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We have had goats on the farm on and off, mostly on, for close to 20 years. We’ve had Boer goats, which are meat goats, and we have dairy goats as well. Deb makes goat milk soap, when she has time, and it is wonderful. It is great for your skin and goat’s milk isn’t too bad either. It isn’t anything like the sweet, creamy goodness that comes out of a Jersey cow, but it sure isn’t bad.

I totally see how small farmers with limited acres decide that goats would be a good enterprise for themselves.

We mostly use them for weed control. There isn’t much a goat won’t eat. When they are confined to a...