Got goats?

Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Connie Jo Discoe/McCook Daily Gazette

One member of a herd of goats works on a pasture of short grass between Lebanon and Bartley. According to Ohio State University, goat is the most frequently consumed meat in the world. In the United States, meat goat production is growing because goats are efficient converters of low-quality forages into quality meat, milk, and hide products. Where resources are limited, a small herd of goats may be the only livestock enterprise that a small, part-time farmer can raise efficiently and profitably. Across the Midwest, goats are growing in popularity as a popular 4-H or FFA youth project, and many youth are raising meat goats for breeding or show.

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