{"id":2862,"date":"2023-04-17T14:29:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2023-04-17T14:33:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T18:33:43","slug":"2023-dairy-goat-farm-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/2023-dairy-goat-farm-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"UVM Extension Hosting 2023 Dairy Goat Farm Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/p>\n

UVM Extension is co-hosting a series of farm tours of commercial goat dairies across Vermont. Connect with other goat dairy producers and with Extension dairy specialists to see and discuss parlor and barn design, herd health, goat dairy financials, grazing, considerations for value-added production, and more.<\/p>\n

Goat dairy producers of all sizes, those interested in starting or transitioning to goat dairy production, and agricultural service providers are all welcome! All events are free and registration is requested. Coffee and light snacks will be provided.<\/p>\n

Register for each tour here – https:\/\/go.uvm.edu\/goatdairytours<\/a><\/p>\n

Tour Dates<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. April 19, 12 2:00 p.m.
    \nJoneslan Farm, Hyde Park<\/li>\n
  2. May 10, 12 2:00 p.m.
    \nBridgman Hill Farm, Hardwick<\/li>\n
  3. May 23, 12 2:00 p.m.
    \nTups Crossing Farm, Orwell<\/li>\n
  4. May 26, 12 2:00 p.m.
    \nAyers Brook Goat Dairy, Randolph<\/li>\n
  5. May 31, 12 2:00 p.m.
    \nBlue Ledge Farm, Salisbury<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Click here to download the dairy goat tour flyer (PDF).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    UVM Extension is co-hosting a series of farm tours of commercial goat dairies across Vermont. Connect with other goat dairy producers and with Extension dairy specialists to see and discuss parlor and barn design, herd health, goat dairy financials, grazing, considerations for value-added production, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1,13],"tags":[71,122],"class_list":["post-2862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-events","category-ext","tag-dairy","tag-goats"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1495,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/internal-parasites-sheep-goats-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":2862,"position":0},"title":"Extension Offering Internal Parasites in Sheep & Goats Trainings for Producers","author":"CALS Communications","date":"April 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"UVM Extension is pleased to offer a free parasite management and FAMACHA training course for sheep and goat producers (including dairy, meat and \ufb01ber) co-hosted by the Cornell Sheep & Goat Program and Cornell Cooperative Extension. 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