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Goat farming involves the raising and breeding of domestic goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) as a branch of animal husbandry. People farm goats principally for their meat , milk , fibre and skins . Goat farming can be very suited to production alongside other livestock (such as sheep and cattle) on low-quality grazing land.
The National Farmers Union and other family farm/peasant, indigenous and rural workers organizations work within the global movement, La Via Campesina, to resist the global trade agreements and the World Trade Organization, stop the destruction of communities, cultures and environments, and build an alternative: food sovereignty.
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) is Canada's largest general farm organization, representing 200,000 farmers and farm families. [1] The organization is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, with the mandate to provide a unified industry voice at the national level. The CFA was formed in 1935, and continues today as a farmer-funded ...
Intensive animal farming, industrial livestock production, and macro-farms, [1] also known as factory farming, [2] is a type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry designed to maximize production while minimizing costs. [3]
The Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) is an agricultural trade union representing producers in the Canadian province of Quebec.Originally a Catholic union called the Union catholique des cultivateurs (UCC), it shed its denominational character as a result of the Quiet Revolution and has existed in its current form since 1972.
The business of goat meat production is notably successful in villages where it is customary to serve young goats as the center of a feast during celebrations of special occasions. In the 1980s through the 1990s, Basque administration created a plan to eliminate all types of goats in that region for reasons of sanitation and nature preservation ...
Latvian Farmers' Union, political party in Latvia; New Farmers' Union, political party in Latvia in the inter-war period; New Zealand Farmers Union, now known as Federated Farmers; Queensland Farmers' Union, political party of Australia; Southern Tenant Farmers Union, civil farmer's union in the Southern United States; Ulster Farmers' Union ...
Free-range rearing of pullets: Free range rearing of pullets for egg-laying is now being pioneered in the UK by various poultry rearing farms. In these systems, the pullets are allowed outside from as young as 4 weeks of age, rather than the conventional systems where the pullets are reared in barns and allowed out at 16 weeks of age