Using damaged kale as a milking treat. Most dairy goats demand a treat in return for allowing you to milk them, often a scoop of grain or other purchased, processed snack. Many years ago, we decided ...

Sure, cow's milk is the standard "drinking milk," but goat's milk enjoys a niche market for certain consumers. It's easier to digest and some folks with dairy sensitivities can consume it ...

Four months ago, my husband finally caved and let me get goats. Ever since, I’ve been reveling in our does’ antics…and trying hard to keep two voracious caprines fed. In addition to hay and pasture, ...

More than once, someone passing by Erin Whitman’s home in the 19th Ward has done a double-take. Like the guy in the pickup who saw her with something in her yard, backed up, and called out to confirm ...

LITTLE ROCK — The number of goats raised for meat in Arkansas is growing as the number raised for dairy use is declining, bucking the national trend, according to inventory reports released last week ...

BELGRADE, Mont. – On a small farm on Penwell Bridge Road, making goat cheese is a family affair. Melvyn Brown, 55, milks the goats. His son, Nate, 23, makes the cheese. Melvyn’s wife, Sue, handles the ...

SAMBURU, Kenya, Oct 27 (Reuters) - An elephant orphanage in Kenya is testing goat milk as a food for its small herd as a potentially healthier and cheaper form of nutrition than human baby formula - a ...

Arkansas dairies have gone to the goats. The state had about 42,000 dairy cows at the turn of the century and ranked as the 36th-largest milk producer, according to data from the U.S. Department of ...