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Small ruminant (sheep and goat) / Re: housing design
« on: January 29, 2010, 07:39:24 PM »
mikey,
been busy im here in US since last year.visiting farms and seeing whats in here.
i think some of the members of goatraisers yahoo group talk about the meat standards.ive not hears about the results yet.
i agree with you about farm to plate. goat raising is likely to have a niche market.like here they have their buyers.they have like a schedule for different etnic groups that uses goats or need goats.milks are sold or made into cheese,soaps, etc by farm owners.
i also agree about F1 and F2 for meat. strict culling is a must. and weighing of goat is needed. does that have good ADG could be kept as breeders.
as of now i really dont know whats happening about the goat industry in the Philippines.last season i lost at least 8 kids and 6 does from the nonstop rains.i lost 1 lamb with unknown death.not lost a single native pig.the farm was flooded with water during the ondoy typhoon knee-level.fellow UBGSRA members just update me on the groups project like CAE testing and AI on goats.
ill try to post some pics of some farms here that i visited.they do have different structures.
been busy im here in US since last year.visiting farms and seeing whats in here.
i think some of the members of goatraisers yahoo group talk about the meat standards.ive not hears about the results yet.
i agree with you about farm to plate. goat raising is likely to have a niche market.like here they have their buyers.they have like a schedule for different etnic groups that uses goats or need goats.milks are sold or made into cheese,soaps, etc by farm owners.
i also agree about F1 and F2 for meat. strict culling is a must. and weighing of goat is needed. does that have good ADG could be kept as breeders.
as of now i really dont know whats happening about the goat industry in the Philippines.last season i lost at least 8 kids and 6 does from the nonstop rains.i lost 1 lamb with unknown death.not lost a single native pig.the farm was flooded with water during the ondoy typhoon knee-level.fellow UBGSRA members just update me on the groups project like CAE testing and AI on goats.
ill try to post some pics of some farms here that i visited.they do have different structures.


























