Small ruminant dairying

Dairy is an important aspect of sheep and goat raising. About 10 percent of the world's sheep population is milked. Sheep were the first animal to be milked. Worldwide, more people probably drink goat's milk than cow's milk. Most sheep and goat milk is made into cheese.

Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development
Dairy Business Innovation Center
Dairy Research & Information Center @ UC Davis
MilkProduction.com
SmallDairy.com

Small ruminant dairying

[PDF] Past, present, and future perspectives of sm. rum. dairy res.
Small ruminant dairy project @ Univ. of Vermont
Small ruminant milk quality and food safety - Ontario, Canada

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
[PDF] Dairy sheep fact sheet
Got Milk: Sheep 101
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] Milking sheep production - Penn State Ag Alternatives
[PDF] Principles of sheep dairying in North America
Producing sheep milk cheese - Oregon St. Univ. | PDF
[PDF] So ... you're interested in milking sheep?

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
National Goat Handbook
Goats for home milk production - UC Davis
Ontario Dairy Goat Cooperative

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 - Univ. 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 St. Univ. | PDF
[PDF] Dairy goat milking facilties - Langston Univ.
Dairy goats: sustainable production - ATTRA | PDF
[PDF] Farmers Dairy Goat Production Handbook
Equipment and housing plans for dairy goats - Colorado St. Univ.
[PDF] The Milk Goat - ADGA
[PDF] Starting a dairy goat business - Univ. Wisconsin
Understanding dairy goat production - GoatWorld
[PDF] Wisconsin dairy goat profitability project
[PDF] Your dairy goat - Washington State Univ.

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 - Univ. Wisconsin
Dairy sheep costs of production - Manitoba, Canada
Dairy budget planner - ANZ
[PDF] Goat farm budgeting - Langston Univ.
[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

Dairy equipment

Dairy-Tech Refrigeration
DeLaval
Frenchall Goats (UK)
Hamby Dairy Supply
Milking systems for sheep and goats - GEA Farm Technologies
Norwell Dairy Systems Ltd.
Novo Cream Separators for Small Farms
Portable milkers
Udderly EZ™ Milker

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 - Univ. Wisconsin
Making cheese and yogurt from sheep and goat milk
Making cheese at home - Univ. of Guelph
Making goat milk cheese is easy - Dairy Goat Journal
New England Cheesemaking Supply Co.
[PDF] Sheep cheesemaking and marketing - Univ. Wisconsin

The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in sheep and goat production and marketing. 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 maintained by Susan Schoenian, Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively, and also attended The Ohio State University. Susan conducts the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test at her research facility in Keedysville. She raises Katahdin sheep on her small farm called The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

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Last updated 21-Mar-2010 by Susan Schoenian.