self-intro of Terry Hankins, , Miss.

[Guest guest]

Hi, group,

I operate a 175-acre meat goat farm in northwest Mississippi and

publish Goat Rancher magazine (www.goatrancher.com). I maintain two

blogs: http://goatrancherupdate.blogspot.com/ and http://

egyptcreekranch.blogspot.com/. I have a total of 35 years experience

in the publishing business, the last 15 with Goat Rancher. I was

raised on a cattle farm and have been around livestock most of my life.

My wife and I first raised goats on a small farm near Birmingham,

Ala., in the mid 1980s. We raised Nubians and our family drank the

milk. Didn't know we were " supposed " to pasturize it. We raise Kikos,

which were derived from Dairy stock, so we still have some limited

milk production. With 5 hungry and growing grandboys, milking goats

is going to be a priority this spring.

Terry