Educate yourself before bringing goats home. This is a big responsibility and you can’t just keep them out and expect them to perform well. At the very least, read a few articles about raising goats ...

Mary Rigdon never sleeps late — not even on weekends. She doesn’t go carousing past 7 p.m. either. Some folks might not take to rising at 4 a.m. on a Saturday or being stuck at home in the evenings, ...

Ava Medo, a teenager from Birnamwood, has gained national recognition from Future Farmers of America for her work farming.

As well as being odourless and rich in nutrients, goat manure contributes to plants’ maximum growth. In addition, the manure absorbs more nitrogen by accumulating urine in goat droppings, making it a ...

On a Monday at the New Holland Sales Stables, buyers from all over the East Coast gather around the auction ring to wait for the next sale to start. But they didn’t travel all the way from New York ...

The study of genetic parameters has become increasingly central to optimising goat production systems worldwide. Researchers have long focused on estimating heritability, genetic correlations, and the ...

This July, the Belarusian president visited an unusual farm - a goat breeding farm. We’ll explain later why this small farm received such high-level attention. But this trip made us wonder about the ...

As I drive up and down the roads of South and Central Texas, I often see a pasture with goats, mostly Boers now. In the late 1980s, when I was still a young extension specialist, C. Wayne Hanselka, ...

The Ekiti State Government will establish a commercial goat farming hub under the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support project to accelerate livestock production and strengthen the sheep and ...

Common goat breeds in Kenya include Anglo Nubian, Toggenburg, Alpine, and Saanen. Dairy goat production is becoming increasingly popular in Kenya, with many farmers switching to goats instead of dairy ...