Small Ruminant Reproductive Management Webinar
Join us on March 11, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. for a free webinar on reproduction management of small ruminants. …
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This webinar presentation is about BioWorma®, a fungus (Duddingtonia flagrans) that traps and kills roundworm larvae in the manure …
Goat Science
Open access peer-reviewed volume Edited by Sándor Kukovics Széchenyi István University of Sciences Goat science covers quite a wide …
How Goats Helped Save the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Before fires surrounded the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 500 goats helped to clear brush and created a fire break. This …
3rd National Goat Conference Proceedings
The Proceedings of the 3rd National Goat Conference that took place on September 16–18, 2018, at Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, …
The FAMACHA History
The FAMACHA charts are named after Faffa Malan from South Africa. Check the following YouTube informative …
Small Ruminant Internal Parasite Management Workshop
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Training - Forage Recovery Plan 2019
A wet fall 2018 not only delayed, and in some cases completely prevented, timely fall-plantings of cool-season annual and …
Alfalfa-Bermudagrass Hayfield Conference
WHERE: Harnett County Commons Area, 309 W. Harnett Cornelius Blvd. Lillington, NC 27546 WHEN: August 23, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. DETAILS: This conference will …
Small Ruminant Workshop
On Saturday, May 19, a Small Ruminant Workshop will take place at the Western NC Regional Livestock Center, 474 …
From Japan: An Alternative to Guard Dogs
By News from Elsewhere, as found by BBC Monitoring… A robot wolf designed to protect farms has proved to be such …
Regional Sheep & Goat Producer Training
Due to inclement weather, the training has been rescheduled for SATURDAY MARCH 24, 2018 – Guilford County Extension Office, 3309 …
Famacha Training & Certification
Due to overwhelming requests, Sara Beth Routh, Livestock Agent – Small Ruminants, Equines & Forages from Randolph County, will …
Goat Artificial Insemination Short Course
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Fighting Child Malnutrition in Haiti - With Goats
For more than a decade, Professor Charlotte Farin and the NC State Haiti Goat Project have joined the country’s struggle against …
Will Body Condition Affect Breeding Success?
As the breeding season approaches, producers should be concerned with the body condition of their breeding does. Goats should …
Goat Cheeses Win Awards at the 34th American Cheese Society Conference
The American Cheese Society (ACS), the leading organization supporting the understanding, appreciation, and promotion of farmstead, artisan and specialty cheeses produced …
Langston University Goat Archival Library
Browsing for goat information online, it is important to confine searches to reliable sources such as University and Government …
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