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Understand meningeal worm in goats: early signs, diagnosis, treatment protocols, and management practices to reduce risk.

Get your goat herd ready for breeding season with must-have supplies, from minerals to harnesses.

Hot weather can put serious stress on livestock, affecting everything from feed intake to reproduction. While goats and sheep tend to tolerate heat better than cattle or pigs, extended periods of high temperature, especially when paired with humidity, can lead to heat stress that compromises their health and productivity. In this post, we’ll cover the […]

I’ve always been a reader and a lifelong learner. What you might not know is that my roots are actually in research and writing. I studied agricultural marketing communications and print journalism in college, think storytelling meets science and farming. After graduation, I jumped into agricultural journalism. I wrote for industry magazines, worked on an […]

Keeping your goats warm and ensuring their well-being is a top priority as winter weather sets in for the season.

Fainting goats are most widely known for their unique and distinctive “fainting” trait they display when startled or scared.

Spanish goats are a popular meat goat breed due to their tolerance of varying climate and parasite resistance.

Learn about buying decisions, places to avoid, and other tips for finding goats for sale that meet your needs.

Being an active, lifelong-learner has been a important part of growing my farm business. A valuable resources has been the M5 Entrepreneurs Academy,

There’s more to goat breeding season than just putting your does with a buck.

Livestock guardian dogs have been employed by farmers and ranchers for centuries as a means to effectively protect livestock from predators.

Access to water is critical for your goats, but it can be also time consuming to fill waters on a regular basis. This blog covers three options for goat waters that can be used during the summer grazing summer or winter. 1. Rotational grazing water system with a pipeline The above ground black poly pipeline […]

One important facet of making a business out of raising meat goats is ensuring that your operation abides by certain USDA regulations.

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.

This past month I had the pleasure doing an with Regenerative Farmers of America and shared more about our journey with raising meat goats.

We recently invested in a working chute for our herd of meat goats. The handling system we chose is a portable chute from Sydell. We chose this working chute because we raise our goats and sheep on pasture with rotational grazing and needed a portable handling system option.

Catch the replay of the Instagram Live Q & A on all things raising, grazing, and marketing meat goats.

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 […]

It’s Wisconsin. It gets cold, but we as people and livestock adapt every season. But it helps to have good gear and tools to get the job done.  Here are some of my favorites ? For the farm Sweeter Heater: infrared heater for our warming huts for goat kids. Nice way to get a bit […]

It’s FINALLY here! I’m SO excited to share the Goat Meat Primer ebook officially launches today!

Meet Lauren Manning of White Hoof Acres in Arkansas. I’ve been able to get to know Lauren through Instagram. She’s also raising meat goats, mostly-Kiko, with rotational grazing practices. I admire (and know the challenges) her work to build a low-input, resilient herd of goats. She’s also a talented writer. If you don’t follow her on Instagram, I encourage you do so.

Meet Ben Habig of Habig Livestock in Parker County, Texas. I connected with Ben through Instagram and love seeing him rotationally graze his goats in Texas. And, not to mention he only uses TWO STRANDS OF POLYWIRE with his herd of 100 goats. He also has a growing YouTube channel as well.

Meet Kate Estrade, goat farmer from Rio Louisiana.

You probably know I love listening to podcasts and audiobooks while working on the farm, doing deliveries or running errands. So I was very honored to be asked to join Cal on the Grazing Grass Podcast to talk about our grazing practices with our meat goat herd. Thank you Cal for the invite and including […]

One of my recent projects is a science experiment of sorts. I created a chlorine floater for the livestock tanks that are out on pasture. When it gets hot out the water in the tank can start to build up algae. With our recent rains and hot weather, the water in our stock tank was starting to show a little green.