Arkansas dairies have gone to the goats. The state had about 42,000 dairy cows at the turn of the century and ranked as the 36th-largest milk producer, according to data from the U.S. Department of ...
Sometime back, I had a farmer whose cows kept on losing pregnancies because there was one animal in the herd that had long horn stubs she used to terrorise the others. This cow was not a leader of the ...
BUFFALO, Kan. — In the world of Kansas livestock ranching, the stockman knows he’s got two enemies in the cow pasture. One is the coyote that steals his stock. The other is the weed that chokes his ...
For mothers milked only once a day, expect 2 quarts from a goat and 3 gallons from a cow, daily. Many people dream of having fresh milk from their own homestead dairy animal. Their reasons range from ...
They’re adorable. They require less food and space. And without much coaxing, they might help cut the grass. Americans are showing more interest in owning miniature cows, goats, donkeys and other ...