Sure, cow's milk is the standard "drinking milk," but goat's milk enjoys a niche market for certain consumers. It's easier to digest and some folks with dairy sensitivities can consume it ...

Learn how to make a goat-milking stand for delicious milk from your goats. Learning to successfully hand-milk your goats with this DIY goat stand can make the difference between a fridge full of ...

When Mike Henry began raising goats on his 5-acre farm north of Anchorage, he found the milking tough going. His hands ached, and the milk wouldn't flow. He tied a piece of leather loosely around his ...

RHINEBECK – The trick is to grasp the goat’s teat right under the udder and squeeze. If you do it right, a thin stream of warm milk will run from the udder and, if you point the teat in the right ...

Some of the roughly 1,000 students who study goats in their courses each year will now be able to learn how to process their milk and make goat cheese. Construction is underway on a 2,400-square-foot ...

For Sam Stevens, goat farming is a family business. “I’ve been milking goats my whole life, since I was knee-high to a grasshopper,” Stevens, owner of Palmetto Nursery and Florist and Samaria Farm, ...

BRAINERD, Minn. - This is a trying time for a group of central Minnesota dairy goat producers. They've been dropped not once, but twice by processors in the last four years. The latest termination ...

There are strong arguments in favor of both raw milk and goat milk. Unlike pasteurized milk (the kind you get at the grocery store) raw milk contains lots of good bacteria, enzymes, and vitamins. It ...

Farmers Steve Jones, left, and his brother Brian, are converting from cows to goats at their North Hyde Park location. Photo by Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger NORTH HYDE PARK – Vermont’s goat milk supply ...