Lauren Arcuri is a writer and an experienced small farmer based in rural Vermont. If you're starting a goat herd ... establishing a dairy herd, or practicing sustainable living on your homestead ...

they're just milking their backyard goat for their own family, that's a really unreasonable ask for them." So King and other small dairy operators with cows or goats sued in federal court ...

On a small bit of land in Stowe ... than 13 times the number of cow farms compared to goat farms in Vermont today. Many of those dominating dairy farms win awards year after year.

Either way, dairy graziers—from mentors to mentees—are working to expand the industry and save small farms. Pasture-based dairies, defined by USDA researchers as those where cows get at least half of ...

A new study explores how heat stress affects U.S. dairy production, finding that high heat and humidity lead to a 1% decline in annual milk yield. Small farms are hit harder than large farms ...

Smaller farms often face unique challenges when it comes to manure storage and management and as dairy farmers are working to become more sustainable, they are looking for creative solutions to ...

If policy makers consider dairy production a priority, small farms will require greater support to remain competitive in the future, Skidmore stated. "If there's interest in continuing to have a ...