Breeding Meat Goats: Function Over Form Or Not? Part 1 - Dr. Frank Pinkerton

Even a casual historical review of the U.S. livestock industry would find that dairy cattle, swine, sheep, yes goat Associations followed, rather closely, the canine breed development pattern described in this article.
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Savannah Goats: Function Over Form (Illustrated)

This article has been adapted from the February 2014 issue of the Goat Rancher magazine (Breeding Meat Goats, Function over form, or not?). My long term friend and founding director of the North American Savannah Association, Dr. Frank Pinkerton, has often expressed his concern over the unfortunate influence that the show ring has had on the development of the Boer goat phenotype.
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Boer Goat Phenotype Goat Rancher 2012

While the growth of the market wether business is a bright spot in the U.S. goat industry Boer breeders in South Africa are not pleased at all. Read More
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Boer Goat Disappointment Goat Rancher 2015

Today we are breeding for the wrong traits in our Boer goats.
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Jean Harris - Easy Keeper Herd Management

Company founder and former goat producer Jean Harrison recognized long ago that there had to be a better system for managing livestock operations than the current method(s) used by herders.
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Jean Harris - Easy Keeper Herd Management Presentation

Jean's Indian Territory Farm's Savannah Seminar and Sale presentation (2014).
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