April 2021 Volume 25, Number 4


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INDEX


Breeders Directory....................32 Business Directory....................38 Calendar...................................12 Classified Ads...........................39 Cudzoo........................................43


Breeders Directory ON THE COVER


Angie Rogers welcomes a pair of new Myotonic kids to her Freedom Fainters 365 ranch in central Missouri. Read about her and her family goating operation beginning on Page 6.


32 Cuisine


Cuisine........................................16 Frankly Speaking........................11 Gregory Meiss............................23 Let’s Ruminate...........................19 Showring Spotlight......................42


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Lucky 7’s high-selling buck brings $17,000 at Splash of Color.


The top-selling does at the Elite 8/March Mad- ness sales each bring $12,000.


GOAT MARKETS


As prices rise for slaughter goats, demand grows for commercial does, says Dr. Frank Pinkerton.


SPANISH GOAT UPDATE


Spanish goat producers balance conservation and profitability.


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MANAGEMENT A fd i


As feeds prices rise, it’s time to make hard decisions about your bottom line, says columnist Gregory Meiss.


i it’ ti 23 23 SHOWRING SPOTLIGHT


Trey Harbour of the Jonesboro, Texas, FFA took top honors at the Houston Livestock Show.


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