Zimbabwe’s goat industry is steadily growing, moving towards a structured, traceable, breed-standard-driven system. Farmer, ...
Raelynn Carlock, Lads N Lassies 4-H Club, Fort Morgan, 3 81 – Meat Breed Senior Kid (born 8/1/20 to 12/31/21) Gillian Steffen, Winning Edge 4-H Club, Wiggins, 1 Jarrett Haubert, Winning Edge 4-H Club, ...
The study of genetic parameters has become increasingly central to optimising goat production systems worldwide. Researchers have long focused on estimating heritability, genetic correlations, and the ...
One of the biggest leaps in reproduction efficiency comes with ridding yourself of doing things the way they have always been done. As most goat breeds are not limited to a breeding season, adopting ...
A few years ago, I ran a series of articles on understanding agriculture, designed for anyone in the general public who had an interest in understanding more about various agricultural crops and ...
Episode 172For the Love of Goats When people think about international development work, they don’t always picture goats at ...
Breeding and market goats were shown in the Multi-Purpose Building at the Morgan County Fairgrounds on Saturday, July 31. A packed audience showed up to support the contestants. Winners, as announced ...
CHIVWETU VILLAGE, Zimbabwe, May 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With worsening droughts in western Zimbabwe making it difficult to grow enough food, the farmers of the Tonga community have been ...