Waikato Milking Systems product and project manager Andy Geissmann believes there’s plenty of scope for Kiwis working in the emerging sheep and goat dairy sectors to export.

Overgrown hooves can cause a lot of problems in goat herds including stress on joints and bacterial and fungal infections.

The importance of testing, managing and controlling the spread of Johne’s disease (JD) in dairy goats shouldn’t be underestimated.

Shaun Murray is at the coalface of New Zealand’s $1 billion export infant formula industry.

Assuming a goat’s nutritional requirements fit somewhere between that of sheep and cattle is a mistake.

All food producing industries are entering a period of increased consumer awareness.

Johne's disease (JD) is a major production-limiting disease of farmed ruminants worldwide and, after CAE, it is the biggest animal health concern for goat farmers. 

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor, out and about last month in Waikato, ended one day holding baby Neve — but not of Ardern-Gayford fame.

Dunsandel farmer Michael Woodward may be Federated Farmers North Canterbury dairy chairman but his real passion is the angora goats he inherited from his father John.

Hamilton-based Dairy Goat Cooperative (DGC) has appointed David Hemara as its new chief executive.