DULUTH, Minn. -- Danyel Filipovich couldn't quite believe it when she heard that Big Red had made the news. That was him, all right -- all 250 pounds of Boer goat, hanging around the Superior ...
Kandi Acres of Hawick is home to nearly 500 goats, most of them raised for meat production. Owned by Tiffany Farrier, it has been a labor of love. It is the only halal-certified goat farm in the state ...
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 ...
A white and a dappled Boer goat stand in their pen at the D and J Goat Farms auction at the Johnston County Livestock Arena. The auction drew goats from across North Carolina and buyers from across ...
LeaAnn Wood has 10 kids. They’re hyper, loud and have soft, floppy ears and tiny hooves. The two-week-old Boer goats bound around the pasture of her 13-acre farm south of Salem. Wood, who is new to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...