Project Overview
FNE94-056
Project Type: Farmer
Funds awarded in 1994: $1,590.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/1995
Region: Northeast
State: New York
Project Leader:
Ken Kleinpeter
Hollow Road Farms
Commodities
- Animals: goats, sheep
- Animal Products: dairy
Practices
- Farm Business Management: economic/marketing
Proposal summary:
The project we wish to undertake is: 1) precise evaluation of the cost of raising lambs on fresh goat's milk as compared to powdered lamb milk re-placer. 2) assess the practical advantages and disadvantages of producing and feeding fresh goat's milk to lambs within the context of a sheep dairy operation. The problem to be addressed is the high cost of artificially raising lambs in a dairy sheep operation.
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