Guide to Starting a Commercial Goat Dairy

This guide is meant to provide basic information to those interested in looking at starting a dairy goat farm as a business. Other books cover the detailed management of dairy goats while this guide seeks to touch on those topics that strongly influence management choices. One exception might be milking systems and equipment but we [...]

Guide to Starting a Commercial Goat Dairy2016-11-04T21:46:28-05:00

Managing the Barber Pole Worm

Part 2 of a six part series on Worm Control in Goats This article develops understanding of the biology of the worm, how sheep and goats become infected and using that knowledge to develop management practices to help control the worm. While this article is targeted to the Barber pole worm (Haemonchus contortus), the most [...]

Managing the Barber Pole Worm2016-11-04T21:46:28-05:00

New Kid in Town: Goat milk and dairy products rising in U.S.

Upcoming workshop to assist Kansas goat and sheep producers in exploring dairy enterprises By Tom Parker For 65 percent of the world’s population, the answer to the advertising jingle, “Got milk?” would be a resounding yes. The milk in question, however, is not from cows. In the United States, milk and products made from milk, [...]

New Kid in Town: Goat milk and dairy products rising in U.S.2016-11-04T21:46:28-05:00

New Kid in Town: Goat milk and dairy products rising in U.S.

Upcoming workshop to assist Kansas goat and sheep producers in exploring dairy enterprises By Tom Parker For 65 percent of the world’s population, the answer to the advertising jingle, “Got milk?” would be a resounding yes. The milk in question, however, is not from cows. In the United States, milk and products made from milk, [...]

New Kid in Town: Goat milk and dairy products rising in U.S.2016-11-04T21:46:30-05:00

Goat and Sheep Dairy Enterprise Exploration: Getting the Most Out of Your Milk

By Tom Parker Register here. For 65 percent of the world’s population, the answer to the advertising jingle, “Got milk?” would be a resounding yes. The milk in question, however, is not from cows. In the United States, milk and products made from milk, notably cheese, have long been the sole domain of dairy cows. [...]

Goat and Sheep Dairy Enterprise Exploration: Getting the Most Out of Your Milk2016-11-04T21:46:30-05:00