When most people think of goats, they think of dairy goats supplying fresh milk, cheese, and soap. But a growing number of homesteaders are raising goats for a different reason: meat. Goat meat ...
Goats of all colors and sizes were led through an arena by their doting owners for judging at the Ramona Junior Fair on Sunday, July 21. The smaller Nigerian dwarfs competed for ribbons with dairy ...
LANCASTER — Showing goats at the Fairfield County Fair is fun, but there is also a lot of responsibility and time involved in raising the animals. "I have to milk them morning and night and you need ...
Kandi Acres of Hawick is home to nearly 500 goats, most of them raised for meat production. Owned by Tiffany Farrier, it has been a labor of love. It is the only halal-certified goat farm in the state ...
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BRAINERD — One of the best parts about working with goats is that they have their own personalities, said Chris Bock, one of the 4-H members who participated in the goat judging on Wednesday. Bock, 15 ...
Goat milk production is the focus of a seminar by the Iowa State University Extension department Saturday at Dordt College in Sioux Center. Extension Dairy specialist Fred Hall says Iowa is third in ...
And goat used to be a staple in their diets. As a result, demand for goat meat has skyrocketed. Local producers say they can't supply enough, which provides a unique opportunity for farmers or acreage ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Electric & Gas Industries Association’s Contractor University, in partnership with Paul Kelly, a veteran of the HVAC and plumbing industries, has launched Raising GOATs, a ...
MOORESBORO, N.C. (WSPA) – There are some new kids on campus this week at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy. The North Carolina-based charter school welcomed four Nigerian Dwarf goats to its campus ...