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The goat is one of the smallest domesticated ruminants which has served mankind longer than cattle or sheep.

Kids are the young of the herd. Females are called doe and males are bucks… There are more than 460 million goats worldwide presently producing more than 4.5 million tons of milk and 1.2 million tons of meat…

ABCs of Agriculture informs about Virginia's farming community and how it affects you. ABCs of Agriculture are produced by the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (AITC) - an educational program which encourages and enhances agricultural literacy in Grades K-5 and 6-8.

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Hello, and welcome to the ABC’s of Agriculture!

We’re here today to talk about the letter K which stands for Kids! Not the two legged kind…the four legged kind! I am speaking of goats!

The goat is one of the smallest domesticated ruminants which has served mankind longer than cattle or sheep.

Kids are the young of the herd. Females are called doe and males are bucks… There are more than 460 million goats worldwide presently producing more than 4.5 million tons of milk and 1.2 million tons of meat…

In the United States, there are between 2 and 4 million head; with Texas leading in Angora, meat and bush goats; and California leading in dairy goats….

While the significance of meat goats remains relatively small in the overall agriculture economy, raising meat goats has become a sideline venture for many farmers in Virginia.

According to the latest USDA figures there were more than 2 thousand 3 hundred farm producing about 41,300 head of goats in Virginia.

For the ABC’s of Agriculture, I’m Professor Brad… see you next time!

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