This small, licensed goat dairy sells raw goat milk and soft cheese, and provides replacement does for breeders as well as male goats for meat. Designed for anyone who wants to learn more about raising goats for meat, milk or fiber, these tours aim to teach sound goat husbandry and help support the growing Maine market for local cheese and meat. UMaine Extension s series of goat enterprise tours will take place from late April through September at farms around the state. Considered...

But with the decline of the sheep industry, they shear most of the sheep in the area in about 90 days, he said. I m a farm girl, but was I raised around dairy cows, not sheep, so it was time for me to learn a little more about the local industry. First, a short coat makes it easier for newborn lambs to nurse because they re able to find a mom s teat easier than having to burrow through a bunch of thick wool. Geri Lasater explained to me there are reasons the sheep were shorn last week,...

UK farm-gate prices fell by an alarming 20p/kg around 20% during April, leaving the industry nervous about the future sustainability of the Welsh lamb trade. But sales of Welsh lamb have slumped and farmers who produce it have been hit in the pocket mostly because of increased imports from the other side of the world. The fall in lamb prices is being blamed on a drop in French demand and a rise in New Zealand imports, which has triggered an imbalance of supply and demand in the UK market....

And that, paradoxically, is part of the problem for the lamb industry. Industry sources cite many reasons for this, including the lack of a concerted marketing effort (there's no lamb equivalent to "Pork: The Other White Meat" or "Beef: It's What's for Dinner"), the squeamishness of some people about consuming such a young animal, and the simple fact that many Americans don't like lamb's robust flavor profile. Industry sources cite many reasons for this, including the lack of a concerted...

While the demand for goat meat is good in the ethnic community, it's not easy introducing it to others who haven't had a history of eating it, they said. They met with goat producers last week in Montevideo to discuss the new company and its marketing options. They quote a price before the sale is finalized, can pick the goats up from the farm, and will pay producers in full within two to three business days, Litzau said. They're establishing markets for their MSM products in grocery store...