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) […] Read more
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Ontario Dairy Goat Co-operative celebrates 20 years
The organization has grown to be a major force in the North American goat milk sector
Small ruminant market prices remain high
Greater Toronto Area has high demand, but there’s little growing supply to meet it
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 […] Read more
Ontario Livestock Alliance to be wound down
Veal Farmers of Ontario and Ontario Goat partnership to stop at the end of 2018
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 […] Read more
Seven tips for better dairy goat performance
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 […] Read more
Goat group continues to look for savings
The loss of a producer vote to create a goat checkoff last year continues to have effects
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 […] Read more
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