A summary of the 2009 Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test has been published to the web. The summarizing article, entitled "Illinois buck tops 2009 test," contains links to various tables and graphs that show individual goat performance, as well as averages for all the goats on test. There are also links to pictures of the top 11 performing bucks, as well as carcass pictures of the nine bucks that were harvested.
Download results of 2009 Goat Test
So far, 18 people have completed the goat test survey. Make sure you take the survey so that your opinions will be counted. The goat test committee will be meeting next week to discuss possible enhancements to next year's testing program.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Meat goat test survey
A survey has been developed to evaluate the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Testing Program. Results of the survey will be used to improve and expand the testing program and to ensure that the program is meeting the needs of the meat goat industry.
The url for the survey is http://www.surveyshare.com/survey/take/?sid=95954.
Anyone interested in meat goat performance testing is invited to complete the survey: consigners to the test, potential consigners to the test, buck buyers, potential buck buyers, commercial producers, purebred breeders, and anyone else interested in goat performance testing.
The url for the survey is http://www.surveyshare.com/survey/take/?sid=95954.
Anyone interested in meat goat performance testing is invited to complete the survey: consigners to the test, potential consigners to the test, buck buyers, potential buck buyers, commercial producers, purebred breeders, and anyone else interested in goat performance testing.
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