Whitestone Boers stud breeder Owen Booth with Viking, an Australian bred sire that has been the basis of his stud breeding programme since 2012. Photo: ROB TIPA / Stuff New Zealand's boer goat ...

BOER-goat breeders are set for an export boom if overseas markets, including China, renew trade protocols for the goats. A string of importers of meat and meat products slapped bans on SA when ...

Owen Booth walks down a track with a mob of some his Boer goats for the final time in Milton as he prepares to load them on a truck after selling his stud Whitestone Boers last month. Photo / Supplied ...

The breed standards for the Boer goat, the White Savanah and the Kalahari Red are basically the same for body conformation and differ mainly regarding the colour of the coat and pigmentation. Goat ...

Owen Booth, of Milton, says goat farmers and breeders are often received inquiries from potential overseas buyers. Photo / Southern Rural Life There is a huge demand for Boer goats and goat meat from ...

SAN ANGELO — Expected Progeny Differences, or EPDs, have been available within some cattle breeds for years. Now boer goat breeders will soon have the same tool thanks to the Boer Goat Improvement ...

A white and a dappled Boer goat stand in their pen at the D and J Goat Farms auction at the Johnston County Livestock Arena. The auction drew goats from across North Carolina and buyers from across ...

Standard Boer goat prices have risen to levels not seen since they were first introduced some 30 years ago after another successful sale in Allora at Queensland on Saturday. Editor - Queensland ...

An idea that started based upon keeping goats for meat production and bring about a change of culture from a hobby farm to one that pays its way has seen a former veterinary nurse in East Yorkshire ...

A Boer goat breeding project has become viable and high income business for 36-year-old, Terrence Muripo, with one pure breed goat fetching as high as US$2 000. Muripo who is utilising 44 hectares at ...

These goats aren't just useful livestock, they also make highly entertaining — and sometimes mischievous — companions. For centuries, humans have raised goats for milk, meat and fiber; as work animals ...