American Boer Goat Association: Protecting, promoting, and recording the American Boer Goat breed. BANDERAS BÓER Promote your sale on our Events Calendar! List your Boer goat sales with ABGA. Gain free promotion, social media reach, and newsletter features when you include a JABGA Donation Lot. Promote your sale! American Boer Goat Association The American Boer Goat Association will protect the core values and traits that make the Boer goat the premier meat goat breed in America through promotion and recording of the breed. Join today! BANDERAS BÓER Load More NUESTROS COMPAÑEROS iCompete Renew your membership, register and transfer animals, download temporary certificates, view show results, and more! Go to iCompete Submit Work Need to submit registration docs, transfer forms, changes to your ABGA account, or additional tasks for the ABGA office to complete? Submit a Work Order Join ABGA Annual Adult Memberships run from January 1 to December 31, and are $75 annually. Join ABGA Renew your membership Renew with your existing email on file with our new member software iCompete. Renew Request DNA Testing Members and non-members can request DNA testing at a set price from ABGA and UC Davis. Request DNA View Show Results View past ABGA & JABGA Sanctioned and Regional Show results on iCompete. See results Office Updates Keep up with announcements, reminders, events, and more from the ABGA office. The office is currently working on work orders received on: 27 de abril de 2026 Updated 5/12/2026 View all Office Updates Today's Date Today's Date

Watch American Boer Goat Association interviews, instructional videos, National Show content and more here. All Videos Reproducir video Reproducir video 02:44 How to Transfer a Goat on iCompete Reproducir video Reproducir video 04:07 How to Register a Goat with Two Registered Parents on iCompete Reproducir video Reproducir video 03:49 Registering Embryo Transfer (ET)/Flush kids on iCompete Reproducir video Reproducir video 04:18 Registering a Percentage Goat with an Unregistered Dam Considere donar a la American Boer Goat Foundation How-To Reproducir video Reproducir video 03:42 How to Sign up for iCompete and Renew Your ABGA Membership iCompete, will fully replace ILR2 and the Blue Screen. iCompete is equipped to handle ABGA memberships, renewals, registry work, and show points within a single platform for all members. ABGA hopes iCompete will provide a more user-friendly and streamlined interface for members, making it easier to manage and utilize your ABGA membership. ABGA is rolling out iCompete in three phases. Members will only be able to renew their membership and view animals they own during Phase 1. Phase 2 & 3 will be announced in the near future. Reproducir video Reproducir video 01:51 Renew Your ABGA Membership on iCompete With the new year quickly approaching, it's time to renew your ABGA membership. Renew before January 1, 2024, to gain voting rights for new board members, run for a Board of Directors seat, and actively participate in changes to the Bylaws. Reproducir video Reproducir video 04:07 How to Register a Goat with Two Registered Parents on iCompete Reproducir video Reproducir video 02:44 How to Transfer a Goat on iCompete HOW-TO'S Considere donar a la American Boer Goat Foundation 2023 ABGA & JABGA National Show Reproducir video Reproducir video 03:43:12 JABGA Market Animal Show - Part 1 Reproducir video Reproducir video 07:04:20 JABGA Market Animal Show - Part 2 Reproducir video Reproducir video 15:04 JABGA Bred & Owned Show - PeeWee Showmanship Reproducir video Reproducir video 03:29:10 JABGA Bred & Owned Show - Part 1 Interviews & More Reproducir video Reproducir video 16:33 ABGA National Show 2022 Interview with Judge Phil Myers ABGA Executive Director Katie Carruth spoke with Judge Phil Myers about what goes into being a judge at the national show. Reproducir video Reproducir video 33:59 Interview with American Boer Goat Association Executive Director: Kathryn Carruth An energetic entrepreneur and seasoned non-profit manager, Carruth’s global agricultural knowledge brings a wealth of experience and leadership to American Boer Goat Association (ABGA). She has a passion for the livestock industry and engaging members for positive change. She and her family are relocating to San Angelo from Colorado where she has served as ED for the LEAD (Learning and Educating About Disabilities) Foundation and before that, as ED for American National CattleWomen (ANCW). ANCW is a nationwide membership-based, trade association and foundation which lobbies for and educates about the United States beef industry. Carruth holds a M.Sc. in International Rural Development: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security from the Royal Agricultural College, UK and has a B.Sc. from Texas Tech University in Agricultural Communications. She brings a tremendous communication skill set with experience as a former TV reporter and public relations professional for multiple philanthropic organizations. She brings a fresh and innovative perspective to the opportunities ABGA faces today and into the future. Her deep and broad business acumen and livestock industry experience will help drive solutions for the challenging initiatives ABGA is committed to achieving. Reproducir video Reproducir video 00:58 ABGA @ The World Championship BBQ Goat Cook Off We are at the 47th annual World Championship BBQ Goat Cook Off this Labor Day weekend in Brady, Texas. INTERVIEWS & MORE 2022 National Show Reproducir video Reproducir video 08:14:40 ABGA National Show 2022 - Day 1 - Second Half Live from Fonner Park in Grand Island, NE Reproducir video Reproducir video 05:05:48 ABGA National Show 2022 - Day 3 Live from Fonner Park in Grand Island, NE Reproducir video Reproducir video 07:49:02 ABGA National Show 2022 - Day 3 - Second Half Live from Fonner Park in Grand Island, NE Reproducir video Reproducir video 07:46:42 ABGA National Show 2022 - Day 4 Live from Fonner Park in Grand Island, NE Considere donar a la American Boer Goat Foundation 2021 National Show Reproducir video Reproducir video 07:49 ABGA National Show 2021 Highlight from the 2021 ABGA National Show in Grand Island, Nebraska. Reproducir video Reproducir video 07:12 ABGA National Show 2021 Hello and welcome to the highlight video from the first couple days from this year's ABGA National Show in Grand Island, Nebraska. Reproducir video Reproducir video 45:50 American Boer Goat Association National Show 2021 The American Boer Goat Association was in Grand Island, Nebraska from June 12th through the 18th. The following is a video from this year's show with interviews, from members, vendors, staff, and the board. We hope you enjoy it and please join us for next year's show. 2021 NATIONAL SHOW

The Boer goat was first founded in the early 1900s by Dutch farmers of South Africa. The first full-blood Boers were brought to the United States in 1993; ABGA formed the same year. Today’s American Boer Goat Association is the largest Boer association in the world with 7,000 members annually. NUESTRA HISTORIA COMENZÓ MÁS DE 100 AÑOS ATRÁS La cabra Boer fue desarrollada por agricultores holandeses en Sudáfrica a principios del siglo XX. Fueron traídos a los Estados Unidos en 1993. Ese mismo año se fundó la American Boer Goat Association (ABGA). Una raza única, es popular por su increíble producción de carne. La cabra Boer tiene una tasa de crecimiento rápido, excelentes cualidades de canal y es muy adaptable a diferentes entornos. Dócil y altamente fértil, estos rasgos distinguen a la cabra Boer en los segmentos comerciales y de raza pura de la industria de la cabra de carne estadounidense. Hoy en día, la ABGA ofrece una variedad de oportunidades en marketing, educación y la industria comercial y para los jóvenes a través de la Junior American Boer Goat Association. ABGA es la asociación de cabras Boer más grande del mundo con más de 7.000 miembros. La asociación registra más de 45.000 cabezas anualmente. NUESTRA HISTORIA COMENZÓ MÁS DE 100 AÑOS ATRÁS