Worms continue to present major production issues for producers of farmed goats. Participate in this online survey and help direct possible future research in this area. […]
Month: May 2014
Supplementing goats through pasture improvement
Tropical and subtropical grasses make up the majority of pasture species in northern grazing areas with subtropical species increasingly being introduced to southern grazing systems due to their high productive potential. While such grasses grow rapidly in the right environment and can supply a vast amount of dry matter, goat producers need to be careful […]
Making goats healthy and happy
Considerable production losses may occur when rangeland goats, which are largely undomesticated, are brought in to intensive environments such as depots and feedlots. The sudden introduction to these environments can be stressful for rangeland goats, impacting their health and behaviour. In a project funded by MLA, researchers from Murdoch University in Western Australia are looking […]
Are you eligible to claim back stamp duty for goats sold in Victoria?
If you sell goats from interstate into Victoria, you may be able to claim back the stamp duty paid during the transaction. Stamp duty is applied at the time of the sale at a rate of 12ยข/head and applies to sales of sheep and goats or carcases of sheep and goats produced interstate and sold […]
Bucks on the line in first-of-its-kind trial
In what is considered to be a first for the Australian goatmeat industry, the progeny of nine Boer bucks, nominated by seedstock breeders from across Australia, will be compared for a range of commercially important traits in a trial being conducted near Cootamundra, NSW. Semen from the nine bucks has recently been artificially inseminated (AI) […]