Western Maryland Meat Goat Test Survey

A survey has been developed to evaluate the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Testing Program. Results of the survey will be used to improve and expand the testing program and to ensure that the program is meeting the needs of the meat goat industry.

The url for the survey is http://www.surveyshare.com/survey/take/?sid=95954.

Anyone interested in meat goat performance testing is invited to complete the survey: consigners to the test, potential consigners to the test, buck buyers, potential buck buyers, commercial producers, purebred breeders, and anyone else interested in meat goat performance testing.

The Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test was initiated in 2006 at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center in Keedysville, MD. The purpose of the test is to evaluate the performance of meat goats consuming a pasture-only diet. The program includes an annual field day and sale.

To learn more about the performance testing program, visit the blog at http://mdgoattest.blogspot.com/.