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 ...

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 ...

HAMPTON FALLS — Sue Veilleux is a morning person. She’s always been a morning person and that’s a good thing if you run a farm with over a 100 Nubian goats. Jesta Farm in Hampton Falls began in 1982 ...

A meat goat is a breed that is specially bred and raised for meat. There are four main breeds raised for meat: Boer, Spanish meat goat, Kiko and Tennessee. The Churchill County Livestock Show and Sale ...

You may not be aware of it, but the demand for goat meat in this country far exceeds the supply. As ethnic populations in the United States grow—and as the traditionally bland American palate grows ...

PFEIFER — Some people whisper to horses, others to dogs. But for Coraleen Bunner, it's goats. Bunner raises all kinds of goats on her goat farm, Shepherd's Gate in Pfeifer, but she is partial to ...

When farmers can’t afford to financially support cows, people often turn to a breed of 4 legged critters who can drive one straight to the funny farm. Goats do not require the same amount of land that ...

COSHOCTON - It's going to be a busy week at the Coshocton County Fair for Abigail Lillibridge. The 16-year-old from Fresno is showing 20 different breeds of animals this week, which began with goats ...

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 ...

Georgia and Tim Kohart of Oakwood, Ohio share a SoundClip of their pet goat Rutherford with America. The creature cries like a baby. The neighbors think they are torturing a child whenever the goat ...

There's lots of love for goats these days. Minnesota cities are recruiting the sure-footed browsers to rid their parks and bluffs of buckthorn and other vegetative scourges. Crafters and their ...