Displaying items by tag: GOAT FARMING

Wednesday, 03 August 2022 11:55

Are NZ farmers missing the trick on goat meat?

"Adding pastoral goats with suitable management is the production base to develop a niche in an existing market,” Garrick Batten claims.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 25 November 2020 12:55

Goat farming on the rise

Dairy goat milk processors, looking to increase their supplier numbers, are helping to drive interest among farmers in New Zealand’s growing goat milk industry.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 25 November 2020 12:55

Liver function key to yield and health

Prior to the 1600’s the liver was considered to be the most important organ in the body, much more so than the heart and the brain.

Published in Farm Health
Friday, 09 December 2016 08:55

Goats can save the hill country

The benefits of pastoral goats are largely ignored in New Zealand, but these animals could be, for some hill country farmers, as important for their survival as fertiliser and fencing.

Published in Management
Wednesday, 06 January 2016 09:08

Goats can save the hill country

The benefits of pastoral goats are largely ignored in New Zealand, but these animals could be, for some hill country farmers, as important for their survival as fertiliser and fencing.

Published in Management

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