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Agriculture '97
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lowest production is then used as
the amount allowed for each month
during the year. The over-quota
milk can still be sold, but the price
received is the lower cheese milk
price instead of the fluid milk price.
To increase the quota, Miller
says farmers try to keep the ani
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Young kids are forever curious as they stick their noses over the fencing when owners
Eleanor and David Miller visit the bam.
mals' milk level as high as possible
during those months. And Miller
seems to be a man who knows just
how to accomplish the feat.
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looking for information, everyone
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are harder to find."
That popularity may arise from
both an increased consumer de
mand as well as farmers discover
ing the pleasures of dairy goats.
As with any animal a lot of work
is involved, says the couple. "How
ever, dairy goats are just like dogs.
They will follow you around the
bam; they are gentle and good with
children."
Eleanor says when they had their
first herd, the children often helped
with the milking. "It was a family
time, a time to talk. Goats are
smaller and less intimidating than
cattle."
Nutrient Value of Goat’s Milk
Source: Nutrient Value of Some Common Foods Supply and Services Canada, 1987
Nutrient Value per 250ml Portion of Various Milks
Category Human
(Mature)
Goat
(whole)
-Cow
(3.3%)
Soybean 1
(Fluid) |
Energy (KJ)757 743 663 350
Protein (g)3 9 8 7
Carbohydrates (g)18 11 12 5
Fats(g)11 11 9 5
Cholesterol (mg)36 29 35 0
Calcium (mg)84 344 308 10
Iron (mg)tr .10 .10 1.5
Sodium (mg)44 126 126 30
Potassium (mg)133 527 391 357
Vitamin A (RE)166 144 80 8
Thiamin (mg).04 .12 .10 .41
Riboflavin (mg).09 .36 .42 .18
Niacin (NE)1.2 2.6 2.2 2.2
Folate (meg)14 2 13 4
Vitamin C 13 3 2 0
Consumer demand also seems to
be on the rise, says Miller. The
milk produced by the 130-animal
herd is handled by Hewitt's dairy in
Hagersville, with much of the prod
uct going to a goat cheese factory
in Orangeville.
"The Orangeville plant is always
looking for more milk," he says.
The level of milk produced is
similar to the dairy cattle quotas,
though it is not set by a board and
does not have to be purchases.
"We determine our own quota,"
says Miller. The poorest months for
milk production in goats is Novem
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