Management of National GiG Roadshow

Summary

The Australian goatmeat industry has experienced strong growth over the past 20 years and this growth has been largely supported by the sale of goats derived from rangeland or extensive production systems. Of the 1.5 million goats now slaughtered annually, approximately 90% are rangeland goats. Improving the productivity and profitability of the rangeland goat production sector promises to deliver the most significant benefit to the broader industry and flow on benefits for other non-rangeland goat producers through the creation of a more robust and resilient industry.
To this end, in 2011 MLA developed an additional module for the Going into goats: Profitable producers best practice guide that addresses the specific production issues encountered by prospective and established rangeland goat producers; the Going into Goats Practical guide to producing goats in the rangelands (GiG Guide Rangeland Module). The purpose of project B.GOA.0084 was to launch the new GiG Guide rangeland module to producers and the broader industry via three regional seminars. As part of these seminars, practical sessions presented by rangeland goat producers were incorporated to outline the principles explained within the module, for example: Nutrition, genetic management, cost of production and invasive animal control. Two events were delivered as launches in 2012 in New South Wales and Western Australia, followed by an information day in Queensland in 2013.