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Sheep, goat industry takes a hit from COVID-19

4/24/2020

Like most of the U.S. economy, the sheep and goat industry is expected to take a few hard knocks from the COVID-19 epidemic as restaurants close temporarily, and more people work from home.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Sheep and Goat Specialist Reid Redden tells producers that COVID-19 is causing major market disruptions in the sheep and goat industry. The disease couldn’t have worse timing, striking during the biggest peak in the supply-demand season for lamb, Redden said. A few weeks ago, the American Lamb Board had indicated retail sales of lamb increased 50 percent before COVID-19 started impacting the U.S. economy.

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Book of Abstracts, Joint Meeting of the FAO-CIHEAM, Meknès, Morocco, October 23-25, 2019

1/23/2020

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Joint Meeting of the FAO-CIHEAM Network for Research and Development in Sheep and Goats (Subnetworks on Nutrition and Production Systems) and the FAO-CIHEAM Subnetwork for the Research and Development of Mediterranean Pasture and Forage Resources

Efficiency and resilience of forage resources and small ruminant production to cope with global challenges in Mediterranean areas

Ecole Nationale d’Agriculture de Meknès, Morocco, 23 - 25 October 2019

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8th IDF International Symposium on sheep, goat and other non-cow milk, May 4-5, 2020, Belgium

1/18/2020

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IDF is bringing together the global dairy community to focus on “Sheep, Goat and other non-Cow milk” in Brussels.

Sheep, goats and other non-cow milk producing animals are widely distributed throughout the world. They contribute to sustainable livelihoods through support of the economy, rural and peri-urban livelihoods, the empowerment of women, and food security.

Find out more at the symposium's website:
https://www.fil-idf.org/sheepandgoat2020/

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Sheep and Goat Research and Development of Ethiopia

12/17/2019

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Ayele Abebe, Debre Berhan Agricultural Research Center

SmaRT Ethiopia workshop and field day on Small Ruminant
Community Based Breeding Program (CBBP)
Hosaena, Ethiopia, 27–28 March 2018

Outline for the national sheep and goat research

Introduction
Resource base and contribution
Small ruminant research focus areas
Summary of national research activities (breed improvement, feeding, health, market linkage)
Overview of small ruminant CBBP research in the country (consider some CBBP sites: no of farmers, cooperatives, animals in CBBP, major achievements and so on)
Challenges and options
Future direction
The human population of Ethiopia by the down of 2017 is estimated to pass the 100 million mark (FAOSTAT, 2017).
The projected human population is estimated at 106 and 129 million in 2020 and 2030, respectively. According to FAOSTAT (2017), 80.5% of the population are rural dwellers.

Feeding this huge population sustainably could be a great challenge for the nation!!

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Dairy Sheep and Goat Conference 2020 (United Kingdom)

10/22/2019

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The Annual Dairy Sheep and Goat Conference has world class lectures on aspects of Dairy Sheep and Dairy Goat production and medicine, aimed at all small ruminant farmers, vets, advisors, nutritionists and suppliers. A combination of quality science and practical information given to an audience of farmers and vets.

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Prácticas tradicionales de las comunidades indígenas Wayúu en ganadería ovinocaprina

6/19/2019

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La Guajira es el departamento con mayor población ovinocaprina de Colombia, los animales han permanecido desde la época de la conquista en poder de las comunidades indígenas Wayúu, asentadas en la media y alta Guajira.

Los sistemas de producción, la crianza y manejo de estos animales se adecúan a el ecosistema en el que viven y a la cultura de la etnia Wayúu, siendo para los occidentales una alternativa que ayuda a preservar de manera eficiente los recursos naturales. El Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural de Colombia y Agrosavia, investigan sobre la medicina tradicional y la proyección de estos sistemas a mercados internacionales.

Un agradecimiento especial a Clara Viviana Rúa Bustamante (IGA-CR, Colombia) por esta información.

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Report – International Conference, Kouty, Czech Republic, November 2018

4/5/2019

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The international goat conference that took place in Kouty from November 9th to 10th, 2018, included visitors from Poland and the Slovak Republic.

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Book Announcement – The World of Sheep and Goats

8/9/2018

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A global view of small ruminant production gives a fascinating and truly global insight into the daily lives of vets, livestock keepers and the sheep and goats in their care. Featuring over 400 images and accompanying texts from over 50 countries, this collection was first displayed at the 9th International Sheep Veterinary Congress in Harrogate in 2017.

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AIGR Newsletter, Spring 2018

3/15/2018

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The Newsletter of the E (Kika) de la Garza American Institute for Goat Research Cooperative Extension Program, Langston University

Written by Dr. Tilahun Sahlu
IGA Board member and Director of E (Kika) de la Garza American Institute for Goat Research

As usual, this time of year is very busy as we prepare for our annual Goat Field Day and conduct research projects.

This year, the theme for our Goat and Hair Sheep Field Day is Preventing Production Losses and you can read more about it on page 3 of this newsletter. This year our featured speakers will be Mr. Matthew Branan, Dr. David Pugh, and Dr. Jim Keen. Mr. Branan is from the USDA/APHIS National Animal Health Monitoring System in Fort Collins, CO; Dr. Pugh is from the Alabama Veterinary Diagnostic Lab System in Auburn, AL; and Dr. Keen is from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Download a copy of their Newsletter here.

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Production loss has many facets. According to the USDA/APHIS NAHMS report entitled "Goat and Kid Predator and Nonpredator Death Loss in the United States, 2015", by the way Mr. Branan is associated with this USDA program, about 500,000 adult and kid goats were lost to all causes (nonpredator and predator) in 2015, which represented 10% of U.S. adult goat inventory and 20% of kids born in 2015. The total value of goat and kid losses was $70 million. Texas had the largest inventory of goats and also had the highest percentage of losses: 36% of U.S. adult goat deaths and 38 % of kid deaths. Nonpredator causes accounted for about three-fourths of all adult goat and kid death losses in the U.S. in 2015. Of known losses due to nonpredator causes, internal parasites were the primary cause, resulting in almost 87,000 goat and kid deaths in 2015. For 2015 death losses due to predators, coyotes and dogs accounted for the highest percentages of goat and kid death losses in 2015. Overall, coyotes and dogs accounted for almost 80,000 goat and kid deaths, or about 65% of all losses due to predators.

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Scouring and Dehairing Australian Cashmere

3/14/2018

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Bruce McGregor, IGA member and former IGA Board member

Australia’s rural industries make a fundamental contribution to the Australian economy and way of life

Australia’s rural industries make a fundamental contribution to the Australian economy and way of life. In addition to the major industries, numerous new and emerging rural industries bring opportunity, diversity and resilience to rural Australia. The long-term sustainability of the rare natural animal fibre industries is of considerable importance both to the production industries and for economic and social benefits generated by value-adding processing of rare animal fibres in Australia. As these are new industries in Australia, there is substantial scope to improve production efficiency, fibre quality and value adding of these fibres.

To assist the development of these new industries this project focussed on two main issues:

To assist the local rare animal fibre industries in the key area of efficient cost-effective fibre processing; and
To improve knowledge outputs and the knowledge base of industries.

About the Author
As a Research Scientist, Dr. Bruce McGregor B.Agr.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D., Advanced Cert. Textile Technology, has focussed on improving the production, fibre quality, processing and comfort properties of rare natural animal fibres including superfine wool, cashmere, mohair and alpaca. This led to Ph.D. studies on the quality of cashmere and its influence on textile materials produced from cashmere and blends with different qualities of superfine wool. Recently he was Program Leader of the Wool Comfort research conducted by the CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation. He has published over 150 scientific research papers plus numerous technical bulletins and advisory publications. Bruce has travelled widely to countries that produce rare natural animal fibres so he could understand the environmental, social and technological conditions in these regions. He has published a number of other reports that are available on the AgriFutures website

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Sheep, goat industry takes a hit from COVID-19

Book of Abstracts, Joint Meeting of the FAO-CIHEAM, Meknès, Morocco, October 23-25, 2019

8th IDF International Symposium on sheep, goat and other non-cow milk, May 4-5, 2020, Belgium

Sheep and Goat Research and Development of Ethiopia

Dairy Sheep and Goat Conference 2020 (United Kingdom)

Prácticas tradicionales de las comunidades indígenas Wayúu en ganadería ovinocaprina

Report – International Conference, Kouty, Czech Republic, November 2018

Book Announcement – The World of Sheep and Goats

AIGR Newsletter, Spring 2018

Scouring and Dehairing Australian Cashmere

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