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So last night was the first night of this "workshop". 5 counties in Indiana, 4 counties in Michigan, and 4 counties in Kentucky, all involved in Video/powerpoint/video conference workshop put on by Purdue University and Kentucky State University. It will be 4 workshops of 3 hours each followed by representitives from each site participating in a live Town Hall type meeting asking questions that have been collected from others over the 4 weeks prior. The panel is to include meat goat producers, dairy goat producers, specialty goat producers and sheep producers. Our site will have 4,3,2,1, respectively with about 50+/- attendees.
Last night Dr. Mike Neary from Purdue and Ken Andries from Kentucky State led the show. Which included Internal Parasite control, External Parasite control, and Coccidiosis Control. Alot of information was presented, some I didn't agree with and some was new. THe handout package contained at least 75 pages of current studies and data, not stuff from 2004...It would be impossible to relay all the information but I May touch on a few of the highlights...This is information for producers only...If You Keep Goats as Pets, this won't apply...should have prefaced with this....Any way just an interesting "piece of knowledge" form Ken Andries:
Goat Production Philosophy
* A cull is a cull, no matter what its papers say
* Sale barns are for selling not buying
* An inch longer is an inch heavier, an inch taller is an inch taller
* Reduce herd to fit feed supply- goats don't live by acres alone
* Long toes and parasites are best treated with a trailer
* Owning more than one goat requires a catch pen and chute
* Your ugliest doe is your best producer...or you would have already sold her
Not my words...but probably a good foundation for a herd goal sheet.
Last night Dr. Mike Neary from Purdue and Ken Andries from Kentucky State led the show. Which included Internal Parasite control, External Parasite control, and Coccidiosis Control. Alot of information was presented, some I didn't agree with and some was new. THe handout package contained at least 75 pages of current studies and data, not stuff from 2004...It would be impossible to relay all the information but I May touch on a few of the highlights...This is information for producers only...If You Keep Goats as Pets, this won't apply...should have prefaced with this....Any way just an interesting "piece of knowledge" form Ken Andries:
Goat Production Philosophy
* A cull is a cull, no matter what its papers say
* Sale barns are for selling not buying
* An inch longer is an inch heavier, an inch taller is an inch taller
* Reduce herd to fit feed supply- goats don't live by acres alone
* Long toes and parasites are best treated with a trailer
* Owning more than one goat requires a catch pen and chute
* Your ugliest doe is your best producer...or you would have already sold her
Not my words...but probably a good foundation for a herd goal sheet.