One recent evening, Judy Bates ran out to the goat shed on her property in rural Whiteford. She had to tend her flock of eight Saanen dairy goats — including Matilda, Laura and Fiona, whom she ...

Patricia A. “Tricia” Smith has reason to smile these days, and if posing for a photograph, it would be natural for her to “say cheese.” Actually, it’s cheese that gives her a reason to smile. The milk ...

Mary Rigdon never sleeps late — not even on weekends. She doesn’t go carousing past 7 p.m. either. Some folks might not take to rising at 4 a.m. on a Saturday or being stuck at home in the evenings, ...

I am a regular reader of your column, and thank you so much for the wonderful pieces you write for us. I am seriously considering dairy goat farming. This is because I have a small piece of land from ...

The downy-eared petting zoo favorite is having its moment: Earlier this year a viral video of goats hollering in eerily human tones (“Goats Yelling Like Humans” ) racked up millions of pageviews. In ...

This is the fourth year that the Rowan County Fair has hosted an American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA) sanctioned Dairy Goat show. With over 160 entries, the showmanship contest was held on Friday ...

Mary Rigdon never sleeps late — not even on weekends. She doesn’t go carousing past 7 p.m. either. Some folks might not take to rising at 4 a.m. on a Saturday or being stuck at home in the evenings, ...