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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

STERLING, Ill. — Take a trip up to Happy Little Hooves Farm, just outside of Sterling, and you'll see some of the rarest goats in the world. It's there where owners Abby and Shawn Sweeney breed and ...

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 ...

You might have seen it in an Instagram photo dump: a group of people in downward dog, with various tiny goats accompanying them. Some goats stand on people’s backs, others are scattered between the ...