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 ...

Ava Medo, a teenager from Birnamwood, has gained national recognition from Future Farmers of America for her work farming.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bhagalpur: The animal husbandry department, of late, has shifted its focus the poor man’s cow, the humble goat, for augmenting employment opportunities in rural areas. Earlier this month, the district ...

Bhubaneswar: “Goat farming is a lifeline for thousands of smallholder farmers in Odisha. The Odisha government is committed to strengthening this sector by expanding veterinary support, encouraging ...