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Small ruminant dairying

Cheese-making

Beginning cheese-making
Cheese by hand
Cheese.com
Cheese Culture
Cheesemaking basics - HobbyFarm.com
[PDF] Home cheesemaking from goat milk
[PDF] Making and marketing sheep milk cheese - University of Wisconsin
Making cheese and yogurt from sheep and goat milk
Making cheese at home - University of Guelph
Making goat milk cheese is easy - Dairy Goat Journal
New England Cheesemaking Supply Company
[PDF] Sheep cheesemaking and marketing - University of Wisconsin

General dairy

Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development
Dairy Business Innovation Center
Dairy Research & Information Center @ UC Davis
MilkProduction.com
[PDF] Past, present, and future perspectives of sm. rum. dairy res.
SmallDairy.com
Small ruminant dairy project @ University of Vermont
Small ruminant milk quality and food safety - Ontario, Canada

Dairy goats, general

American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA)
Australian Association for Dairy Goats
Dairy goats @ Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC)
Dairy goats @ Purdue
Dairy goats @ Virginia Tech
Dairy Goats @ Wisconsin Dairy Artisan Network
A guide to starting a commercial goat dairy | PDF
National Goat Handbook
Goats for home milk production - UC Davis
Ontario Dairy Goat Cooperative
[PDF] Raising dairy goat kids - UC Davis

Dairy goats, fact sheets

Dairy goat fact book
[PDF] Dairy goat housing and milking facitilies | PPT
Dairy goat information of the Serious Kind (not updated)
Dairy goat production Guide - University of Florida | PDF
[PDF] Dairy goats commodity sheep - FVSU
[PDF] Dairy goats - Penn State Ag Alternatives
[PDF] Dairy goats - Victoria, Australia
Dairy goats for family milk supply - Oregon State University | PDF
[PDF] Dairy goat milking facilties - Langston University
Dairy goats: sustainable production - ATTRA | PDF
[PDF] Farmers Dairy Goat Production Handbook
Equipment and housing plans for dairy goats - Colorado State University
[PDF] The Milk Goat - ADGA
[PDF] Starting a dairy goat business - University of Wisconsin
Understanding dairy goat production - GoatWorld
[PDF] Wisconsin dairy goat profitability project
[PDF] Your dairy goat - Washington State University

Economics

Costs and returns for dairy goat, organic, 100 does, 1500 lbs.
Costs and returns for dairy goat, organic, 100 does, 1800 lbs.
Costs and returns for dairy goat, organic, 100 does, 2100 lbs.
Dairy sheep budget - University of Wisconsin
Dairy sheep costs of production - Manitoba, Canada
Dairy budget planner - ANZ
[PDF] Goat farm budgeting - Langston University
[PDF] Goat milk for cheese production in Calif's North Coast
Guideline for estimating investment and operating costs
ISU Extension Dairy Goat Budget
[PDF] Yves Berger dairy sheep budget

Sheep dairying, general

British Dairy Sheep Association
Cornell Dairy Sheep Page
Dairy sheep - Scottish Agricultural College
Dairy sheep @ Agricultural Resource Marketing Center (AgMRC)
Dairy sheep @ Wisconsin Dairy Artisan Network
Dairy Sheep Association of North America
Dairy Sheep Basics: Sheep 201
[PDF] Dairy sheep fact sheet
Got Milk: Sheep 101
[PDF] An introduction to dairy sheep - CALU Tech. Notes
Sheep Extension at University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Dairy Sheep Cooperative (sheepmilk.biz)

Sheep dairying, fact sheets

[PDF] 2009 Wisconsin dairy sheep industry overview
Dairy sheep - ATTRA | PDF
[PDF] Dairy sheep basics for beginners by Dave Thomas
[PDF] Dairy sheep feasibility study (Central Iowa)
Great Lakes Dairy Sheep Symposium Proceedings
[PDF] Guide to raising dairy sheep - UW Extension Livestock Team
[PDF] Milking sheep production - Penn State Ag Alternatives
[PDF] Principles of sheep dairying in North America
Producing sheep milk cheese - Oregon State University | PDF
[PDF] So ... you're interested in milking sheep? - sheepmilk.biz

   Carousel (rotating) milking parlor (in New Jersey)

The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] is a privately-owned web site. It was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in small ruminant production. The web site includes original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants and related topics. The web site was developed and is solely maintained by Susan Schoenian, Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center in Keedsyville, Maryland. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively. Susan raises purebred and crossbred Katahdin sheep on a small farm she calls The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

Disclaimer: The information and links contained on the Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] and other pages created by Susan Schoenian are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any person, organization, business, product, or web site. The author disclaims any liability in connection with the use of this information. Common sense and sound judgement should be applied to all information obtained from the web, regardless of source. In matters of animal health, producers are advised to seek competent veterinary assistance.

Last updated 16-Feb-2012 by Susan Schoenian.