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 ...

DICKINSON (AP) - Lisa and Tim Dworshak's Nubian goats push against a fence in anticipation of eating grain in the milking barn. One by one, they are led into a specially made stanchion where daughter ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many will agree there can be no greater joy than raising and nurturing animals. Whether they live inside ...

HAMPTON FALLS — Sue Veilleux is a morning person. She’s always been a morning person and that’s a good thing if you run a farm with over a 100 Nubian goats. Jesta Farm in Hampton Falls began in 1982 ...

A few years ago, I ran a series of articles on understanding agriculture, designed for anyone in the general public who had an interest in understanding more about various agricultural crops and ...

NERSTRAND, Minn.— There are only two goats left at Singing Hills Dairy, and they are nervous. The two goats once were part of a herd consisting of 26 milking Saanen and Nubian, and they are the only ...

Ephraim Stoltzfus would like nothing more than to get the goat of struggling Plain Sect dairy farmers around Lancaster County. Raising meat goats to satisfy the preferred diets and religious ...

PFEIFER — Some people whisper to horses, others to dogs. But for Coraleen Bunner, it's goats. Bunner raises all kinds of goats on her goat farm, Shepherd's Gate in Pfeifer, but she is partial to ...

Exhibits may be a goat poster, interactive demonstration or combination. For all levels - One or more animals fed and cared for by member (bring your own feed & bedding) Youth enrolled in the 4-H ...

There's lots of love for goats these days. Minnesota cities are recruiting the sure-footed browsers to rid their parks and bluffs of buckthorn and other vegetative scourges. Crafters and their ...