Goats are upmarket, but each one has four hoofs needing annual trim

Very, very few farmers will give you a thank-you for a goat.

It’s got the wrong image: smallholder poverty, foraging herds in the Middle East, biblical farming in Mediterranean countries.

While farmers have little enthusiasm, an increasing number of the public see goats in a different light — because they are producers of healthy, less fattening milk, suitable for people with allergies.