University of Georgia
If you love goats or you’re just curious about goats’ milk,
meat
or other products, the 2006 Goat-A-Rama was planned just for you.
More than 1,000 goat enthusiasts are expected to attend the event
Saturday, April 8, in Tennille, Ga.
The ninth Goat-A-Rama will begin at the Washington County Farm
Bureau Ag Center at 9 a.m. It will end by 4 p.m. The event will
include educational seminars, demonstrations and vendor
exhibits.
Admission is free, and door prizes will be given. For
directions,
or more information, contact the University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension office in Washington County at (478)
552-2011. Or send an e-mail to info@goat-a-rama.com.
There will be a chevon, or goat meat, cooking demonstration.
Goat
barbecue will be served, too, as well as other foods.
Breeding stock will be available for sale. And for a donation,
you can enter a raffle for a registered Kiko buck. (These
meat-goat males have long, usually white hair and long, twisting
horns.)
Will Getz of Fort Valley State University will present an
update
on small ruminant research. Lisa Williamson of the University of
Georgia will discuss “worm warfare.” And the Georgia Dairy Goat
Breeders Association will have a demonstration on goat care.
The event is co-sponsored by UGA Extension, Washington County
Meat Goat Association, Washington County Farm Bureau, Sunbelt
Goat Producers Cooperative and AgGeorgia Farm Credit.
