Dairy Goat Industry of the United States

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There are two national dairy goat organizations in the United States, the American Dairy Goat Association and the American Goat Society with 17,690 and 1,700 members. They recognize official breeds Alpine, LaMancha, Nubian, Oberhasli (Swiss Alpine), Saanen, Toggenburg, and Pygmy. Annual registrations exceed 50,000 animals. The all-time, all-breed leader for milk yield is a Toggenburg (2,614 kg in 305 days) and for fat yield an Alpine (113 kg in 305 days). More than 100,000 Dairy Herd Improvement records are processed for sire proving.

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