Female goats usually live on average 11 – 12 years. Those that are 'retired' from breeding around age 10 will live longer, up to the age of 16 – 18 years. A 24 year old female goat has been known but ...

Goat farming has been an essential part of agriculture for centuries, providing meat, milk, and fibre to communities around the world. However, with advancements in technology and a growing demand for ...

Mary Rigdon never sleeps late — not even on weekends. She doesn’t go carousing past 7 p.m. either. Some folks might not take to rising at 4 a.m. on a Saturday or being stuck at home in the evenings, ...

Educate yourself before bringing goats home. This is a big responsibility and you can’t just keep them out and expect them to perform well. At the very least, read a few articles about raising goats ...

Apr. 6—There is no reason to panic if you discover lice on your goats. Finding them on your goats can come as a bit of a surprise to new goat owners, but according to those experienced in keeping ...

On a Monday at the New Holland Sales Stables, buyers from all over the East Coast gather around the auction ring to wait for the next sale to start. But they didn’t travel all the way from New York ...

Small-scale dairy goat farming is transforming lives in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County by giving farmers financial independence. For Mary Wachuka Gachunia, her journey into dairy goat farming began in 2000 ...

This July, the Belarusian president visited an unusual farm - a goat breeding farm. We’ll explain later why this small farm received such high-level attention. But this trip made us wonder about the ...