Many farmers now opt to do the post-weaning growth
assessment of male progeny under rangeland conditions
with a cluster of progeny from each sire where the variables
are individuals, sires, owners, year and season. The system
of performance testing has shown its merit to select both
male and female breeding stock and is applied by commercial
producers. The concept should be encouraged among
small-scale producers.
The SA Boer Goat, Savanna and Kalahari Red are the
commercial goat breeds for meat production, while the
Angora goat contributes substantially to the volume of
goat meat mainly through the culling of male kids and
redundant females. The informal rural sector farms mostly