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When getting started with raising goats, one of the most common questions that comes up is how many goats per acre can I raise?

Recently I was featured on the For the Love of Goats Podcast, where I talked about about marketing goat meat farming and online sales.

Learn about goat terminology, including the scientific name for goats, as well as the terms for goats related to gender and age.

Having the right goat fence is one of the most important things when it comes to raising goats.

Goat pens are an important component of housing your goats. While pens keep your goats contained, the right design provides many benefits.

There are many factors to consider when choosing a meat goat breed so you can make the right decision for your future herd and farm.

Brian and Mary, along with 5G Insurance, are offering a $10k small business grant in celebration of M5 Small Business Week.

This week I was featured on the American Farm Bureau Farmside Chat Podcast, where I talked about about goat meat farming and conservation practices.

The USDA Web Soil Survey is a powerful tool that can be used to map out your pasture’s soil type in great detail.

Learn more about the primal and basic cuts of goat meat.

Finding the right goat hay feeder is important for many reasons.

So many farmers and ranchers who raise meat goats know very little about the meat, largely because of a lack of information widely available.

On this week’s Q&A session I’m answering your questions about bale grazing sheep and goats including where you can bale graze in your pasture, how to manage the quality of hay while bale grazing, and how long it takes to see results.

Goats need minerals to help their bodies function properly. Feeding loose minerals can help make sure they’re getting the nutrients needed.

When it comes to grazing, there are so many different methods and methodologies that you can fall down a serious rabbit hole researching and trying to understand them all. And of course, that’s not factoring in the necessary switch in routine that has to happen during winter. Here in Wisconsin we get heavy snowfall during […]

It can be challenging to find grants for farming. Learn how to find funding for your farm, including where to find grants.

Applying for grants can be time consuming and the process is competitive. Learn how to successfully write grants to help fund your farm.

There are a lot of factors to consider when planning how much it will cost to start your herd of meat goats.

Read more on my experience with the M5 Entrepreneurs Course lead by Mary and Brian Heffernan of Five Marys Farms in Fort Jones, Calf.

When I first learned about rotational grazing, I knew right away that’s how I wanted to raise goats. But no one was really doing it, at least in my region. So I dove in and learned how to raise goats on pasture using rotational grazing and regenerative practices. I should say I’m still working on […]

This Live Q&A covered fly control with goats on pasture and using an auto feeder with bottle baby goats.

This Q&A Replay covers how we got started selling goat meat, including planning from harvest to the type of cuts offered.

Here’s a quick rundown on how our lamb and kid auto feeder works. We have a Lac Tek II from Biotic. We had purchased it when we were originally feeding male dairy buck kids. Since that time we’ve phased out of that part of our farm and have been focusing on our meat breed herd. […]

Kid Goat Feeding Trial MSN174849 DATCP (PDF) Results of a trial conducted by Dr. David L. Thomas (dlthomas@wisc.edu), Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Dr. Tera L. Montgomery (montgomeryt@uwplatt.edu), School of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Early Weaning of Dairy Kids – report UW Spooner Research Station Raising lambs and kids artificially, University of […]

Moving to an e-commerce site was a big jump for our farm three years ago, but I knew it was the direction I needed to go with our farm business. This was pre-pandemic. At the time we had a basic website with an online form that operated as our means for placing orders.