STRATFORD, Ontario, August 11th, 2010 - The Government of Canada is helping to increase profitability and access new markets for Ontario’s goat industry. Today, Member of Parliament Gary Schellenberger (Perth-Wellington), on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, was pleased to announce an investment of over $700,000 to establish an integrated dairy goat genetic improvement program.
The GoGen pilot project, which will be overseen by Ontario Goat, will help the goat industry make genetic improvements to increase milk production and improve meat quality through superior genetics. The funds will also be used to update, modify and bring efficiencies to current goat genetic tools already provided by the goat industry.