State developing taste for goat
Low cost, rising demand whet growers’ appetites
Posted: February 7, 2010 at 7:12 a.m.
John Pickering has the full attention of several of his Gravette farm’s Boer goats as he hands out treats Tuesday.
The number of goats raised for meat in Arkansas is growing as the number raised for dairy use is declining, bucking the national trend, according to inventory reports released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Business, Pages 69 on 02/07/2010
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