ANFS100 Lecture 13: Chapter 20: Sheep and Goats

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Animal and Food Sciences
• Course: ANFS100
• Professor: Griffiths Lesa

Document Summary

The place of sheep and goats in us agriculture. The sheep industry has declined in the us. Four tenths of 1% of the total us farm revenue from livestock and products. Gross annual income from sheep, lambs and wool in the united states is approximately million. 2002-2007, production of meat goats increased 58: fastest growing livestock enterprise in the us for that period. Main contributing factors in industry growth: new breeds of goats that had superior growth and carcass conformation, the increase in the us population of people from differing cultures, countries and religions that historically consumed goat meat. The purpose is the same as that of other ruminants in many ways: take advantage of forage and roughage to produce products that humans can use. The products include milk, meat, and fiber, with meat being the most economically important. Us industry is made up of lamb producers, lamb feeders, lamb processors, and wool buyers/warehouses.