January 2021 Volume 25, Number 1


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INDEX


Breeders Directory....................23 Business Directory....................29 Calendar...................................10 Classified Ads...........................30 Cudzoo........................................31


Breeders Directory ON THE COVER


Nona Cullen of The Aban- doned Dog Kiko Goats in Lan- sing, N.C., sent this photo of her husband, Jeff, with their great-nephew Carter Williams of New Castle, Delaware. He seems to be enjoying his first ride on a goat!


23 Cuisine


Cuisine........................................15 Frankly Speaking........................6 Gregory Meiss............................8 Let’s Ruminate...........................19 Smoke Ridge Diary.......................9


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KIDDING 8


Prices for slaughter goats and breeding stock likely to remain high in 2021, says Dr. Frank Pinkerton.


MANAGEMENT


Nutrition columnist Gregory Meiss offers tips to reduce waste and extend forage during winter.


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Dr. Dan Morrical at Premier 1 provides steps you can take to insure a successful kidding


PREDATORS


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Subscribe at www.goatrancher.com SHOWRING SPOTLIGHT


11-year-old Maddox Horner of Illinois is spearheading his


livestock-showing family’s move into the Boer goat business.


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Livestock guardian dogs must meet new challenges as they move across range- land.


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