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 ...

If goats are in short supply in your area, you might consider raising breeding stock to sell to other goat farmers. Before deciding to breed goats for sale, consider all the possible goals for your ...

COLUMBIA — Glenda DeShon and her husband started raising meat goats two years ago after looking into options for unused land on her family's farm 14 miles east of Columbia. “We looked at university ...

If you're an animal lover with an entrepreneurial spirit, you might be able to combine your two interests into a money-making goat farm. Farms aren't easy to start, and require a lot of land and skill ...

What are the easiest goat breeds to raise? You may be thinking of buying a little farm – or you already have one – and you are considering what domestic animals you should keep. If you’re thinking of ...

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 ...

Press release from Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture: Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture is pleased to announce a workshop on Raising Meat Goats, hosted by farmers Nona and Jeff Cullen. This FREE workshop ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Northeast Indiana Meat Goat Workshop on April 14 will provide current and future meat goat producers the opportunity to learn about production from industry experts. "There ...

Rehmeyer took to raising Boer goats immediately as a young 4-Her. Goats are a great project for 4-H’ers to get involved in livestock, as they are docile and easy to care for, compared to a larger ...

LeaAnn Wood has 10 kids. They’re hyper, loud and have soft, floppy ears and tiny hooves. The two-week-old Boer goats bound around the pasture of her 13-acre farm south of Salem. Wood, who is new to ...