Where to from here? Continuing to grow the goat industry

Did you know that NSW has the largest rangeland goat population in Australia? For part of Western NSW, they’re a key source of farm income. Goats are a hardy animal well suited to the rangelands and whilst the last drought was tough on everyone, goat numbers. have rebounded from 2.4 to 6.8 million and more goats are coming onto the market. To take advantage of this growing opportunity, many producers are transitioning toward semi-managed or managed systems. So what lessons can be learned from other livestock sectors? Well if a farmer, a scientist and a geneticist walked into a pub this is what they’d say. Guests featured in this episode James Boland - bigampi.com.au Dr. Gordon Refshauge - www.researchgate.net/profile/Gordon-Refshauge Tom Granleese - www.researchgate.net/profile/Tom-Granleese