From monitoring pregnancy to evaluating butchering potential, goat keepers these days are turning to ultrasound to help maximize profits.
The warm, summer weather months are fast approaching. Plan ahead now for ways to offer your herd help with beating the heat and humidity.
Sheep are easy to manage and effective foragers that can be used for numerous purposes. And for small-farm uses, they excel in a variety of ways.
The farmers at BF Farm in Huggins, Missouri, use rotational grazing for cattle, goats and pigs for a healthy pasture and hardy livestock.
Without generational knowledge to learn from, new growers often make farming mistakes along the way. It can be hard, but the lessons learned are invaluable.
Interested in raising pigs outside but unsure where to start? These tips for setting up and seeding hog pastures get pigs out of the barn and onto grass.
De Gillies from the Ontario-based hobby farmstead she founded with her husband takes us inside the day to day running of Gilly Farm, their labor of love.
Want good, healthy soil for years to come? Use regenerative agriculture methods to let your livestock help improve your cropland and pastures.
Hobby farm founder Laurie Bizzell tells us how a chance meeting with a cow in Ireland inspired her to raise Scottish Highland Cattle in Tennessee.
A freezer beef business can be a profitable income option for landholders. Here are five things to keep in mind if you're getting into the meat business.
There are a number of good reasons for keeping goats beyond dairy and meat. From goat yoga to brush clearing, caprine creatures bring a lot to the farm.
Ready to ditch dangling heat lamps for good? Farrowing structures and bedding techniques keep sows and piglets warm, even in the dead of winter.
