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Goats, those animals who eat just about anything, are the latest cash crop for farmers seeking to diversify. Farmers have figured out that recent immigrants from Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East are hungry for their traditional source of meat. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
, South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures


Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15.
, Tennessee and Texas lead the states in meeting an increasing demand for goat meat. Kentucky offers cash assistance to farmers who want to try their hand at goat herding. North Carolina has seen its goat sales soar SOAR - 1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving production system architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in Lisp and OPS5 and is currently implemented in Common Lisp.  to $6.6 million annually. Texas is the largest goat producer while Tennessee and Georgia battle it out for second place.
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Date:Sep 1, 2002
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