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We want to help you build your farm.

Here are some of the websites, farms, books and organizations that have helped us along the way.

   
Farms
  • Red Brush Farms
  • The Crawford Farm
  • Sharpe Farms

Websites - Goats

  • Southern Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control (FAMACHA and Smart Drenching)
  • Tennessee State University (Dr. Browning's meat goat breed research)
  • Maryland Small Ruminant Page
  • Illini Sheep Net/Meat Goat Net
  • University of Kentucky
  • Langston University
  • Purdue University
  • North Carolina State University
  • Penn State University
  • Missouri Extension Goat Links
  • University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Goat World

Websites - Marketing & Sustainable Ag

  • Market Maker
  • Farm Direct - connect producers & consumers in IL
  • Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR)
  • The Land Connection
  • ATTRA National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
  • Illinois Initiative for the Development of Entrepeneurs in Agriculture (IIDEA)
  • Agriculture Marketing Resource Center - meat goats
  • Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center
  • Purdue University "Build a Business Plan"

Websites - Government

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
  • Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS)
  • Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database (FARAD)
  • Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA)
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - National
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Illinois
  • Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI)
  • Environmental Qualities Incentives Program (EQIP)

On-Line Visual Aides

  • The Drost Project: A Visual Guide to Animal Reproduction
  • The Animal Science Image Gallery

Instruction

  • Farm Beginnings of Central Illinois
  • County Extension Pasture Walks

Fencing & Waterers

  • Hood Brothers Fence Company
  • Premier Sheep Supply
  • Kencove Farm Fence Supplies
  • Stay Tite/Stay Tuff Fence Manufacturing Company
  • Nelson Manufacturing

Magazines

  • Goat Rancher
  • Hobby Farms
  • Mother Earth News
  • The Goat Magazine with Goat Biz

Software

  • Lion Edge Software "Ranch Manager"
  Organizations
  • Illinois Meat Goat Producers
  • Midwest Goat Producers
  • International Kiko Goat Association
  • American Kiko Goat Association
  • American Meat Goat Association
  • American Boer Goat Association
  • United States Boer Goat Association
  • International Boer Goat Association
  • Heifer International
  • Pedigree International
  • International Fainting Goat Association
  • American Dairy Goat Association
  • North American Packgoat Association

Nutrition, Pasture, Hay & Forage

  • Illini PastureNet
  • haytalk.com
  • Agri-King (nutrition & custom mixing)

Animal ID

  • NAIS Goat Working Group
  • National Animal Identification System

Books - Business/Farming

  • Making Your Small Farm Profitable by Ron Macher
  • A Guide to Illinois Laws Governing Direct Farm Marketing by Rich Schell J.D. - available on-line at www.illinoisstewardshipalliance.org
  • Farming Alternatives, Small Farm Series NRAES-32. Contact www.nraes.org
  • Building a Sustainable Business developed by the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture - contact misamail@umn.edu or (800)909-6472

Books - Goats

  • The Meat Goats of Caston Creek by Sylvia Tomlinson
  • Year of the Goat by Margaret Hathaway
  • Raising Meat Goats for Profit by Gail Bowman
  • Meat Goats: Their History, Management and Diseases by Stephanie & Allison Mitcham
  • Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats by Maggie Sayer
  • Barnyard in your Backyard by Gail Damerow
  • Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats by Jerry Belanger
  • Diseases of the Goat by John Matthews
  • Sheep and Goat Medicine by D.G. Pugh
  • Farm Animal Surgery by Fubini & Ducharme
  • The Biology of the Goat - CD available at www.imagecyte.com/goats.html

Books - Other Topics

  • Salad Bar Beef by Joe Salatin
  • Holy Cows and Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer's Guide to Farm Friendly Food by Joel Salatin
  • Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front by Joel Salatin
  • Pastured Poultry Profits by Joel Salatin
  • The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
  • In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
  • Management Intensive Grazing by Jim Gerrish
  • Day Range Poultry by Andy Lee and Patricia Foreman
  • Basic Butchering of Livestock and Game by John J. Mettler Jr., DVM
  • On-Farm Composting Handbook, NRAES-54. Contact www.nraes.org
 

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