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Reader Letters May/June 2025
June 14, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Do you have a question or a comment about your goats, their feed, housing, or an article you’ve read here? Feel free to email us at goatjournal@iamcountryside.com. …

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Life with Goats: A-Milking We Shall Go!
June 14, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites by Roberta E Molaron – In the 1980s, the Bloomsburg Fair in Pennsylvania held a milking contest that had always been considered a competition for dairy cow …

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Quality Versus Quantity in San Clemente Island Goats
June 14, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites When raising endangered heritage-breed livestock like San Clemente Island goats, there’s a temptation to breed every animal to gain as many young as possible. However, conservation breeding …

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Kelp for Goats
June 14, 2025 · · Feed & Housing, Members Only

Add to Favorites Kelp (Ascophyllum nodosum) is a seaweed in the algae family used by many goat keepers as a feed supplement. It’s the most common seaweed used for animal …

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Coffee Can Goat
May 31, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites In 25 years with goats, I’ve come across some strange things. I never would’ve believed I’d come across a goat in the middle of the road with …

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Q&A  With the Program Director for the Livestock Conservancy
May 31, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites In part II of our Q&A on goat registry, we speak with Alison Martin, Ph.D., program director of The Livestock Conservancy. Alison has a PhD in genetics …

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Tails from the Trails: Goat Heaven
May 14, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites The best adventures start at the end of a bumpy dirt road, and this one would be no different. After being jostled around for several hours in …

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Growing and Cutting Hay
May 14, 2025 · · Feed & Housing, Members Only, Ownership

With the rising expense of hay, if you have the space and equipment, growing and cutting hay for yourself could be a way to reduce costs. Even those with smaller spaces can supplement their hay in summer.

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Sick Goat: Trouble Shooting for Treatment
May 14, 2025 · · Health, Members Only

Add to Favorites Dealing with a sick goat is never a pleasant thing. It can be intimidating, especially for new goat owners, who may panic with the tasks that come …

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Goat Registry Q&A with the ADGA
May 14, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Registering goats is important for multiple reasons. I spoke with Heidi Vanderloop, the communications and marketing specialist for the American Dairy Goat Association—a dairy goat registry since …

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