A meat goat is a breed that is specially bred and raised for meat. There are four main breeds raised for meat: Boer, Spanish meat goat, Kiko and Tennessee. The Churchill County Livestock Show and Sale ...

There are over 650 registered members with the South African Boer Goat Breeders’ Association focusing on three distinct ...

The average weight of a buck can be 115 kg, while does are 75 kg. Their mothering instincts are very good; they don’t need any help during parturition which eases its keeping very much. It got its ...

The breed standards for the Boer goat, the White Savanah and the Kalahari Red are basically the same for body conformation and differ mainly regarding the colour of the coat and pigmentation. Goat ...

Scientists in the country have started developing the fastest-growing meat-goat breed to improve the productivity of indigenous breeds, whose body weights are often small and grow slowly. Under the ...

A few years ago, I ran a series of articles on understanding agriculture, designed for anyone in the general public who had an interest in understanding more about various agricultural crops and ...

Nancy Barlass, one of a growing number of goat ranchers in Sonoma County, is the first to admit that her goat meat isn’t exactly an easy sell. ”I’ve donated it to barbecues,” she said. ”Everybody ...

"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 ...

Nubians got the number one place because without a shadow of a doubt it is one of the most popular, well-known and all-purpose goats: useful for milk, meat and hide production. We can say this is the ...