A Dangerous Combination in North Carolina North Carolina’s landscape is known for its beauty, with rolling fields, wooded property lines, and towering mature trees. But when winter brings freezing rain instead of gentle snow, those same trees can quickly become one of the biggest hazards on the landscape. Unlike northern states that primarily deal with heavy snowfall, North Carolina’s most damaging winter storms often come from ice. Freezing rain coats everything it touches —

CAE is caused by a lentivirus that primarily affects a goat’s immune system, leading to chronic inflammation in various systems, particularly the joints, udder, and nervous system.

PHOTO: KUDZU ON SCHOOLFIELD RD. IN RUFFIN, NC A Tangled Tale of Beauty and Burden If you’ve driven down a rural road in North Carolina...

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We later learned that Skylar was actually suffering from milk fever, not pregnancy toxemia as initially suspected.

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IMAGE: Briar Creek Farm Lucky Strike I am sure that you are very excited to start your journey with your new goats. I encourage you to...

When deciding to raise goats, there are a lot of things to consider before making that first purchase. One decision to make is what breed...