For the Love of Goats Turns 5: A Look Ahead with Deborah Niemann
As we enter our sixth year, you can continue to expect to hear from more goat experts like vet professors and published researchers who are on the leading edge of goat knowledge and information.
You’ll also hear from goat owners who have turned their love of goats into a successful business. And this year, you’ll hear more stories about goats and the people who love them.
Episode 24For the Love of Goats There is probably no other goat-related subject that confuses goat owners more than deworming. If you check five different online sources, you could wind up with five different recommendations about how to use dewormers. … Read More
Episode 23For the Love of Goats Rather than waiting for spring and wondering why your goats didn’t get pregnant, now is the time to get your ducks in a row — er, um, goats! In this solo episode I’m talking … Read More
Episode 21For the Love of Goats Today we are talking about two separate problems that a lot of goat owners encounter — milk that tastes “goaty” and does holding back their milk. First, I’m talking to Katherine Boehle, … Read More
Episode 20For the Love of Goats If you are homeschooling or thinking about it, you might find today’s episode interesting. We homeschooled our children until they went to college, and the experience changed a lot when we moved from … Read More
Episode 19For the Love of Goats Are your goats or goat expenses tax deductible? It depends! Learn the many ways goats can affect your taxes (or not) with Harley Raptor CPA and “Accountant Warrior” as she describes the different ways … Read More
Episode 18For the Love of Goats If you ever thought about starting a commercial dairy, today’s episode is for you. I am talking to a couple of New Yorkers who moved to Vermont to start a goat dairy … Read More
Episode 17For the Love of Goats The San Clemente Island Goat originally came from off the coast of California where they had become so invasive that the government started an eradication program in the late 1970s. Today less than … Read More
Episode 15For the Love of Goats Steve Hart, Ph.D., of Langston University talks about roundworms in goats, including the infamous barber pole worm, which causes a lot of heartache and financial loss for goat owners every summer. Did you know … Read More
Episode 14For the Love of Goats Do you want dairy goats but don’t have a farm in the countryside? It is possible to have goats in many cities, but there are a few unique challenges. In today’s episode, … Read More
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