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Free Webinar on Sheep and Goat production from ATTRA
SHEEP AND GOATS: What they can do for you
July 29, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT (Noon CDT, 11:00AM MDT, 10:00AM PDT)
Register at www.attra.ncat.org/webinars2009/sheepandgoat
NCAT specialists Linda Coffey and Margo Hale will discuss:
-Multiple benefits of sheep and goats
-Selecting breeding stock
-Evaluating animal health
-Marketing meat, milk and fiber products, including organic
-Your questions about sheep and goat production
SHEEP, GOAT REFERENDA SCHEDULED FOR OCT. 1
Kentucky sheep and goat producers may vote on check-offs in separate referenda scheduled to be held Oct. 1 in county Extension offices throughout the Commonwealth, Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer has announced.
The referenda ask whether sheep and goat producers wish to assess themselves at a rate of one-half of one percent (.50%) of the net market price of their animals. If the check-off is approved, the Kentucky Sheep and Wool Producers Association and the Kentucky Goat Producers Association would administer the funds in the areas of promotion, consumer information, producer communication, industry information, and research.
Voting will be open Oct. 1 from 8 a.m.-noon and 1-4:30 p.m. local time. Persons directly involved in the production of sheep and goats will be eligible to vote in their respective referenda in their county of residence. Producers will be required to provide identification and complete a certification attesting that they are eligible to vote. Corporate producers and eligible producers who reside outside of Kentucky may vote only in the county where their farm is located. Eligible producers may vote by absentee ballot.
Votes will be tabulated in the agriculture commissioner’s office in Frankfort.
If approved, collection of check-off funds would be mandatory, but reimbursement of funds paid would be an option to the producer.
For additional information, contact Jimmy Henning, assistant director for agriculture and natural resources in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, at (859) 257-4302 or jimmy.henning@uky.edu, Craig Maffet, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, at (502) 564-5126 or craig.maffet@ky.gov or the Kentucky Sheep and Goat Development Office at (502) 352-2434, on the web at http://www.kysheepandgoat.org/ or by e-mail at info@kysheepandgoat.org.
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East Kentucky project pairs cattle with goats for co-grazing research
JACKSON, Ky., (Aug. 6, 2008) – What would happen if cattle grazed the same pastures with goats? That’s exactly what University of Kentucky College of Agriculture specialists are collaborating with a Breathitt County farmer to find out. Click Here for complete story