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Rotational Grazing at BF Farm
Through trial and error, Mark Bengtson and Jodey Fulcher have implemented a rotational grazing system that has allowed them to eventually stop using chemical deworming agents on their livestock.
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Brain Training for Happy Goats
Selective breeding brings about obvious changes in size, conformation, and yield. Additional physical and behavioral changes accompany selection for any specific trait, and these are sometimes quite unexpected.
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Increase Return on Your Dairy Goat Investment
Add to Favorites By Alexandria Becker Return on investment. Profits. Two terms that a college student in the Business field learns practically right off the bat. The thing is, both …
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Rotary Milking at Summerhill Dairy
Add to Favorites By Anneke De Jong – It happened again yesterday — a question that I get asked all too often and never ceases to amaze me. “Do you milk your …
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Back From the Vet: Caprine Arthritis & Encephalitis
If you have been in the goat industry for much time, it is highly likely that you have heard of CAE. Aside from being just another acronym to worry about, what exactly is it?
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Katherine’s Caprine Corner March/April 2019
Katherine Drovdahl MH CA CR DipHIr CEIT QTP answers your questions about pasture management, kelp for goats, deworming pregnant does, disbudding kids, and when to take kids home.
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Honey Sweetie Acres
Honey Sweetie Acres got their name as an inside joke between husband and wife Steve and Regina Bauscher, but they got their fame from their award-winning goats and top tier health products.
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Changes to The IDGR
Add to Favorites by Peggy Boone The International Dairy Goat Registry has been a vital resource to goat and sheep producers for over 30 years. Now the IDGR is under …
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How Many Teats Does a Goat Have?
Add to Favorites How many teats do goats have? If you breed goats long enough, you will eventually see a third teat or other goat udder abnormality. You weren’t expecting …
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Goats Prefer People with Smiling, Happy Faces
Researchers aimed to find out by watching goats at Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats, England, and recording their reactions to photographs of different human expressions. They found that goats prefer people who were smiling.
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