The wheel lists 17 steps, beginning with managing bucks and evaluating does’ body condition before breeding begins, through analyzing and scheduling animal replacement strategy, to market strategy after the kids have been weaned.
Released August 24, 2010
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Goat producers now have a new tool to help manage their herds.
The Meat Goat Management Wheel – jointly developed through a partnership of University of Missouri Extension, the National Center for Appropriate Technology, Missouri State University and Lincoln University – helps goat farmers refine their schedule to enhance goat production.
The need for the wheel arose from Missouri’s rise to the top 10 nationally in goat numbers.
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