MADRID, Iowa — Buying two goats in August 2008 was little more than an experiment for farmer Paula Olson and some entertainment for her daughters. Six and a half years, 14 milking goats and roughly ...

I walked in wearing overalls. I had watched goat milking videos for days and had another run-through that morning. The daughter of a former veterinarian I was as ready as I could be to represent the ...

Some of the roughly 1,000 students who study goats in their courses each year will now be able to learn how to process their milk and make goat cheese. Construction is underway on a 2,400-square-foot ...

A few years ago, we added a couple goats to our homestead farm, including an Alpine milk goat named Avi. I bought Avi already in milk, so the first year I was able to focus on milking without a kid in ...