Goat Production Opportunities on Small Farms

Date: March 12, Wednesday Time: 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Venue: Power Point illustrated telephone conference--participate anywhere by telephone. You are encouraged, however, to participate at a group viewing location near you. Presenter: Sandra Solaiman, Professor and Director of Small Ruminant Research, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee Alabama

Topics:

• Assessment of the Goat Industry in the U.S.
• Assessment of the Market for Goats and Goat Meat
• Challenges and Opportunities

1. Download Dr. Solaiman's Power Point presentation below. You may select one or more of several formats. You need Adobe Reader to open these files. If you do not have it, you may download it here .

   PDF slides (full page color, 1,270 KB) for viewing on your computer and(or) projecting with a multi-media projector. To view this slide set in full screen mode using Adobe Reader, press the Control and L keys at the same time. Repeating Control + L will return to the normal Adobe Reader view.

PDF handouts (4 slides per page, color, 775 KB; or 4 slides per page, black and white, 3,093 KB) for those who want to print a copy of Dr. Solaiman's slides but do not want to fool around with a computer or projector during her presentation (or, for those who want something printed to take notes on and for later reference).

2. If there is no group viewing location listed near you, please consider hosting one. We are attempting to limit the number of telephone connections in order to maintain the quality of our telephone conference. Please let us know if you plan to participate from a viewing location not listed here.

3. On March 12, dial into WSU's telephone conferencing system a few minutes before Dr. Solaiman's presenation (scheduled for 6:45 p.m.).

Dial 509-335-1700. Press ‘1’ to attend a meeting and when prompted for the meeting ID number, enter 2391 followed by #

During the telephone conference, please mute your telephone when you are not speaking so that background noise doesn't disrupt the conference. If your phone does not have a mute button, press #5 to mute your connection to the telephone conferencing system, and then press #5 again to unmute it when you want to comment or ask questions.

Reference material and related information (contact Tom if you would like him to place other links here):

• Dr. Solaiman's extensive review: Assessment of the Meat Goat Industry and Future Outlook for U.S. Small Farms (pdf, 288 KB, 29 pages).
• Meat Goats, Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (an extensive reource list).

   

  See book review and ordering information for Dr. Solaiman's book, Simply Meat Goats .

Contact information: Tom Platt at 509-725-4171.