Volume 86 Number 6 - November/December, 2008 issue of Dairy Goat Journal. Presenting information, ideas, and insights for everyone who raises, manages, or just loves goats.

Dairy Goat Journal. Presenting information, ideas, and insights for everyone who raises, manages, or just loves goats.

Volume 86 Number 6
November/December, 2008

Students Heather Welsch, Jolene Berg, Gina Gonella, and Casey Sanderson are part of the hands-on dairy goat teaching and research classes at the University of California Davis. They are pictured with the university's 2008 ADGA Spotlight Sale doeling consignment, California Varekai Kia. See related story on page 9. Photo By Jan Carlson, UC Goat Facility, Department of Animal Science, Davis, California.


From the editor:
Blessed Obers	6
By Jennifer Stultz

In the news:
Learn About Cheesemaking	8

Grazing Alfalfa in the Fall	8
By Bruce Anderson

University of California Promotes Research and Dairy Goat Instruction at Davis Facilities	9
By Tim King

Breed focus:
Oberhasli Breeders Make Strides in Quality	12
By Jennifer Stultz

Creative Dairy Goat Housing	20
By John C. Porter

The Yearly Buck Dilemma: Visit, Split, Rent, or Own?	22
By Miriah Reynolds

Bucks Must Be Cared For With Consideration	24
By Jennifer Stultz

One breeder's personal experience: Mycoplasma: Knowledge is Power to Fight This Deadly Goat Disease!	28
By Gianaclis Caldwell

University of Kentucky Studies Goat Grazing Options	31
By Alan Harman

Ireland Dairy Goat Farmers Experience "Best of Times"	32
By Alan Harman

Life at Baetje Farms is Dream Come True	36
By Janet Hurst

Commercial dairy diary:
OakMoon Farm & Creamery Takes Final Steps to Licensed Milk Production	38
By Cynthia Sharpe

Goat Milk Cheese Recipes to Try	45

A younger view:
Tracked: The NAIS Controversy	50
By Maria Magaldi

Goat prose and poetry:
The Best Oberhasli of All Time	54
By Elise Anderson

Upcoming events	54

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