The next big thing in pastured livestock may be rabbit. According to the USDA, rabbits convert feed to meat more efficiently than cattle and can be raised commercially for meat, as pets, or for ...

March 28--A mobile processing unit is expected to be available this spring to help smallvolume growers prepare their animals for market. Another option will soon be available to small animal producers ...

The personal decision to start raising rabbits for meat was for the health of our children, and ourselves. Meat rabbits are becoming a popular addition to many homesteads due to the minimal space they ...

A battle over bunnies is pitting family farms against animal rights groups at the state Capitol. Connecticut farmers want to commercially harvest rabbit meat, but they face fierce opposition from ...

Once a cheap meat for families doing it tough, the price and availability of rabbit means it has gone from family dinner to ...

With spring on the horizon, there is perhaps no better symbol of the season than the rabbit. The animal ambassadors of fertility, gentleness and new life, their likeness tends to pop up more and more ...