Female dairy goats are reared for milk and male goats kept entirely for the purpose of meat and breeding. Goat fur is also used to make clothes making fabric. Sheep are kept mainly for their meat ...

The University of Minnesota Extension will host a sheep and goat webinar on Monday December 22nd at 7:00pm CT. Dr. Angela Varnum, U of M Extension Veterinarian, will share strategies ...

FISHERS, Ind., April 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Three of the rarest breed of goats in the world have been born at Conner Prairie. The Arapawa kids were born the week of March 19-23 to two Arapawa does ...

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 ...

Sheep (Ovis aries) have woolly coats and strong flocking instincts. Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) are independent browsers with hair coats. Sheep graze on grass; goats browse on leaves and shrubs.

Sheep and goats are closely related, both having been domesticated and used by humans for fiber, meat and milk for millennia. But they aren’t similar in all ways. One possible difference, newly ...

When importing semen, the straws must be named accordingly with a number that shows the ram and date of collection. Dear Dr Othieno I read your article on Dorper sheep in Smart Harvest because I have ...