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Lisa Thompson, Ontario’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, laughs while sharing memories of being the first general manager for the Ontario Dairy Goat 
Co-operative when it started two decades ago.
Livestock, News

Ontario Dairy Goat Co-operative celebrates 20 years

The organization has grown to be a major force in the North American goat milk sector

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Twenty years ago, 13 producers gathered around a kitchen table to discuss ways to grow Ontario’s dairy goat sector.  Now nearly 100 members strong, the Ontario Dairy Goat Co-operative (ODGC) has evolved from the kitchen table to two offices while maintaining its mandate that every member profits and benefits equally.  Why it matters: A co-operative […] Read more
Some lamb markets have seen almost a 50 per cent price increase.
Livestock

Small ruminant market prices remain high

Greater Toronto Area has high demand, but there’s little growing supply to meet it

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Market prices for small ruminants have been steadily high for the past few years. The demand is there but the supply is not. Dirk Boogerd, producer and Ontario Goat chair milks 500 goats east of Embro and he’s noticed the usual post-Easter price drop has been slower than previous years. He says many producers are […] Read more
Ontario Goat’s inability to convince producers to fund the organization has led it to leave the Ontario Livestock Alliance.
Livestock, News

Ontario Livestock Alliance to be wound down

Veal Farmers of Ontario and Ontario Goat partnership to stop at the end of 2018

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A long-term experiment in bringing together smaller agriculture groups to give them efficiency in service delivery will end at the end of the year. The nine-year-old Ontario Livestock Alliance at once was home to four organizations, but is now down to its original members, Ontario Goat (OG) and the Veal Farmers of Ontario (VFO) and […] Read more
Amanda Davison told dairy goat farmers to look at poor performing goats as a place to start improving production.
Livestock

Seven tips for better dairy goat performance

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A herd’s average production may be a go-to parameter for many goat dairy managers, but Amanda Davison believes their focus should shift instead to the average among a select group of that herd. “Don’t look at average production,” advised Davison on March 21 in Woodstock, as she addressed producers attending the annual general meeting of […] Read more
The chair of Ontario Goat feels there is still room for growth in Ontario’s goat industry, but it will happen at a slower rate.
Livestock, News

Goat group continues to look for savings

The loss of a producer vote to create a goat checkoff last year continues to have effects

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There’s no way around it for the Ontario Goat (OG) board of directors: A round of severe belt-tightening looms. Having endured the defeat of its proposal for a mandatory goat milk check-off during a Producer Expression of Opinion vote last year, the nine-member board must now explore how to continue its work under a significantly […] Read more

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