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Sheep and goats

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Plain meaning
Sheep and goats
How to use it
Consider small stock on dry or small holdings where cattle would overgraze.
South African benchmark
South African mutton and lamb come mainly from the extensive arid regions (Article 65).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M10-U3, M10-U5, M10-U6
Calculate it
T-M10-02 Stocking Rate
Library sources
LIB-A065, LIB-A066, LIB-P-Mutton, LIB-P-Goat
See also
Boer goat, Dorper
Sheep and Goats: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedSheep and Goats: how the business runsSold byhead or kg live weight1Breed2Kid or lamb3Grow on veld4Market5Live sale or abattoirZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Sheep and Goats Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M10 Sheep and Goats.