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

Interested in running a meat goat operation? The Meat Goat Production and Management Home Study Course is for beginning producers and a great review for seasoned producers.

Learn all the basics of raising dairy goats during this webinar!

Weather can be extremely challenging when it comes to timely manure application. The following principles should be considered when making plans for your next weather-delayed application.

Manure impacts water quality. In PA, everyone who produces manure needs a plan. That includes 4-H youth.

Meat quality starts at the farm level with how a producer cares for those animals. Best management practices for handling animals, health care, nutrition and transportation all play a part in producing the meat products we enjoy so much.

Poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is a native woody, perennial vine.

Fact sheet on grazing cover crops for soil health. Part of the integrated grazing fact sheet series.

Testing stored forages for nutritional quality is an important management consideration in livestock nutrition. Sampling bales involves a few simple steps to get a representative sample.

This invasive weed is taking over Pennsylvania pastures. Learn how to control it.

Find out how to estimate homeowner or farmer water needs and calculate how much water must be delivered from a private water supply to meet these needs.

Many farm people have never stopped and actually analyzed why animals behave as they do and, more importantly, what this behavior may mean to their own personal safety.

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

Feed analysis is a cost-effective way to balance rations for sheep and goat production. Join us to learn more!

Learn how to improve pasture quality and increase pasture production for grazing sheep and goats.

Feeding the meat goat herd is a critical aspect of meat goat production and management. Good nutrition influences the overall health status of the entire herd, as well as the growth performance of kids.

Dairy goat production is an alternative livestock enterprise suitable for many small-scale or part-time livestock operations.

Farmers in 14 counties are being surveyed now by Penn State to document conservation practices

Producers have two options to pursue when marketing livestock post harvest in the U.S.: Selling under United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspection, or custom sale of live animals, harvested by the buyers butcher.

In Pennsylvania, livestock slaughtered can be "Inspected" or "Custom". Meat from livestock harvested under custom slaughter are exempt from inspection but cannot be sold, donated, or given away.

Learn the basics of dairy goat production and how to manage your operation, including breeds and selection, nutritional needs, potential health problems, and marketing your product.

The hotline, 1-888-655-2407, provides information on dairy and equine.

Sheep and goat producers can share their opinion about educational opportunities in Extension by completing an anonymous survey.