IDEAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MEAT GOAT PRODUCERS

Animal scientists with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and researchers with Auburn University

He notes that to increase production efficiency, it is essential that farm records be used routinely for daily management. Farmers can achieve substantial improvements in meat goat production through adoption of a well-organized, simple, accurate, understandable and easy-to-keep recording system.

The primary purpose of measuring and recording animal performance is to aid the producer in determining which animals are genetically superior. Documenting the actual performance of an animal