Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ohio is full of farms with dozens of animals. Now, suddenly, Ohio has a farm with descendants from a rare goat breed that was ...

Each year, sheep and goat farmers around the world lose an estimated US $10 billion due to gastrointestinal parasites that infect their animals, leading to loss of weight and wools and even death – a ...

Intensive selective breeding over the past 200 years and high extinction rates among feral populations has greatly reduced the genetic diversity present in domestic goat breeds. The effect these ...

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 ...

When farmers can’t afford to financially support cows, people often turn to a breed of 4 legged critters who can drive one straight to the funny farm. Goats do not require the same amount of land that ...

New research finds a genetic link between modern Old Irish goats and goats living in Ireland during the Late Bronze Age. Old Irish Goat Society Humans brought domestic goats to Ireland roughly 5,900 ...

Learn more about the Old Irish Goat, Ireland’s only indigenous breed that traces its roots back to the Late Bronze Age. In the wilds of Ireland live a fascinating yet dwindling breed of goats known as ...