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Our beautiful girls
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Purebred Nubian Dairy Goats
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Quality
for Dairy & Show
An incredible and unique art - with great thanks to our goats for supplying the wonderful milk.
How good were the stars to lead me here
the year of the blue goat, brown duck,
the year of the squawk & coo, the loyal dog
who barked at strange men & storms
From Heaven by Iowa poet
Mary Swander
Thank you for visiting the Jasper Farm website. Located in central Iowa, we have been raising purebred Nubian goats since 2003. We are very proud of our small and carefully selected herd with well-researched bloodlines.
Our breeding program has a focus on outstanding udder capacity and attachment, ease of hand-milking, strong bone structures and constitutions, and friendly, easy-going personalities.
We cherish our small farm, named after a beloved dog in our lives as well as reflecting
our residence in beautiful Jasper County, Iowa. In addition to raising purebred
Nubian goats and making cheese, we produce much of our own food on the farm.
Our
small herd is rotated among 3 pastures, where their browsing and grazing diet is
supplemented by high-quality alfalfa hay and non-medicated grains on the milking
stand. High quality of life is important to us for all on the farm, which includes
generous space to forage and play and settle down in the shade for an afternoon nap.
Birthing takes place in individual stalls in our (formerly hog!) barn, and twice
daily milkings are held in a free-standing milking house. In 2006 we purchased an
additional 115 acres of rolling hills, pastures, and trees, and are eager to move
all the 2-legged and 4-legged beasts to the beautiful site as soon as we have enough
funds to support the project! Meanwhile, we keep the herd small to maintain the
spaciousness, which means we are forced to be extremely selective as we maintain
the foundation of high quality and focused genetics.
Cheese-making is a spring, summer, and fall endeavor in our home kitchen, and at this time I make raw milk cheeses for our home consumption only. I have had good success with chevre, feta, fresh mozzarella, gouda, baby swiss, cloth-wrapped cheddar, and parmesan. Experimentation with new varieties, both with standard recipes and my own creations, is on-going, and I enjoy sharing what I’ve learned with students from nearby Grinnell College and anyone else who is interested - and learning from them as well. We have plans for a licensed creamery on the new site, but meanwhile, practice makes perfect and is also a lot of fun!
WHOLE HERD HEALTH:
CAE NEGATIVE
CL NEGATIVE
(NO ABSCESSES)
G6S NORMAL
CONTINUOUS DHI MILK TESTS
LINEAR APPRAISALS
1*M SG Oznayim Breve’s Kaitlyn wondering if I’m going to put
more grain in front of her...
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Old Style Nubians
for Today
About Us
Jasper Farm The Larissa in memorium
Always missed
Forever in our hearts
(1997?) - March 1, 2010
Our first goat and what an amazing doe she was! Larissa took a winding path to us and who knows what her life had been like - but from Sept 2003 on she was truly home, deeply loved and cherished.