Dairy Goat Field Day - Johnston County
The Johnston County Goat Producers and NC Cooperative Extension will
present the fourth Dairy Goat Field Day. The event will be held August
1st at the Johnston County Livestock Arena on County Home Road just off
Highway 210 in Smithfield, NC starting at 9 AM and ending around 2 PM.
The day will feature several different opportunities where new and experienced goat producers can learn goat care. There will be demonstrations on soap making, cheese making, sanitary milk handling, hoof trimming, and goat milking. There will be instruction on practical nutrition for milk production, milk goat selection and mastitis testing, as well as other topics of interest.
A few product vendors will be displaying their wares to participants. For more information contact: Ron Hughes at (919) 989-5380 or ronald_hughes@ncsu.edu.
The day will feature several different opportunities where new and experienced goat producers can learn goat care. There will be demonstrations on soap making, cheese making, sanitary milk handling, hoof trimming, and goat milking. There will be instruction on practical nutrition for milk production, milk goat selection and mastitis testing, as well as other topics of interest.
A few product vendors will be displaying their wares to participants. For more information contact: Ron Hughes at (919) 989-5380 or ronald_hughes@ncsu.edu.
