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All about Goat is a company founded in 2010 by 22-year-old entrepreneur, Matthew Richmond, from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, which rents out goat herds for land-clearing purposes. [1] Rent A Goat is part of a larger phenomenon called conservation grazing or targeted grazing whereby goats are used instead of traditional machinery or pesticides ...
In the US, four organizations—the American Farrier's Association (AFA), the Guild of Professional Farriers (GPF), the Brotherhood of Working Farriers, and the Equine Lameness Prevention Organization (ELPO)—maintain voluntary certification programs for farriers. Of these, the AFA's program is the largest, with about 2800 certified farriers.
A goat at Buttercups Sanctuary. The sanctuary now cares for over 140 goats and provides care to approximately an additional 120 goats in foster homes. [1] Common problems for goats arriving at the sanctuary include malnutrition and ailments such as rainscald, foot rot, mud fever and other skin conditions. They may also be infested with worms.
The American Dairy Goat Association or ADGA is a United States not-for-profit corporation dedicated to dairy goats.Its purpose is to promote the dairy goat industry, by providing and circulating sound information about goats and goat's milk; maintaining and publishing herd books and production records of milk goats; and issuing certificates of registration and recordation; improving and ...
Goat farming involves the raising and breeding of domestic goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) as a branch of animal husbandry. People farm goats principally for their meat , milk , fibre and skins . Goat farming can be very suited to production alongside other livestock (such as sheep and cattle) on low-quality grazing land.
Aug. 18—NEWBURYPORT — The Goat, a popular chain of southern New Hampshire restaurants, will open its newest location along the Merrimack River as soon as September. Over the summer, the former ...
The union was founded in 1891, when it was named the Manchester and District Farriers' Trade Protection Society. It soon started recruiting nationally, and in 1893 was renamed as the National Amalgamated Farriers' Society. By 1900, it had 1,200 members, already making it the largest union in the industry. [1]
This WikiProject strives to develop and improve articles at Wikipedia related to crop production, livestock management, aquaculture, dairy farming and forest management.The project also covers related areas, including both governmental and NGO regulatory agencies, agribusiness, support agencies such as 4H, agricultural products including fertilizers and herbicides, pest management, veterinary ...