 5 6          7          8 9 10 11 12 13 14

       Acid        Neutral                 Base

1 is the strongest acid.  6 is the weakest acid.

14 is the strongest base.  8 is the weakest base.

A one number change means the solution is ten times weaker or stronger than the previous measure.

Acid: a compound with a positive or negative charge, that breaks apart in water to form a hydrogen ion (H⁺).  The more H⁺ the stronger the acid.  Solutions containing acids are called “acidic” solutions.  Acids are sour, react strongly with metals, are very dangerous and can burn your skin. Examples of acids: vinegar, citrus fruits, stomach acid

Base: a compound with a positive or negative charge, that breaks apart in water to form hydroxide ions (OH^-). 
The greater the concentration of OH^- ions the stronger the base.  Solutions containing bases are called “alkaline” solutions.  Bases taste bitter, are slippery, are very dangerous and can burn your skin.  Examples of bases: lye, ammonia.

United States

CRIS (Current Research Information System of the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service) database (http://cris.csrees.usda.gov/search.html)

FASS database: Journal of Animal Sciences

http://jas.fass.org/cgi/search?sortspec=relevance&author1=&fulltext=goats&pubdate_year=

&volume=&firstpage=  

Google search for scientific articles and research http://scholar.google.com/

Martindale's center  http://www.martindalecenter.com/

Martindale's list of agricultural calculators http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators1_2_Ag_Live.html

National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)  http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp

USDA research database 

http://www.ars.usda.gov/services/TekTran.htm?criteria=goat&field=all  

National 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System, Inc. http://216.120.158.109/youth.taf?s=202&project=142

Univ. California at. Davis Veterinary Medicine Extension, goat reference list  http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vetext/INF-GO_Goatrefs98.html

Other countries

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

FAO catalog on-line   http://www4.fao.org/faobib/

Feed Resources         http://www.fao.org/ag/AGA/AGAP/FRG/frg1.htm

Animal Heath             http://apps3.fao.org/vs/index.htm

The complete 2008 U.S. sheep and goat report can be found at http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/SheeGoat/SheeGoat-02-01-2008.pdf

You can find reports for other years at http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/SheeGoat/

For information on U.S. Sheep and Goat statistics, call Scott Hollis (NASS) (202) 720-4751, office hours 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Eastern Time.

Goats:  Number by Class, United States, January 1, 2005-2008 ¹

Licensed Commercial Goat Dairies in Wisconsin²

April 2005: 142

April 2006: 157  

April 2007 165

2007 Licensed commercial goat dairies, WI by county⁵

Licensed Milk Processing Plants In Wisconsin that Process Goat Milk  (http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/fs/business/food/plants/pdf/Winter2007Dairy.pdf)     (To order a CD of all license lists see  footnote 2 below.)

April 2005 12

April 2006 12

April 2007 12  

April 2008 14

(Note: many goat milk producers provide milk to Kolb Lena, which is licensed in Illinois, not Wisconsin, so it is not counted in this total.)

4-H Members with goat projects in Wisconsin³

2004-2005 school year 1,053

2005-2006 school year (data not available at this time)  

4-H leaders assisting on goat projects in Wisconsin³

2004-2005 school year 16

2005-2006 school year (data not available at this time)

Goat Cheese

10% of the specialty cheese plants in Wisconsin make goat cheese⁴  

Wisconsin Leads Nation in Milk Goats in 2007 

"A study released this month by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, reports that Wisconsin is growing its dairy goat industry faster than any other state. With 33,000 milk goats, Wisconsin has the most milk goats in the nation; California and Texas are tied for second place with 30,000 milk goats each. Nationwide,  numbers total 296,000 head, a 2 percent increase compared to last year"

(DBIC newsletter, February 2007)

 

 ¹National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp

Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Service (WASS) http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Wisconsin/index.asp

² DATCP License Lists ($15 per CD) see  http://datcp.state.wi.us/contacts/openrecords.jsp

³ UW Extension 4-H http://www.uwex.edu/ces/4h/

⁴ Specialty Cheese in WI (July 2005) http://www.dbicusa.org/resources/specialtycheeseinwisconsinopportunitiesandchalleng.pdf

5 WDGA Newsletter March/April 2007