GOATS FOR HIRE: Ruminants good for clearing overgrown property, therapy

Goats eat all kinds of overgrowth, and farmers, ranchers and state parks can hire a herd of the ruminants to clear property, ...
West Central Tribune

Kandi Acres farm raises its hundreds of goats by following the tenets of halal

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 ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Raising Boer goats both challenging and rewarding

I have a friend who calls on me when she and her husband leave town. They have a large menagerie of critters that need daily feeding and watering. I enjoy the quiet splendor of their property situated ...
Post-Bulletin

Demand building for goat meat

BAGLEY, Minn. -- Close to 80 farmers interested in or already raising meat goats attended the first of four meat goat workshops in Bagley last month. The interest in the three remaining workshops ...
Brainerd Dispatch

Goat Whisperer: Raising goats from farm, to show, to table

BRAINERD — One of the best parts about working with goats is that they have their own personalities, said Chris Bock, one of the 4-H members who participated in the goat judging on Wednesday. Bock, 15 ...
Seven Days

How to Raise and Roast a Goat (in 10 Quick and Easy Steps!)

1. Acquire some goats. (Remember: The cuter the animal, the tastier the meat.) Meet Winston and Walter, our protagonists today. My husband Colin and I procured these lovely little fellows in May. We ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

Going with goat: Iowans catch on to raising goats as more people seek the meat as a holiday delicacy.

And goat used to be a staple in their diets. As a result, demand for goat meat has skyrocketed. Local producers say they can't supply enough, which provides a unique opportunity for farmers or acreage ...