%0 Conference Paper %A Rahmann, Gerold %D 2002 %F orgprints:623 %K livestock, breeding, dairy sheep, dairy goats, on farm research %P 94-94 %T On farm organic dairy sheep and goat breeding in Germany %U http://orgprints.org/623/ %X 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.