If policy makers consider dairy production a priority, small farms will require greater support to remain competitive in the future, Skidmore stated. "If there's interest in continuing to have a ...

Determined to turn his fortunes around, he ventured into goat farming with just nine goats and recovered within a year the ...

A new study explores how heat stress affects U.S. dairy production, finding that high heat and humidity lead to a 1% decline in annual milk yield. Small farms are hit harder than large farms ...

Despite their small size, pygmies can give 1 or 2 quarts of milk per day. As an African dairy goat breed ... goats and are suitable for smaller farms in urban and suburban settings.

Livestock agriculture is bearing the cost of extreme weather events. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how heat stress affects US dairy production, finding that ...

According to USDA’s Animal and Plant Inspection Service, the goat ... than other dairy goats (about 795 pounds per year) but it also makes Nigerian Dwarf Goats ideal for smaller farms and ...