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North Central region
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Announces 2008
Call for Farmer Rancher Grant Proposals
Deadline for receipt of proposals: December 1, 2008
For more information or to receive a hard copy or e-mail file of the
call, contact:
North Central Region SARE
University of Nebraska, PO Box 830840
13A Activities Bldg, 1734 N 34th St
Lincoln, NE 68583-0840
Phone: 1-800-529-1342 or (402) 472-0809
North Central Region—Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
strengthens rural communities, increases farmer/rancher profitability,
and improves the environment by supporting research and education.
Tri-State Meat Goat
Conference Sept. 26-28
The
Spooner Goat Group is having their second meeting on Sept.
10th at 6pm
> the meeting will be held at the farm of Larry Meisegeier in Bruce.
> directions to the farm are: highway 8 to Bruce - go north on
highway 40 for
> five and one half miles the farm is on both sides of the road the
buildings
> will be on the east, there is a sign for Riverview Stock Farm
> the address is: 6430 highway 40
>
> This a meeting to find out if the interest is great enough to
warrant the
> dairy starting a truck route up here to pick up our milk. Also at
this
> meeting I am inviting farm loan people, contractors for building
our parlors
> and barns and any ag. people that might be interested.
>
> The Riverview Stock Farm is an automated facility that I have been
told
> milks 400 head of sheep and 45 - 100 goats, so this is a good place
to get
> some design ideas
>
> every one is welcome Thankyou Cynthia
Miller
> any questions - contact me at
> millerfarm@lakeland.ws<mailto:millerfarm@lakeland.ws>
or
> 715-472-4490
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THREE
DAIRY GOAT EVENTS PLANNED FOR OCTOBER
Dairy
goat producers, processors, educators, lenders and related
resources have the opportunity to participate in three dairy
goat events during the month of October. The first is a seminar during World Dairy Expo, featuring Dr.
William Wendorff, Professor Emeritas, University of
Wisconsin-Madison dairy food scientist. Dr. Wendorff will speak
on the topic, Getting the Most out of Goat Milk.
This event is scheduled for Saturday, October 4,
2008, 10:00 a.m. till noon, Monona Room, Alliant Center,
Madison. The event
is sponsored by the American Dairy Goat Association, the
Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association and the Department of
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
A
week later, on Saturday, October 11, 2008, Ethel and James
Jenson, 5846 County J, Mount Horeb, WI, will host a Dairy
Goat Value-Added Field Day.
The event, which begins at 10:30 a.m., will
feature tours of the Jenson licensed farm kitchen, milk house
where three separate bulk tanks cool milk from the three species
milked on the farm (cows, goats, sheep), the barn, farmstead
whey management system, and farm store.
Ethel Jenson is a licensed cheese maker and has developed
her own unique recipes utilizing mixtures of the milk produced
on her farm. She
makes her cheeses at a nearby licensed plant and sells the
cheese at her farm store. The
field day is free, but participants are urged to register in
advance so that sufficient seating and refreshments are
available. Attendees
can bring their own lunch to picnic or can buy lunch at the farm
store. The day will
end with apple cider and cheese-tasting of Ethel’s cheeses and
a walk to the top of her hill to view Tyrol Basin and Blue
Mounds. To register
for this event, e-mail jeanne.meier@wi.gov
or call 608-224-5121.
October
31 and November 1 comprise a two-day conference, Focus
on Goats: Growing Wisconsin’s Dairy Goat Industry. The
conference features a broad
menu of information and advice for beginning and experienced
farmers, information sharing and networking.
The conference also features a trade show.
Joint organizers of the conference are the WI Dairy Goat
Association and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade
and Consumer Protection. Other sponsors include the Dairy
Business Innovation Center, Cargill, Milk Products, Wisconsin
Cheese Makers Association, Coburn Company, and Badgerland Farm
Credit. Supporting
entities include the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University
of Wisconsin-Platteville, and the University of Wisconsin
Cooperative Extension.
The
conference will be held at Devil’s Head Resort, Merrimac, WI.
Highlights
of the conference include opening remarks from Rod
Nilsesteun, DATCP Secretary, a keynote address by Tony
Dutra, CEO of Woolwich Dairy, Inc., a panel discussion led
by experienced producers Gary
Libberton, Gene Zimmerman, and Larry
Hedrich, a general information session with Dr.
Chris Duemler, DVM, a discussion of breed traits related to
production by Lisa Shepard, American Dairy Goat Association as well as break-out
sessions focused on management, financial, and general topics.
The conference will also include a vendor show and Select Buck
and Doe Sale.
Session
topics include:
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Goat
Nutrition, Dr.
Gary Lynch |
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Managing
Johne’s in Goats, Dr.
Elisabeth Patton, DVM |
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NLPA
Loan Program and Lender’s Panel, Scharee
Atchison, NLPA; and Laurie
Makos, FSA |
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Facility
Design for Goats, Dave
Kammel |
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Plant
and Producer Survey Reports, Bob
Battaglia |
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Focus
on Milk Quality, Pam
Ruegg, DVM: and DATCP Food
Safety |
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DATCP
2008 WI Goat Farm Case Studies-Profitability Report, Paul
Dietmann |
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Marketing
Goat Meat, Judy
Moses |
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Diversification-Other
Income-Producing Products From Goats, Dela
Ends
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Goat
Nutrition, John
Shearer
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Click
here for paper copy of the Brochure
and registration form
Registration
will also be available online beginning September 15th
at: http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/registration/focusongoats.jsp.
The cost of the conference is $25 per person for one day
or $45 per person for both days. A $10 late fee will be
assessed for registrations made after October 15th.
A block of rooms have been reserved for the conference.
Please reference the conference when making room
reservations to get the state rate.
Rooms can accommodate 4-5 people.
For more information, please contact Jeanne Meier
at 608-224-5121 or by email at jeanne.meier@datcp.state.wi.us
.
(recap:
October 4, 2008, Making
the Most out of Goat Milk, Dr. William Wendorff, Monona
Room, Alliant Center, Madison, 10 a.m. till noon.
October 11, 2008, Dairy
Goat Value-Added Field Day, Gronndal Springs Farm, 5846
County J, Mount Horeb, WI, 10:30 a.m. till 3 p.m.
October 31-November 1, Focus
on Goat: Growing Wisconsin’s Dairy Goat Industry,
Devil’s Head Resort, Merrimac, WI, 8:30 a.m. till 4 p.m. each
day.)
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Grant
Workshops Oct. 21 Menasha, November 7, Eau Claire
Two workshops will be offered this fall to help farmers and
agricultural entrepreneurs develop strategies to access state
and federal grants. Attendees will learn how to successfully
submit a Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG), an Agricultural
Development and Diversification Grant (ADD), and The Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program application.
These programs provide research and development, planning and
working capital funds to farmers and farmer-based enterprises to
develop and implement ventures.
The
training workshops will take place on:
Tuesday,
October 21st - 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM at the
Heckrodt
Wetland
Reserve
Nature
Center
in
Menasha
,
WI
.
To
register, contact: Fred Depies at fkdepies@charter.net;
920-418-2718 or Glacierland RC&D at 920-465-3006.
Friday,
November 7th - 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM at the
Washington
Town Hall
in
Eau Claire
,
WI
.
To
register, contact: Pam Herdrich at Pam.Herdrich@wi.usda.gov
or 715-834-9672 or River Country RC&D at 715-834-9672 or
800-226-9672.
A
registration fee of $10 will cover the cost of lunch and
materials.
For
more information about VAPG, please go to: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm
For
more information about ADD, please go to: http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/mktg/business/marketing/val-add/add/index.jsp
For
more information about SARE, please go to: http://www.sare.org/
Sponsored
by:
Glacierland
Resource Conservation and Development Council http://www.glacierlandrcd.org/
Michael
Fields Agricultural Institute http://www.michaelfieldsaginst.org/
River
Country Resource Conservation and Development Council http://www.rivercountryrcd.org/
USDA,
Rural Development http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/wi/
USDA,
SARE http://www.sare.org/ncrsare/default.htm
UW-Extension:
Agricultural Innovation Center http://aic.uwex.edu
WI
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection http://datcp.state.wi.us
Please
let me know if you have any questions about these workshops.
Anne
Pfeiffer
Agricultural Innovation Specialist
Agricultural
Innovation
Center
1535 Observatory Drive
,
Madison
,
WI
53706
phone: (608)890-1905
fax: (608)265-3020
anne.pfeiffer@ces.uwex.edu
AIC Home Page: http://aic.uwex.edu |
Changes
in website
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All |
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The
Goat Dairy Library website completely went down, and it took weeks to rebuild it. Thank you for your
patience. |
| 3-7-08 |
Building
and Planning N-Z |
Sample
Farms |
"Building
and Planning" has been expanded to include five barn diagrams from
existing goat diaries, demonstrating different ways of setting
up pens, moving goats through the milking parlor, and feeding
hay and baleage. |
News
and Research
| 2-minute
body condition scoring video on-line |
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| Tuberculosis
in California goats 8-13-08 |
California’s TB status is about to slip to “modified
accredited advanced” status. Federal regulations
require a designation of this status if two or more TB
infected herds are detected within a state within 48 months.
California has had three herds detected since January.
For Wisconsin, this means that goats from California require a
negative TB test in the 60 days before shipment, unless they
originate from an accredited TB-free herd. If the
animals are going directly to an approved feedlot or to
slaughter, they don’t need TB tests, but they do need
official identification.
Wisconsin does not require an import permit from
California.
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| Memo
to people showing goats at Minnesota state fair |
Wisconsin
producers who show cattle and goats at the Minnesota State Fair
will be permitted to bring their animals back to Wisconsin after
the fair, but they will be quarantined and need to be
tested 60-90 days after returning. The
Minnesota State Fair runs Aug. 21-Sept. 1, so this means Wisconsin
cattle and goats shown there cannot go to the World
Dairy Expo, running Sept. 30-Oct. 4. Questions?
608-224-4872 |
| Handling
floodwater-contaminated feed and grain |
Sewage,
petroleum, heavy metals, pesticides and other contaminants are
often mixed into floodwaters, and Mycotoxin-producing molds can
show up when the floods recede. DATCP has detailed
information on dealing with flood damaged forage, grains and
feed products: http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/flood2008/damaged_feed.jsp.
or contact
their feed specialist, Eric Nelson, at 608-224-4539, email
eric.nelson@wisconsin.gov |
| Consignment
Auctions require a license |
According
to DATCP, livestock producers can hold
auctions of their own animals without a license, but if they
take other animals on consignment, they must obtain a license
and they must keep records. A Class B license permits up to four
days of consignment sales / year, and costs $115. A Class
A license allows unlimited sales during the year and costs $225.
Breed
associations and youth organizations are exempt from this
requirement, as long as they work with a licensed auctioneer who
keeps sales records.
The
point of this regulation is to assure that DATCP has records of
sales in case of disease outbreak or other situation where we
need to trace animals that have been in close contact with a
diseased animal. Record-keeping requirements come along with the
licensing requirement.
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| Dairy
Goat Summer Research Projects |
This
summer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will conduct
two dairy goat field research projects.
One
project will be led by Dr. Pamela Ruegg, Department of Dairy
Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Dr.
Ruegg is widely recognized in the dairy world for her research
in the area of milk quality. Her work in Wisconsin has
been primarily with dairy cows. However, prior to coming
to Wisconsin, she worked with dairy goats at the University of
California-Davis.
Dr. Ruegg
will lead a team of graduate students working with 15 to 20
commercial dairy goat farms in Wisconsin to assess milking
routine, graph milk flow curves, conduct a survey on mastitis
treatment and prevention techniques, and collect individual doe
milk samples for microbiological analysis to assess Somatic Cell
Count and infection status.
Funding
for Dr. Ruegg’s project was provided by the Wisconsin Dairy
Goat Association, the Quality Goat Producers Cooperative of
Wisconsin, the Babcock Institute, a private donation, and
Woolwich Dairy, Inc.
The second research project will
be led by graduate student, Claire Mikolayunas, under the
direction of Dr. David L. Thomas, Department of Animal Sciences.
The goal of this project is to determine the nitrogen balance of
grazing dairy sheep and dairy goats to assess their utilization
of pasture protein. Nitrogen utilization will be estimated
by measuring nitrogen intake from pasture and supplement, and
excretion (milk yield, milk protein, and milk urea, urinary and
fecal nitrogen). Information gleaned from this study
may allow producers to adjust supplementation to complement the
nutrient intake from pasture, thereby increasing the utilization
of forage nutrition and reducing feed costs and pollution by
excreted nitrogen.
Funding
for this summer pasture trial on dairy goat and dairy sheep
farms comes from the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems,
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of
Wisconsin-Madison with federal funds from the United States
Department of Agriculture. |
| Article on Goat Dairies |
See
the Wisconsin
State Farmer newspaper, page
1, part B of last week’s issue (week of June 20. |
| "Goat
Identification: Visual and Electronic"
slide presentation on scrapie available from the National
Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA). |
You
can obtain your free copy of the slide set on CD by contacting
NIAA at 270-782-9798 or by visiting www.animalagriculture.org
and clicking on the "Issues" tab at the top of the
home page where you will find the "Eradicate Scrapie"
link.
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| Grant
Money for Goat and Sheep groups |
The
American Sheep and Goat Center (ASGC) announces the availability
of up to $200,000 in competitive grants for product or business
development, producer information or education, marketing and
promotion for sheep or goats or their products, genetic
retention, and animal health. Eligible applicants, including
many business structures but excluding
individuals,
may apply. The intent is to fund a variety of proposals that
will benefit the U.S. sheep and goat industries.
Proposals are
due August 1, 2008.
http://www.sheepandgoatsusa.org/2008%20Grant%20Ann..htm
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Nutrition models for
small ruminants |
http://nutritionmodels.tamu.edu/srns.htm
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New
book:
Dairy
Goat Management Best Practices |
Read online at: http://www.wdga.org/resources/bmp1.pdf
Download
full publication (PDF)
This book was written
by Clara Hedrich, with assistance from Dr. Chris Duemler and Dan
Considine, all of Wisconsin. |
| Contact
person for Woolwich Dairy |
Woolwich Dairy Inc.
of Lancaster, WI
Field
person: Mari Dean
(608)
341-7606
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University
of Kentucky
February
2008
Goat
Producer's Newsletter
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Kidding
Edition – Slaughter Kid and Replacement Doe Economic Out-Look,
Assisting in the Kidding Process, Bottle Feeding Kids, Creep
Feeding Kids, Steps to Improve Kid Survival, Doe Care and
Feeding, Forage Management for the Spring Grazing
Season (PDF
version)
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| Affinage
in Context |
Randolph
Hodgson & Bronwen Bromberger of Neal's Yard Dairy visit
Wisconsin and share their insights into Wisconsin's burgeoning
affinage industry.
http://www.dbicusa.org/resources/nealsyard1.pdf |
Making
and Aging Mediterranean Cheeses
|
Diana
Muprhy of Dreamfarm recently attended a course led by Peter
Dixon in Vermont. She shares what she learned in making and
aging this type of cheese.
http://www.dbicusa.org/resources/dianamurphyartisanpaper.pdf
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| Grant
money available |
The
Agricultural
Development and Diversification (ADD) Grant Program at
the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer
Protection has announced $380,000 is available to individuals,
associations, agribusinesses and industry groups for projects
that are likely to stimulate Wisconsin's agricultural economy
through the development and exploration of new value-added
products, new markets, or new technologies in agriculture. ADD
grants are awarded competitively each year and maximum grant
amount is $50,000. Proposals are due by 5 p.m. on March 15,
2008. To download a request for proposal form and guidelines,
visit: http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/mktg/business/marketing/val-add/add/index.jsp
In addition, requests for proposals of the 2008
Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Program through
USDA are expected to open this week with a 60-day application
window. These grants may be used for planning activities and for
working capital for marketing value-added agricultural products
and for farm-based renewable energy. Eligible applicants are
independent producers, farmer and rancher cooperatives,
agricultural producer groups, and majority-controlled
producer-based business ventures. In 2007, Wisconsin producers
received more than $3 million in grants from this program. For
more information on the 2008 VAPG announcement and how DBIC can
assist companies in proposal preparation, see http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm
or call Abby Bachhuber, DBIC, at
608-658-3392, email:
awind23@gmail.com
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| October
2007
North Central Tri-State Meat Goat Conference put
presentations from it's workshop on-line
(Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa) |
This site has videos of all presentations from the
workshop:
http://sdces.sdstate.edu/ces_website/meatgoat.cfm
10-5-2007 |
| Request
from the University of Colorado Veterinary School, which will be
conducting a "needs assessment" to enable a nation
wide goat study in 2009 |
"In
2009, the USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System
(NAHMS) will launch the Goat 2009 study, the first national look
at the U.S. goat industry. However, before the study begins,
NAHMS is conducting a needs assessment that seeks information
from goat producers and industry stakeholders. This information
will be used to develop the study's objectives. Participation in
the needs assessment phase is quick and easy.
Go to http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/aphi/web07/Announcement/goatNAHMS.html
to get more information. |
| Beginning
Grazier Information Packet
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If
you want to learn everything you need to know about grazing in
Wisconsin, this is the manual to buy. It was written by
Paul Daigle, Marathon County (WI) Conservation, Planning and
Zoning, and Paul Nehring, of GrassWorks, Inc. Cost:
$17.50, plus shipping. Email Paul Nehring at pmnehring@mail.co.marathon.wi.us.
It is worth every dime. |
| Excellent
new article on feeding goats from Oklahoma, where they have all
the latest research from Langston University goat programs. |
Do
a Google search for "Oklahoma Meat Goat Conference 2006
Goat Nutrition and Feeding." Very concise summary of
what to feed and when to feed it, with adjustments for lactation
and pregnancy. |
| If
you're interested in training to become a cheesemaker,, here's a
blog where a person who is going through the training , writes
about the experience. |
http://www.dbicusa.org/planningoptions/cheesemaker+journal/default.asp |
| Research
carried out by the Department of Physiology at the University of
Granada, Spain, indicates that properties in goat milk help to
prevent iron deficiency and
softening of the bones IN RATS. Further study will be
needed to see if humans also benefit in these two areas. |
See
news release at: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-07/udg-nso073007.php |
| Upper
Midwest Hay list, pricing drought-stressed corn silage, use
of drought stressed feedstuffs |
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/ag/issues/drought/ |
| Business
planning and management skills training for beginning dairy goat
farmers. This is a 15 week course running from November 2007
through March 2008. |
Classes
will be held at UW-Madison (School for Beginning Dairy Farmers),
Wausau, also Reedburg, Washborn and Price counties (sites to be
announced later.) You may complete an internship if you
want to.
For more information on the
Wisconsin
School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers go
to www.cias.wisc.edu/dairysch.html
or call (608) 265-6437 or write Wisconsin School for Beginning
Dairy and Livestock Farmers, CIAS, 1535 Observatory Drive,
UW-Madison, Madison 53706. Questions can be directed to Dick
Cates at (608) 588-2836 or recates@wisc.edu,
or Jennifer Taylor at (608) 265-7914 or jtaylor4@wisc.edu.
For information about the Wausau program contact Tom
Cadwallader, Lincoln/Marathon County Extension, at (715)
536-0304 or (715) 261-1240 or thomas,cadwallader@ces.uwex.edu.
For information on the Reedsburg site, contact Doug Marshall
at (608)524-7727 or dmarshalol@matcmadison.edu.
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| Managing
Internal Parasitism in Sheep
and Goats |
Purdue
University Newsletter http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/AS/AS-573-W.pdf |
| News
from The Dairy Business Innovation Center Newsletter |
"Wisconsin
Leads Nation in Milk Goats:
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 with 30,000 milk goats
each. Nationwide numbers total 296,000 head, a 2 percent
increase compared to last year." |
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New items:
Extensive article on goat and sheep milk published March
2007, and a new book published on non-bovine milk, including goat
milk, published 2006
|
Citation
for interlibrary loaning the article:
Haenlein, GF, Y.W.
Park, K. Raynal-Ljutovac and
A. Pirisi. Goat and Sheep Milk. Small Ruminant Research
Journal. Vol. 68:1-2 , pages 1-232. Elsevier
Publishers,
Amsterdam
,
Netherlands
.
Citation
for interlibrary loaning the book:
Young,
Park and George Haenlein. Handbook of Milk of
Non-Bovine Mammals. Blackwell Publishing. 2006
Information for purchasing the book:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9780813820514 |
| Publication
of new NRC small ruminant nutrition guidelines.
|
Printable table of
goat nutrient requirements
http://books.nap.edu/html/ruminants/errata.pdf
You can purchase the complete book Nutrient Requirements
of Small Ruminants: Sheep, Goats, Cervids and New World Camelids
at http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11654#toc |
| New
Meat Goat Book |
Langston
University has a new Meat Goat Production Handbook See http://www2.luresext.edu/goats/MGPH.html |
| New
goat book |
TITLE:
Goat Handbook
AUTHOR: Ulrich Jaudas & Seyedmehdi Mobini
ISBN: 07641-3268-7
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. (http://barronseduc.com/)
List Price: $11.99
For a look at some of the pages in this book go to www.Amazon.com
or
click here.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764132687/104-2447639-5149514?v=glance&n=283155
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