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Start this business with 90% government grants and earn over Rs 2 Lakh
Goats on the farm
In India, goat farming is not new; The people of rural India have been raising goats since time immemorial. The goat!-->…
How to make grazing work on national grasslands
Breeder Bob Rittberger leans his slender frame against a weathered corner fence post and looks out over a valley of rolling hills, pines and prairie grass. A coyote barks in the distance. Rittberger talks about what this…
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Goats in the field
Goat Farm Loan is a type of working capital loan used for the management and rearing of livestock. Goat Farming Business requires a certain amount to start.
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This tribal woman earns more than Rs 7 Lakh thanks to the integrated farming system; Know its…
Anita M.
Anita M., a tribal woman from Bettampady Village cultivates various crops such as coconut, areca nut, pepper, paddy, vegetables and maintains the livestock (cattle, goats,!-->…
Q&A: F is for “Team” – A journalist with agricultural training on the future…
Editor's Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an electronic newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finder offers a question-and-answer session with a rural thinker, creator or actor. Do you like what…
Dairy farming and technology together can change the face of the Indian dairy industry
Farmer feeding his cow
India is the the biggest milk producer in the world supported 22% global share of milk production and was responsible for the production of approximately 196!-->…
How childhood food intolerances led a Canterbury family to farm sheep
ALDEN WILLIAMS / TipsTracey and Matt Jones with their daughters Sam, left, and Gabrielle, whose food intolerances led to their sheep milk business.Sheep's milk is important to the Jones family. It was a game-changer for her daughter…
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Goat market
Many individuals in India are increasingly interested in herding goats as it has enormous income potential. Goat breeding is becoming more and more popular in India due to!-->…
Farm facts in the United States: 13 things you didn’t know
Emily Harrinson provides 13 facts about agriculture / farming in the United States.
After World War II, the number of people working on farms fell by almost half. Most American farms are small and run by families. However, they are…
The Difficult Decision to Sell for a Dairy Farming Family | farm online
+6Dairy farmers Jason and Lorelle Heap made the momentous decision to sell the Cohuna property their family has owned since 1929, provided the price is right.That's not to say the family is asking for a royal ransom for their 828 hectares,…
Agrotourism: The Growing Trend of Family Farming in Wisconsin | Best Stories
Agritourism: The Growing Trend of…
In agriculture, connection is key. Muffin taught me that
Mom and dad gave me a calf when I was 5. She was small, sweet, and terribly clumsy; but that's normal for a young calf, my parents told me. She would come out of her clumsiness and become a good cow - even a big…
The exclusivity of agriculture
I consider myself to be a different kind of farmer. Well I am doing it now. I didn't label myself as such until I started talking about our farm on social media. I mean, everyone thinks he's normal until he starts…
Pink buffalo farming in Bangladesh
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The Benefits of Swapping Cattle for Goats but Sticking to Dairy
When they returned to the family farm, John Joe and Marisa Roche decided to take a new direction while continuing in the dairy industry.he couple have moved on from cows to goats and now operate a sustainable and unusual farming business…
Zimbabwe: Goat-keeping boon for Binga women
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Climate change hits us all, but the most damaging impacts are seen in rural areas, where most smallholder farmers are extremely vulnerable to the vagaries of the weather due to poverty and poor access to…
Criticism of livestock in the West endangers the health of the world’s poorest | Emma…
The pandemic has pushed poverty and malnutrition to rates not seen in more than a decade, wiping out years of progress. In 2020, the number of people living in extreme poverty increased by 97 million and the number of undernourished…
The SAT initiative aims to benefit goat farming
This program is launched with the aim of helping farmers and herders in the Morogoro region to have enough food and meat for home consumption as well as for local trade.
SAT, which is a non-profit agricultural organization based in…
Goat farming thriving as Nepalese eat more meat
Four years ago, Krishna Raj Upadhyaya from Sarada-2 Municipality, Dadagaun started commercial goat farming with seven animals. Now he has 100 local and Boer goats, including kids, on his farm.Upadhyaya earns 700,000 rupees a year raising…
A Wisconsin man’s poetry defines the raw emotion of dairy farming – AgriNews
ARENA, Wis. (AP) - Words speak of soil, tools and cows.We talk about family and friends, chores at dawn, walks along a stream.Daniel Smith's poetry also tells the stories of the physical and emotional pain of farming, a profession,…
Raising Dairy Goats, a Growing Industry in Iowa
EPWORTH, Iowa (AP) - When Craig Koopmann was 10, he asked his godmother for a goat as a gift.Since then, he and his brother Jack Koopmann have expanded Pleasant Grove Dairy Goat Farm to include a herd of 300 goats.The brothers have been…
Thinking of raising dairy goats? Diversification seems to offer a lifeline
Currently, Wacuka maintains a herd of 20 goats which feed on napier grass, corn germ and local weeds.
In 1998, Mary Wacuka began her journey with dairy goat farming, which changed her fortune and transformed her life as a farmer.
At…
Granny paves the way for dairy goat farming
Nicerata Kaguna Njue, 71, feeds her goats.
Ten years ago, 71-year-old Nicerata Kaguna Njue received Sh 4,000 from a local women's group of which she is a member to this day.
Of the total amount, she used 3,500 shillings to buy a…