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| Start out the New Year and shop for your new herd replacements with our annual "Sales List" special issue. Full
page ads from herds across the country are a big part of this month's issue. When you're done shopping you will be able to read
about: Dealing with milk fever - the treatment (second in a two-part series); How the goat's digestive tract works; Antibiotics:
Abuse them and lose them; Antibiotic basics: Know what's prohibited; Dip navels on newborn kids - options to consider; Behavior
patterns in goats; The forgotten organ; Making yogurt at home; Regular soap is as effective as antibacterials; Dairy farmers
take lead in animal welfare; Animal "shares" ruled illegal in Maryland; Custom goat feed formula; Coming Events; New
champions and animals appraised Excellent.
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| February
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 SG Willow Lane Avery 8*M is one of 62 Willow Lane animals to receive ADGA Super Genetics designations. Read about the
Willow Lane herd in this month's Saanen feature issue!
In this issue: Ventilation and water critical in cold weather; dealing with ketosis; NSBA one-day test awards; NSBA production
awards; NSBA linear appraisal recognition; Visiting with Gayle and Jim Tanner of Bonnie Blue Farm; Oral antiparasitic developed in
Australia for goats; Kid management; CAE prevention guidelines; Is she ready to kid, or isn't she - detecting parturition; Brooks
joins Humane Farm Animal Care program; Handling vaccines; Pennsylvania DGA names 2007 premier exhibitors; Coming events; extensive
breeders listings and advertising.
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 Toggenburgs are featured in the March issue of United Caprine News. The Toggenburg breed is considered
one of the oldest of all purebred livestock and it is a pacesetter in the dairy goat world - the first Advanced Registry doe was a
Toggenburg, the first doe to classify (appraise) Excellent was a Toggenburg, and a Toggenburg holds the all-time production record.
(Photo from M-Star Dairy Goats.)
Also in this issue: Goat breeders use auction site to help others; Back to basics: feeding and housing; Floppy Kid
Syndrome; Paska recipe (Russian Easter cheese); How to judge hay quality visually; Hay storage tips; Langston University to
host Goat Field Day; BioTracking offers CAE test; ADGA AI collection information assistance; Cryptosporidiosis and kid care;
All-American Toggenburg selections; 2008 Togg Specialty Shows; Greenglade dairy gets Nebraska farm grant; FAQ's about
ADGA and NAIS; Bacterial pneumonia in goats; Beginner's goat husbandry
and cheesemaking seminar short course; ADGA judges training conference to be held;
Events calendar; Grain overload; USDA Elite Toggenburg sires; Deborah Rogers named to federal advisory board;
Cheesemaking seminar in Ohio; and our usual columns and features.
Coming in April - America's most popular breed gets the spotlight in our annual Nubian feature. Deadline for
material is March 5.
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| April
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 Jacobs Pride Nubians of Arizona features some of its winners, past and present, in our annual Nubian
feature issue. Read about the herd's history and direction for the future in the April edition of United Caprine News.
Also in this issue: Scrapie resurfaces in Michigan; Discussion on Scrapie in goats; What to do if you have high
SCC milk; Your barn is on Fire!; Forage type and maturity affects milk production and animal performance; Troubleshooting films
and deposits on milking equipment; Tribute to Mary Ann Kilzer and Mary Morrow; It's showtime. Tips on getting ready; 2007
All-American Nubian photos; Making your own Lam-Bar type feeder; How clean is your colostrum?; An ode to a special doe - Poverty
Knob Nettie Rose; Nutritional management for top production and efficiency; Pillow cases as show covers for goats; Emergency
"colostrum" recipe; Causes of Epiphysitis (bent legs) in goats; Hay-saving keyhole feeder plans; Coming events calendar; bits and
pieces from around the goat world.
APRIL ADVERTISING SPECIALS FOR THE MAY ISSUE: 5-inch show promo ads just $35! 3-inch
director primary ads just $25! Deadline: April 5.
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| May
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 GCH Chateau Briant's Juni FS91 (VEEE) is a fifth generation of GCH/Excellent does bred by Bob and Phil Cassette of
SACO,
Maine. Read about the herd's success in our annual Alpine feature this month.
In this issue: Feeding kids by the free-choice cold milk method; free-choice kid feeder plans; Increasing milk production with
electrolyzed water; Is that recently fresh doe sick or not?; Cypress Grove Chevre is latest success story from NLPA Sheep & Goat
Fund; Goat survey on perennial legume that controls "barber pole worms"; Nodaway French Alpines - success with the philosophical
method; Munchin Hill Alpines feature; Chateau Briant - generations of excellence; Think fly control; Raw milk demand on the
upswing; Alpine All-American selections; Keep kid feeding equipment clean; Coping with sore mouth; Clean-up after kidding is
important; 2008 ADGA Convention heads to the Napa Valley; Planning a "goat garden"; Ketosis can
kill; Use extension cords wisely; Removing iodine stains; coming events, breeders listings; and more.
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June
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The JUNE issue includes the annual LAMANCHA FEATURE. Be sure to check out all the LaMancha ads and
updates. Included in this month's issue: Farm tours as a way to promote Dairy Goat Awareness Week (June
15-22); the basics on feeding, managing and housing dairy goats; ADGA National Show (July 12 -19) updates;
coming events calendar; making "hot weather" cheeses; All-American LaMancha selections; LaMancha club
production award winners; prevention is the key to success; keeping barns cool in summer; trailering
considerations for summer shows; helpful hints on fly control; livestock stress test; goat management tip -
caseous lymphadenitis; biologic risk CD available; breeders listings; helpful hints; more!
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July
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 Gianaclis Caldwell milks
exclusively Nigerian Dwarves on her commercial dairy in Oregon. Read about her
thoughts on getting started in the dairying business and her advice for those contemplating such a venture. She
will be a featured speaker at this year's ADGA Convention in October and is also working on a book about starting
into the goat dairying business.
Also in this issue: Our annual Oberhasli feature with advertising from top Oberhasli herds in the United States.
Meadowlark Testing Association awards; Cost saving idea - using trees and shrubs as fodder for goats; Oberhasli
All-American selections; 2008 Sheep and Goat Grants available; Homemade blood stopper recipe; goat meat
marinade for summertime BBQ; Oberhasli production award winners; Happy goats need happy feet; Number of
kids affects milk production of the dam; folding milk stand plans; Footscald, footrot and foot abscesses in goats;
coming events; breeders listings.
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August
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 Our annual buck feature includes plenty of reading on buck care and management. This issue includes: Solar
energy on the goat farm; Court stops privacy for livestock database; Fertility and sterility in bucks; CAE prevention
guidelines; Caring for the buck; FDA issues orders prohibiting use of Cephalosporin in food-producing animals;
Sunflower seeds have potential to prevent enterotoxemia; Simple indigestion in goats; Root crops and other high
carbohydrate feeds; Doelings can get mastitis too; Protecting livestock from heat; Transporting can be stressful to
goats; Shrimp and chevre quesadilla with avocado sauce; 22 animals accepted for ADGA Spotlight Sale;
Maple-Pecan goats' milk ice cream; Coming Events; New champion and "Excellent" appraised buck pictures;
Breeders listings.
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September
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Our big September issue features results from the 2008 ADGA National Show in Louisville,
including the top five placements in every class of every breed and pictures of the first place class winners. If
you've been wanting to know "who did what" at the biggest dairy goat show in the nation,
this issue is the one you've been waiting for! Also part of this issue is the 2008 ADGA Spotlight Sale Catalog featuring the 22
consignments at the country's most prestigious dairy goat sale, to be held in Rohnert Park, CA in October. The
catalog includes pictures of each consignment along with a 2-generation performance pedigree and information
about the sale. Advertising for almost every one of the consignments also updates current show wins, production
records and appraisal scores as well as providing lots of pictures of the animals' ancestry ... a great resource on
some of the best genetics in dairy goats.
Read about: Goats breach security fence in New York; Are we dropping the ball when feeding kids?; WLIC
introduces livestock vantage initiative; Goat farmer finds milk market in the Bluegrass state; Devonshire LaMancha
tops 2008 Colorama Sale; Branen joins BioTracking LLC; ADGA Board to have three new faces; along with our
regular monthly features and columns.
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October
2008 Issue
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 Our annual Nigerian Dwarf feature focuses on this "miniature" dairy goat that is quickly gaining in popularity across
the country. October contents include: American Goat Society national show champions photo gallery; rules for
organic dairies; Boxer adopts a Saanen kid; an in-depth look at CAE; heat detection for beginners; goats used for
brush control in LA; round-table on Nigerian Dwarf height standards; Nigerian productivity scoring - a tool for
breeders; history of the Nigerian Dwarf; recipes - Chevre'd Broccoli and Wax Bean, Apple & Chevre Salad; news
notes; breeders listing; annual UCN display advertising specials for 2009.
LOCAL AND STATE CLUBS - Be sure to send in your 2009 show and conference dates NOW! No charge. Get
your show or conference on everyone's agenda. Submit information on-line or mail to United Caprine News, P.O.
Box 328, Crowley, TX 76036.
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November
2008 Issue
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 The November issue is full of ideas on fall herd management. Included are articles on: herd health programs and
annual herd health calendar; artificial insemination basics; dairy goat farming and cheesemaking tour to Honduras;
USDA/APHIS seeks comments on goat study; breeding season and time for the "boys"; Thanksgiving recipe -
Indian Pudding; emergency preparedness - barn fires; build-it-yourself
milk stand plans; digestive problems involving the fore stomach of goats; USDA releases animal disease traceability plan; tips for checking heat in goats;
supplemental winter feeding; Nigerian Dwarf All-American selections; CAE prevention guidelines.
It's also time to take advantage of UCN's annual discounts on one-year advertising plans (offer ends December 5,
2008) - see this issue for details or contact us at caprine@hcnews.com.
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December
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 *B Redwood Hills Lance Justice, an American Alpine buck consigned to the 2008 ADGA Spotlight Sale by
Redwood Hill Farm, Sebastopol, CA, was the high-selling consignment. He fetched $5700 at the sale held in
Rohnert Park, CA, selling to Jesse Morris, also of CA. Shown in the picture with Lance is the Morris family with
Scott Bice and Trinity Smith (both in black, herd managers at Redwood Hill Farm) and Jennifer Lynn Bice (far right,
owner of Redwood Hills).
This month's issue includes complete coverage of the American Dairy Goat Association Convention held in Rohnert
Park, Calif., including a summary of the Board of Director's meeting, goat milk cheese and bath products
competition results, awards, Spotlight Sale results, and photo coverage of events and activities held during the
week of the convention. Also in this issue: Part 1: History of California goat dairying; ADGA Update; goats in
Christmas celebrations around the world; Cornell University works to address large animal veterinary shortage;
buck care and management; raising your new kids; tube feeding neonatal kids; farm estate planning seminar;
spring ADGA judges training conference; helpful tips and recipes for the winter; CAE prevention guidelines.
Coming in January: Annual "Sales List" issue and focus on winter care.
DEADLINE FOR THE 2009 SAANEN
FEATURE IS JANUARY 5, 2009!
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