For Shire Farms in Windsor, rabbits didn’t start out as a commercial livestock possibility, but the animal quickly turned into a runaway – or in this case – a hop-away success. As Grace Asbenson tells ...

The next big thing in pastured livestock may be rabbit. According to the USDA, rabbits convert feed to meat more efficiently than cattle and can be raised commercially for meat, as pets, or for ...

While some people may still consider rabbit farming as a hobby only done by small boys today it is turning into a cash cow for farmers who are practicing it. This could be shown by proof of Rabbit ...

A pair of bills in Connecticut could make it easier for small farmers there to raise and slaughter rabbits and sell their meat. One, a standalone bill, would allow farmers to slaughter, process, and ...

(WHTM)– Visiting the Pennsylvania Farm Show can mean standing in a lot of lines. Lines for food, lines to buy things, lines to get into a presentation, and sometimes, lines for a dose of cute and ...

Should rabbits in Connecticut be raised only as house pets, or possibly also for stews and other meals? A proposal to allow harvesting rabbits for food, an idea loved by farmers but hated by animal ...

Over multiple school years, Northwest High School teacher Megan Clegg developed an unused outdoor classroom space into a ...

I have decided to become a rabbit farmer. Rabbit wrangling does not get a lot of respect, I have discovered. As I explained my plans to a good friend the other day, he could not take his eyes off an ...