GOATS are an essential part of small ruminant farming systems and are raised for meat, milk, fibre, pelts and skins. The relative importance of each of these products varies from region to region and ...
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 ...
Frequency in drought occurrence and climate change have constrained both agricultural and livestock production sectors exposing many households to food insecurity yearly. Livestock keeping is mainly ...
KAMPALA - Goat farmers have been tipped to improve management of kids in their farms if they are to make profits out of goat farming. Renowned Goat farmer, Grace Bwogi, says the sure way to make ...
KEWASKUM, Wis. – The first doe in our herd to deliver young goats this year, Dibs, is a seasoned dam with eight years or more under her belt. She was not supposed to be bred anymore because she’s old ...
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 ...
It's no secret that agriculture in Queensland is still dominated by men, but in the goat industry women are bucking the trend. Women in ag have taken to the goat industry The Queensland goat industry ...
It is early Saturday morning and all roads lead to the Seeds of Gold Farm Clinic organised at the National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI) in Nakyesasa, Wakiso District. Farmers were ...