Resources
Your guide to locally grown food in Western Wisconsin. The Farm Fresh Atlas will connect you to farmer’s markets, local farmers, and food co-ops including some of our members farms and retail outlets. If you’d like to support a way of farming that protects natural resources, minimizes use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, and treats animals with care and respect, please consider supporting these farmers.
You will find information from meat goat resources in the Library as well as dairy information, because much of the latest research on goats is coming out of universities with meat goat research programs. Many of their articles contain general goat information which we can use. Our focus is dairy, with some meat goat information in the Value-Added section for producers who want to raise their bucklings for the meat market.
The Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association website is a comprehensive source of information for anyone interested in goats-from commercial dairies to hobby farmers to 4-H and FFA students. You’ll find information and resources about raising kids, herd health, milking, and marketing your products as well as resources and events offering more information including regional networks, field days, conferences, and links to other web resources.
The purpose of the Maryland Small Ruminant web site is to provide information to sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in sheep and goat production. The site consists of original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants.
www.clemson.edu/agronomy/goats/handbook/cover.html
This online handbook provides technical information on goat production and marketing and guidelines for enterprise budgeting and planning
www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200506/146129869.pdf
Australia has developed a substantial goat industry and is now considered to be the world’s largest goat meat exporter. Reflecting the underlying growth in goat meat production and exports in recent years, Australian exports reached a record high for the first four months of 2005. Total goat meat shipments for the January – April period totaled 6,960 MT (shipped weight), 32% higher than the same period last year. The United States was the major destination, receiving 56% of goat meat shipments during the first four months of 2005.
Meat Goat Production and Marketing Langston University
Presentations from the 2007 North Central Tri-State Meat Goat Conference
Held Oct. 5-6, in Aberdeen South Dakota. Sustainable Agriculture: Definition of Sustainable Agriculture. In 1990, the US government defined sustainable agriculture in Public Law 101-624, Title XVI, Subtitle A, Section 1683, as “an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will, over the long term, satisfy human food and fiber needs; enhance environmental quality and the natural resource base upon which the agricultural economy depends; make the most efficient use of nonrenewable resources and on-farm resources and integrate, where appropriate, natural biological cycles and controls; sustain the economic viability of farm operations; and enhance the quality of life for farmers and society as a whole.”