@inproceedings{orgprints623, title = {On farm organic dairy sheep and goat breeding in Germany}, author = {Gerold Rahmann}, year = {2002}, pages = {94--94}, journal = {Proceeding of the 14th IFOAM Organic World Congress}, keywords = {livestock, breeding, dairy sheep, dairy goats, on farm research}, url = {http://orgprints.org/623/}, abstract = {In the period from 1992 to 1998 the fat and protein yield of both flocks could be increased. A specific breeding strategy had an important contribution to the increase but the environmental impacts on animal productivity is enormous (e.g. the very wet summer season 1994). A wrong decision in breeding bucks (dairy sheep in 1992-1994) had an negative effect on the productivity.} }