Cattleman25: We have two bucks that smelled this season, and the oldest one that we used for breeding doesn't have a beard. Some of ours do not grow one, it's all in the genetics, but he still smelled horrible. He peed on his legs and belly, so I don't think that shaving off the beard will work with every buck. But it's worth a try. Nice thing about no beard, they can't rub it on you. The smell is soo hard to get off. We use a special soap, but I have been told, but never tried it, that if you get the smell on you, wash your hands in a cheap toothpaste. But, the nice thing about keeping the beard is that it makes it easier to hold onto the buck when they don't smell.
Personally, I would not put our goats in with our cattle. Mostly because we show the goats, and also because of our pastures and location of the goats and cattle, it just wouldn't work out. But we never have had a single case of ringworm. I guess a lot of it not only has to do with care of the cattle, but also where you are located and how much your cattle are exposed to other cattle. We do very little showing, so there is not much exposure risk for our cattle.