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NAME: Helen Darlington PROPERTY NAME: Yarrabee PROPERTY LOCATION: Goombungee, Queensland PROPERTY SIZE: 250ha NUMBER OF GOATS: 300-600 MAIN GOAT ENTERPRISE: Boer goat stud TARGET MARKET: Export breeding-stock markets – stud Boer does and bucks Domestic breeding-stock markets – stud and commercial Boer bucks SECOND GOAT ENTERPRISE: Boer cross goat enterprises TARGET MARKET: Export breeding-stock . . . → Read More: Case Study - Goat Pasture Management NAME: Will Scott PROPERTY NAME: Wynyangoo Station and Narndee Station PROPERTY LOCATION: Mount Magnet, Western Australia PROPERTY SIZE: 387,200ha NUMBER OF GOATS: 25,000 – 45,000 MAIN GOAT ENTERPRISE: Meat TARGET MARKET: Export trade – live goats and carcases Will operates a free-range grazing system. The herd is dominated by females, with the exception of . . . → Read More: Case Study - Goat Rangeland Grazing This article details the palatability of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses and rushes to goats into four categories; highly palatable, palatable, moderately palatable and eaten occaisionally. Having read through these tables and identified plants from your area, you should check for any toxicity issues by reference to the article Plants Toxic to Goats. Trees and Shrubs . . . → Read More: Palatability of plants commonly eaten by goats. When you have established the feed requirements of your goats, you will need to determine the quality and quantity of forage and/or supplements required to fulfil these requirements and the availability and consistency of your forage supply. This article guides you through forage assessment, management and grazing strategies for temperate pastures and for rangelands. Quality . . . → Read More: Fodder Assessment for Goats. It is important that you are able to recognise those plants in your area that are toxic, particularly those which are toxic to goats. In terms of managing the threat posed by toxic plants there are a number of factors that you need to consider: • Poisonous plants may include pasture species at certain . . . → Read More: Plants Toxic to Goats This article will help you to identify and manage the following nutritional disorders that can occur in goats. Bloat Grain poisoning Copper deficiency Selenium deficiency Cobalt deficiency Iodine deficiency Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency This summary provides details of the prevailing conditions under which each problem is likely to occur, explains how to diagnose the . . . → Read More: Goats – Nutritional Disorders |
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