When the economy is rough, the dairy goat industry thrives,” said Helen Snyder, dairy goat superintendent for the show.

MILAN, Minn. — The goats are by the barn door waiting as Mark and Wendy Lange ready equipment for another milking. The twice-a-day milkings have become routine. The Langes are among a growing number ...

In 2016, two couples were searching for a change of life and the opportunity to create something they felt was meaningful and authentic. Nicole Schoneman, her partner Mark Veldman, Josh Jackson and ...

Two Vermont goat farmers used extended lactation to keep does milking up to two years, creating consistent income and reducing costs.

It is not all rosy, though; dairy goat farming also comes with a few challenges that need to be addressed. The first is the issue of a good and well-established market for goat milk. Most of the milk ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Many will agree there can be no greater joy than raising and nurturing animals. Whether they live inside ...

MURDOCK — Carmen Maus had no intention of having a goat on her rural Murdock farm. And yet, when she and her good friend Theresa Smith went to a livestock auction in 2017 in Benson, there she was, ...