The 15-year-old joined a school club where he started raising dairy goats. Soon, he was making soap and giving the samples to customers at his parents’ ranch. His sister also joined in.

Stock panels are made of 1/4 inch welded steel rods, which make them sturdy and ideal for goat pens. The standard length is 16 feet; the 52 inch-high ones with narrower bottom openings work well ...

Storey’s Guide to Raising Dairy Goats (Storey, 2018) by Jerry Belanger and Sara Thomson Bredesen educates beginner homesteaders on making smart decisions when it comes to raising dairy goats.

How to Raise Goats to Make Money. If you're an animal lover with an entrepreneurial spirit, you might be able to combine your two interests into a money-making goat farm. Farms aren't easy to ...

You can raise breeding stock while raising crossbreed goats for meat, but make sure that you have the resources—housing, fencing, space, time, and energy—to do both before you commit.

There are a handful of goat farms around South Mississippi getting in on the trend. Brenda Goff and her husband Kenneth own Briarcrest Farm in Vancleave where they raise Nubian Dairy Goats.

Hall says smaller producers will have around 25 goats, while the largest has 350. He says one of the draws of milking goats is the price for a pound of milk allows you to do well with a small herd.

The reason McCormick and her family chose to raise and milk goats over cows was not financial, but more health-related. She said most people who are allergic to cow milk "do better with" goat milk.

Perhaps you want to take control of your own dairy, meat or fiber production. Whatever the reason, you have decided the time is right to start raising goats on your homestead. You are not alone.

Whitman milks the goats in the morning and the evening, and gets about 3 ½ cups total each time. Several times a week she pasteurizes the milk, which can be used for drinking, for Greek-style ...