Cattle don’t like eating sericea lespedeza, an invasive species in Missouri pastures. But goats do, according to research at the University of Missouri’s Land of the Osages Research Farm in central ...
These animals provide not only rich, organic fertilizers to help build soil, they can also provide endless hours of entertainment. Once part of most diversified and subsistence farms, four-stomached ...
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colorado — If there’s one thing goats just cannot stop doing, it’s eating. They eat, they eat some more and then they eat even more. And when it comes to attacking weeds, non-native ...
Mary Powell chats about her goats during a visit to Fred and Lisa Scheller's rural Tonganoxie residence. Her goats, known as the Barnyard Weed Warriors, mowed down the grove full of weeds. The goats ...
In this bonus episode with Dr. Woody Lane, a livestock nutritionist and forage specialist and consultant, who’s the owner of Lane Livestock Services and the author of three books on forages, grazing, ...
The herd of 17 goats was all business. The animals, white with patches of bronze, black and mahogany brown, meandered along in a west metro pasture this week, chomping away at buckthorn and prickly ...
Video: Local farm owner clears land with rented goats Local farm owner Christine Clisham needed to solve her overwhelming brush problem. With the help of Craigslist, Clisham connected with Mike Mourer ...
New research has identified what may be the future of sustainable livestock production: silvopastoral systems which include shrubs and trees with edible leaves or fruits as well as herbage. Consumers ...