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  2. Goat farming - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Livestock - Wikipedia

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    Livestock farmers have often dealt with natural world animals' predation and theft by rustlers. In North America, animals such as gray wolves , grizzly bears , cougars , and coyotes are sometimes considered a threat to livestock.

  4. Animal husbandry - Wikipedia

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    Cattle feedlot in Colorado, United States. Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products.It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock.

  5. Intensive animal farming - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Goat - Wikipedia

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    A genetic analysis [8] confirms the archaeological evidence that the wild bezoar ibex, found today in the Zagros Mountains, but formerly widespread in Anatolia, is the likely original ancestor of all or most domestic goats today. [7] Neolithic farmers began to herd wild goats primarily for easy access to milk and meat, as well as to their dung ...

  7. Decoded: What GOAT means and how to use it - AOL

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    There are goats you find roaming grass fields and then there's the "GOAT." GOAT, which stands for "Greatest Of All Time," is the ultimate compliment of all compliments. While the acronym can be ...

  8. Agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. [1] Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the cities.

  9. Where does the term 'GOAT' come from and what does it mean? - AOL

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    The term "GOAT" is an acronym for "Greatest of All Time" and is believed to have originated in the world of hip-hop music in the 1990s. The term was popularized by rapper and actor LL Cool J.