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Club Educational Meeting February 2nd 2019 !
Club Innovation Award Highlights!
Club Bus Trip
Club Farm Tour August 2019
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Argan oil - you see it in all kind of beauty products. Did you know goats are needed to help gather the seeds? And, it seems, to plant new trees!
Do Tree-Climbing Goats Help Plant New Trees?
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Goats eat a lot of argan tree fruit. But its seeds are big. A study looks at the manner of expulsion: poop or spit. And yes, it does matter when it comes to new tree growth.These T-shirts caught our attention and the proceeds go to support a goat show! Orders due by Oct 31!
Thank you for sharing! If anyone would like to order, let me know
It is Friday! Hope you are feeling #9!
We are seeing a lot about an increase in demand for goat and sheep milk, now this! New Zealand is the world’s 8th largest dairy producer and exports 95% of its production. It is starting to make a moooove from cow milk to goat and sheep milking operations.
Waikato Milking Systems Enters Domestic And International Small Ruminants Industry
www.scoop.co.nz
A leading developer and manufacturer of dairy technology is moving to help New Zealand farmers switch over to the emerging dairy sheep and dairy goat industries. Waikato Milking Systems recently commissioned three small ruminant milking parlours in the ...For Goatober - not a Go Cart, but a Goat Cart! Use all of your goat's skills! Goats have been used as harness animals since antiquity, according to the Harness Goat Society. At the beginning of the twentieth century, it would have been quite normal to see goat carts on the streets in many countries across the world.
Photos from Our Members!
Cute, funny, or just plain interesting. Our huge gallery features photos from our members and shows the hustle and bustle of the Sheep & Goat industry here in the New River Valley!
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Next Club Photo Contest in April 2018
Get your cutest, funniest, best photos together for our next club photo contest in April 2018.