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 ...

When an abandoned billy goat showed up on BLM land in New Castle, Colorado, Sylvia Ringer, a wildlife biologist for the federal agency, figured he could stay with her while they looked for his owner.

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 ...

Meat goats are not the same swaybacked critters you may have seen on Saturday morning cartoons or, if you’re like me, on the roof of your aunt’s Toyota Camry. They are square-topped protein producers ...

learn more about the ever-popular Boer goat. We’ve seen increasing demand for meat goats in Virginia in recent years. This week we visit with the Carpenter family in Mount Crawford, Virginia to learn ...

This is your online resource for the 4-H Boer Goat project. The record sheet is attached below. If you have any questions, please refer to the 24-H Handbook or contact the Extension Office. *If you ...

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 ...

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 ...