THE Saanen dairy goat originated in the Saanen Valley of Switzerland, south of Canton, Berne. During 1898 the Cape agricultural department imported three Saanen rams and twelve ewes, from Switzerland.

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•The chairman of the goat farmers in Homa Bay Joash Okoko said members had lacked male goats to help in breeding offspring after launching the project some months ago. •Esther Omollo, a farmer, tipped ...

It's Eddie's horns that draw visitors' attention, said Lynda Simkins, executive director of the Natick Organic Community Farm. It's his personality that draws the staff's attention. "When he gets ...

MOGILEV, 8 July (BelTA) – During a visit to Mogilev State Breeding Enterprise's goat breeding farm, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko was presented with two goats: the Saanen and the Alpine, ...

The state’s animal husbandry and dairy development minister Sunil Kedar is bullish on Saanen — an alpine breed of goat. At the same time, it is cheaper to maintain a goat as against a cow or buffalo.