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Engage with your local livestock educator at a quarterly gathering where small ruminant producers discuss nutrition, feed labels, and relevant industry topics.

Explore organic farming practices, transition strategies, and practical approaches to addressing local challenges in pasture-based crop and livestock production.

Learn how forage quality affects nutrition for pregnant sheep and goats, including forage fiber, supplement needs, and forage intake limits during late gestation.

Learn multiple different methods for determining positive pregnancy in small ruminants.

Discover dairy goat milk's value for producers, entrepreneurs, and processors. Learn about milk quality, production, and best practices.

Develop the skills to teach, coach, and lead successful livestock judging programs through practical instruction, hands-on learning, and live livestock evaluation.

Recent detections in the Southwestern U.S. highlight the importance of producer awareness and maintaining a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship.

This article's purpose is to help livestock producers get a basic understanding of certain avenues of online marketing.

Producers should develop a production calendar to keep them on track for routine management tasks.

Internal parasites can greatly impact small ruminants

Здоров’я та комфорт тварин є визначальними факторами, що впливають на якість молока. Ця серія вебінарів (перекладена українською) присвячена забезпеченню необхідних умов утримання тварин та профілактиці захворювань для отримання здорового стада.

A successful kidding season starts with good management practices to prepare goats for the breeding season.

What a bargain! The price looks great, but are you really getting a bargain?

Grazing management and genetic selection can help your flock minimize the impact of parasites.

Frost seeding may be the way to improved pastures on your farm.

Here you will find common techniques producers use to keep their animals healthy and avoid having to treat them.

Meat goats should be selected using both performance data and visual appraisal.

Diseases in your farm animals can have serious consequences for you, your neighbors, and beyond. Learn how you can prevent the spread of animal diseases.

Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) occurs naturally in ruminant milk fat and meat, but diet changes can affect the amounts.

Understanding the basics of animal behavior can help reduce the stress that can accompany animal handling.

Past Penn State 4-H Educator, Bob Brown, reviews and emphasizes the importance of weighing in your lambs and kids.

When winter and cold weather arrive, goats and sheep spend more time indoors. With this change in management comes needed attention to airflow and adequate ventilation of animal housing.

The spread of multiflora rose in Pennsylvania caused it to be designated as a noxious weed. Multiflora rose can be controlled but it takes considerable effort.

Soil testing, legumes, and rotational grazing management have the potential to help reduce or even eliminate fertilizer expenditures.

Patience and timing will help you maximize the value of manure applied this spring.