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Texas is the primary producer of meat goats, representing 38% of US production. [1] Male goats are generally not required for the dairy-goat industry and are usually slaughtered for meat soon after birth. In the UK, approximately 30,000 billy goats from the dairy industry are slaughtered each year. [3]
This page presents a list of dairy goat breeds utilized for the production of milk which is either consumed in its original state or used to make different types of cheese. Note that many of those breeds listed below are dual-purpose, meaning that they are also utilized for the production of fiber or meat .
This page presents a list of goat breeds used for the production of meat. Many of those breeds listed below are dual-purpose, that is they are also used for the production of milk or fiber. These have been cross-categorized under Category:Dairy goat breeds and Category:Fiber-producing goat breeds.
The Russian White Dairy or Russian White is a Russian breed of dairy goat. It derives from cross-breeding of the indigenous North Russian with imported Swiss Saanen goats; this began in about 1905. The Gorki derives from it, but is always horned, while the Russian White may be horned or polled.
National Dairy Goat Awareness Week is an annual observance in the United States to promote awareness of dairy goats. Since 1988, when the United States Congress voted to officially recognize National Dairy Goat Awareness Week, it has been held each year between the second Saturday of June and the third Saturday of June.
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U.S. worker productivity increased moderately in the third quarter, resulting in only a gradual slowdown in labor costs that could cast a cloud over the inflation outlook. Nonfarm productivity ...
The American Goat Society was the first registry to require exclusively purebred goats and to provide two generations of pedigree on the registry certificate. [1] Unlike some other goat registries, such as the American Dairy Goat Association, the AGS does not allow goats to achieve purebred status by breeding and thus does not offer any registration for mixed-breeds, experimental breeds, or ...