Farmer's Weekly

Livestock adaptability: what it is, and why it matters to a buyer

I recently received an angry email from a farmer who wanted to know why his livestock, in this case Boer goats, had died after being imported from Namibia and South Africa. His point was that these goats were not as hardy as I had suggested in a previous column.

It's difficult to ascertain precisely why this particular farmer's goats died without better understanding how and where these goats were farmed.

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