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.

Nowadays, pork, beef, and chicken are the dominant proteins seen at barbecues. However, a tough but extremely flavorful type ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before a judge ever points to a winner, exhibitors spend months — and sometimes years — getting their goats ready for a few ...

Not too many years ago, cooks grouped goat meat with the likes of ostrich, turtle, rattlesnake and sea cucumber, and it could be obtained only frozen or by special order. These days chefs at high-end ...

Trends pieces are nothing new, particularly as we begin a new year, with publications looking to be first to report the latest fad. The food industry is no different, with goat meat being touted as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Los Angeles Zoo has four new baby Boer goats ready to greet visitors, who can meet and pet them. The four female Boer goat kids can be seen at the ranch area within the Winnick Family Children’s ...

A few years ago, I ran a series of articles on understanding agriculture, designed for anyone in the general public who had an interest in understanding more about various agricultural crops and ...

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 ...