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.

For decades, goats were the underdogs of livestock farming, mostly raised for home consumption or modest income. Today, exotic breeds like the Saanen, Damascus, and Gulabi goats are commanding ...

•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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many will agree there can be no greater joy than raising and nurturing animals. Whether they live inside ...

"Goats are like grass-eating dogs", breeder Donna Morton says. On a 100ha dairy farm at Seaward Downs, near Edendale, Donna runs about 40 Saanen goats in her Ardee stud. Donna said the goats, like ...

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.