Missouri is the No. 3 producer of beef cattle in the country, and University of Missouri researchers aim to develop a project that would study how farmers can produce both beef and solar energy on the ...

Growing up in rural Stevens County, I was fortunate to spend countless hours exploring my grandparents’ 80-acre farm. While few remnants of its past as a pioneer homestead remained, one ...

Life on a homestead always circles back to feeding time and having a homestead animal feeding plan is essential. From people to animals, everyone always seems to be hungry! Chickens scratch for ...

The Crafty Alpaca didn’t come from generations of farmers passing down the land. Burns and her husband were Monroeville suburbanites, she a teacher, he a physician. Then, in 2004, they ditched the cul ...

When producers think about sheep or goat performance, their first thought likely focuses on selection practices to choose genetics to produce lambs and kids that perform well. However, producers must ...

JAY, Vt. — Months before the first snow beckons skiers, sheep and goats are hitting the slopes in Vermont. Dozens of animals have been mowing down overgrown vegetation at Jay Peak near the Canadian ...

Domestic goats are reaching new heights on Vermont's ski slopes. Magic Mountain in southern Vermont used goats to clear its slopes of vegetation last year, and Jay Peak, near the Canadian border, is ...