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Goat producers

MLA delivers a range of workshops, tools and other resources for goat producers to equip them with the latest best-practice knowledge gathered from research that can be applied to improve their businesses.

Here’s a snapshot of what else is on offer to goat producers:

Workshops and programs

Give goats a go: Online resources and tools developed with goat producers, for goat producers to provide best practice information and address commonly asked questions.

EDGEnetwork workshops: One to three day workshops offering practical learning opportunities on business, breeding, nutrition and grazing management skills.

Profitable Grazing Systems: Profitable Grazing Systems takes small groups of like-minded producers – who want to improve their whole-farm performance – and matches them with coaches who share their knowledge, skills and experience.

Producer Demonstration Sites: The Producer Demonstration Sites program allows producers to implement proven research and technologies in their own commercial operations with a group of like-minded peers.

Webinar

  • Sheep Productivity & Profitability webinars: A series of webinars designed to assist Sheep, Cattle and Goat producers to increase the productivity and profitability of their businesses.
  • Goat webinars: A series of webinars about the Australian goatmeat industry have been delivered to help boost productivity in the sector.
  • Going into Goats: A series of best practice that answer commonly asked questions about goat production.

Business profitability and sustainability:

General:

Websites

  • Paraboss: ParaBoss is coordinated on a not-for-profit basis that unites and manages WormBoss, FlyBoss and LiceBoss.
  • Going into Goats: The Give Goats a Go guide explains the essential processes for successful goat production.