Chicken Farming

Due to a great climate and global positioning, Nigeria is one of most fortunate nations when it comes to agriculture. In this way, the Nigerians have plenty of agricultural resources to explore and even to export. By effectively managing the available agricultural resources, Nigeria is also able to improve its economic status by exporting. Agricultural … Read more

Some helpful alpaca shearing techniques aren’t shearing techniques at all. For instance, better quality fiber and faster shearing can be performed on alpacas from clean pastures that do not have a lot of weeds to stick to the fibers. The more familiar the alpacas are with human interaction, the less likely they are to be … Read more

UK farmers are discovering some new and interesting alternatives to traditional livestock as they seek more diverse ways to make a living. Ostrich Ostrich was first introduced to the UK in the late 1980’s, as a low fat alternative to beef, farms can now be found all over Britain. Ostrich produce includes leather, feathers and … Read more

As you drive along bucolic Green Hill Road in Telford, Pennsylvania, you could easily miss the unassuming sign on a mailbox notifying you of the location of Hendricks Farms & Dairy. When you pull into the parking lot, you may well be greeted by strutting roosters and waddling geese. Hendricks Farms is a small, family-owned … Read more

For new alpaca owners, there are pros and cons to buying your own alpaca herdsire. An “outside” herdsire is a male stud alpaca that you do not own, and which resides at another farm. He is “outside” your farm. Many new alpaca ranchers choose to NOT purchase a herdsire because the females in their starter … Read more