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Saanen milking goat

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Saanen milking goat

The most popular milking goat in New Zealand, the Saanen, originated in the Saanen Valley in Switzerland. The animals are white or cream-coloured, relatively large (about 65 kilograms), and are good milk producers.

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Allan Gillingham, Goats and goat farming – Farming goats for weed control and milk, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16593/saanen-milking-goat (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.