The Junior American Boer Goat Association (JABGA) is now accepting nominations for the JABGA Board of Directors . Applications (completed by the nominee) for the JABGA Board of Directors are due to the ABGA office via electronic form or regular mail (4258 S Jackson St, San Angelo, Texas 76903) on or before March 1, 2023. The JABGA Board of Directors works alongside the ABGA Board of Directors to represent JABGA members across five areas of the United States as the main governing body of the Junior American Boer Goat Association (JABGA) . JABGA Directors volunteer their personal time and effort in service of JABGA programs like the JABGA Regional Show Series and by promoting core JABGA values like scholarship, leadership, good sportsmanship, and character development. The JABGA Board of Directors also serves as youth ambassadors for the improvement and promotion of the Boer goat breed through the breeding, raising, and exhibition of American Boer Goats. Board seats are open for the following JABGA Areas: Area 1 (Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming) Area 2 (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois) Area 3 (Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, D.C., Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, New York) Area 4 (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina) Area 5 (Colorado, New Mexico, Texas) In accordance with JABGA Bylaws, applicants must be JABGA members in good standing (renewed for 2023 by January 1, 2023) in order to run for or hold a seat on the JABGA Board of Directors. For more information, see the ABGA Bylaws and the JABGA Bylaws . Application (Due March 1, 2023) Applications for the JABGA Board of Directors will be due by 5:00 PM CST on March 1, 2023 . Applications should be completed in full and submitted to the ABGA office via electronic form (see below) or regular mail (4258 S Jackson St, San Angelo, Texas 76903) by the due date. Required: Application (completed) – Download here Contact Information page and Certificate of Application (completed) Digital photo Directors Responsibilities page (signed) Responsibility Release, Information Release, Photo Release, Authorization Form Conflict of Interest Statement (completed) Code of Conduct form (completed) Brief statement (less than 250 words) – “Why do you want to be a JABGA Director?” Optional: Applicants may submit a resume that highlights the following: Involvement in JABGA and/or the goat industry School activities 4-H & FFA activities Leadership activities Volunteer work/community service Eligibility Applicants for the JABGA Board of Directors must: Be 14 years of age or older on January 1, 2023 Reside in the JABGA Area for which the applicant is running/elected Have renewed their JABGA membership on or before January 1, 2023 Questions or Concerns? C ontact JABGA Youth Coordinator Hannah Jenkins at jabga@abga.org with any questions or concerns regarding JABGA Board of Directors nominations. Ready to Apply? Applicants should complete the JABGA Board of Directors application below and submit it to the ABGA office via electronic form or regular mail (4258 S Jackson St, San Angelo, Texas 76903) by March 1, 2023. ONLINE FORM: DOWNLOAD PDF FORM: About JABGA: The Junior American Boer Goat Association (JABGA) supports ABGA in its mission to improve and promote the Boer breed and encourage the breeding, raising, and exhibition of American Boer Goats. JABGA fosters the personal growth of its youth membership through training in scholarship, leadership, good sportsmanship, and character development as individuals and in groups. #JABGA #news

Affiliate Member: An association that has paid affiliate membership dues and has been accepted by the Association as an affiliate member. Agent: A person or firm empowered to act on behalf of another. Applicant: The individual applying for registration of an animal with the Association. Applicant’s Tattoo: A sequence of letters and/or numbers assigned to each member to be tattooed in the right ear of animals. Artificial Insemination: Breeding service using fresh or frozen semen. Association-Approved Testing: Any test or tests that may be approved by the Board of Directors of the Association from time to time. Buck: Male goat. Breeder: An individual(s) who is the owner or lessee of record of a kid’s dam on the date of service. Doe: Female goat. Date of Sale: The date on which an animal was offered for sale at public auction or, in the case of private transactions, the date on which a bona fide change of ownership took place. DNA Profile: A DNA profile or DNA genetic record of the animal is recorded with the association. Embryo: A fertilized egg flushed from a donor doe. Embryos may be transferred fresh or preserved by freezing in liquid nitrogen. Embryo Recipient Doe: A surrogate dam that carries embryos transferred from another doe. Embryo Transfer: The process of transferring an embryo into a recipient doe. Exhibit: To present an animal to an ABGA judge for placement. Exhibitor: Owner or individual approved by the owner to present an animal to an ABGA judge for placement. First Owner: The owner or lessee of record of a kid’s dam on the date of birth of the kid, except in the case of embryo kids, as provided. Frozen Semen: The semen collected from a Boer buck that is processed and frozen in liquid nitrogen for future insemination. Genetic Factors: The presence of genes that may or may not produce a certain type of offspring. Gestation: The length of time from the time a doe is bred to when she gives birth. The industry standard gestation length for Boer goats is 150 days. Herd Name: A name or series of letters and numbers assigned to an owner. The herd name will be used as the prefix for all goats registered by that owner. Herd Prefix: A series of letters or letters and numbers assigned to an owner. Imported: A live animal, semen, embryo, or clone originating from outside of the United States of America. Kid: Young goat. Joint Ownership: Two or more members sharing ownership of an ABGA registered animal. Up to four members are allowed to jointly own an animal. Lease: A contract by which a person allows another person the use and possession of an animal for a specified time period; the document in which the contract is written. Lessee: The person to whom a lease is given. Lessor: The person from whom a lease is given. Member: An individual, partnership, company, corporation, limited liability corporation, limited liability partnership, or other legal entity that has paid dues to the Association and has been accepted into the membership of the Association. Membership Number: A number assigned to a member by the Association. Nuclear Transfer Clone: Cloned goats resulting from nuclear transfer of adult cells. Out of Herd Mating: The parents of an animal are not listed in the same ownership at the time of mating. Owner: The recorded owner of animal, according to ABGA records. Owner of Record: The member in whose name an animal is registered. Permanent Identification: Ear tattoo or tail web tattoo. Producer: The recorded owner of a cell donor at the time of collection. Sanctioned Show: Any fair, association, livestock show or exposition that meets the requirements of the ABGA Sanctioned Show Program. Service: A mating that may or may not result in a pregnancy, whether by natural service or artificial insemination. Wether: Castrated male goat.

On February 14th 1994, Charles Turner signed the Articles of Incorporation and our Boer Goat Association was born. The following is a listing of the original Board of Directors: Norman Kohls, Garden City, (Eldorado) Texas Kim Halfmann, Garden City, Texas Walter Pope, Sonora, Texas Dian Naumann, Del Valle, Texas Jimmy Day, Austin, Texas Don Jackman, Campwood, Texas Lou Nuti, Burton, Texas Jane Meachem, Junction, Texas Ernest Schwartz, Garden City, Texas Star Keen, Mertzon, Texas Charles Turner, Dublin, Texas Buck Pruitt, Campwood, Texas W.E. Whitehead, Sonora, Texas Sammy Helmes, Girvin, Texas Mike Masters, Ft. Worth, Texas Mary Powis, Alachua, Florida Steve Quinn, Fayetteville, North Carolina In the early days these founding fathers/mothers will all tell you it was struggle and it wasn’t easy to build this association! Due to the dedication of countless volunteers that manned the office, along with others that worked long hours and that went beyond just a call. All to the hard work and passion for the breed of the above individuals is the reasons we enjoy the fruits of their labor that we call the ABGA today. For the past 29 years countless boards worked to further the Boer breed and make our association structurally sound. We have witnessed splinters from the association time and time again, all while we have continued to be strong and grow. All this has been accomplished through dedicated members and directors that practiced hard mental and physical responsibilities! This year and like every other year we turn our attention to the current board and express a heartfelt gratitude for everything they do and continue to do to make this association better. They are only continuing progress or correcting previous boards mistakes or discussions. So have patience, kindness and love. We are only spectators to a much larger picture and never judge someone else until your ready to walk in their shoes. So to each of you at the ABGA home office and our current BOD. On behalf of myself, my teams and our families at Ash Livestock & Ash Nutrition. Happy Valentines Day & Founding Day ABGA Thank you, Dakota Ash & Family

This recipe for classic goat jerky is courtesy of former JABGA Area 4 Director Noah Ridding. You can find this and many other tasty recipes in the JABGA "Cooking for the Future", now available in our E-Store. Goat Jerky Ingredients 1 CUP Worcestershire sauce ½ CUP soy sauce 2 TBS brown sugar 2 cloves garlic, crushed Thinly sliced goat meat (1/8” to ¼" thick) Directions Mix all liquids. Stir in brown sugar until dissolved; crush garlic and stir into liquid. Trim all fat from goat meat. (Fat will cause spoilage of jerky.) Add meat to marinade, coating thoroughly. Let sit covered in the refrigerator for a minimum of 6 hours, stirring meat occasionally. Dehydrate in the Oven Place meat strips on a cooling rack on a cookie sheet; place the sheet in the middle of the oven. Dry meat in the oven at least 150 degrees Fahrenheit for 6-8 hours, turning every 2 hours to ensure even drying. Jerky strips can also be dehydrated in an inexpensive food dehydrator, which may take 4-6 hours minimum. Store jerky in an airtight container at room temperature for 5 days, in the refrigerator for 1 week, or in the freezer for a month or longer.

Funds cannot be earmarked for specific fees or services. Existing funds will be credited to your account. Money submitted to the ABGA office will go toward any outstanding balances. The entire outstanding balance must be paid before the work can be processed. (EX: You submit a check with the work to be completed in-office. If you submit work through Online Live before the work is completed, your funds will count toward the first submitted work instead of the most recently-submitted work.)

You can submit registrations work and other forms to our office via regular mail at 4258 S Jackson St, San Angelo, Texas 96903.

The ABGA office has received several calls about submitting registration work through our new software system. This new system, iCompete, will eventually replace Online Live and the Blue Screen systems. iCompete will be equipped to handle ABGA memberships, renewals, registry work, and show points in a single platform. At this time, some ABGA members can only view owned animals within their iCompete dashboard (not all members are able to view animals). ABGA staff are working with software developers to fix ongoing issues with iCompete and prepare for Phase 2 (registrations). We will announce when ABGA members can complete registrations, transfers, service memos, and other work through iCompete. We encourage members to renew now using iCompete to improve and simplify their member experience going forward. Haven't renewed yet? Learn how to renew through iCompete here:

The ABGA Office will be closed starting noon (12 pm CST) on Wednesday (11/23) and remain closed through Friday (11/25). We wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! We will be back to regular office hours on Monday (11/28).

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Please have your ABGA Member Number & your goat's registration numbers ready when contacting the office. Send all email correspondence to mail@abga.org Alternatively, you may submit a work order to the ABGA office by clicking the SUBMIT WORK button. We also accept work orders via the US Postal Service, UPS, & FedEx. Our mailing address is: 4258 S. Jackson St. San Angelo, TX 76903

Beginning August 1, 2022, the standard rush fee per animal will increase to $25.00 USD. The current $5.00 USD fee will be honored on all rush orders received prior to August 1. Same-day rush orders will remain at $50.00 USD per animal. This change was approved by the ABGA Board of Directors at their recent Face-to-Face Meeting. You can view the minutes here:

We want you to become an ABGA Certified Judge! The ABGA Judges Certification Course will be held the first weekend of November at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. Here are the details: ABGA Certified Judges applicants must be ABGA members in good standing and over the age of 21 as of the first day of the Judges Certification Course. Registration for the Course is $500 USD. Only 40 slots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Slots will be awarded to those who complete the online application in full (including payment) at the time of registration. The online application will be available starting at 12:01 AM CST on Thursday, September 1, 2022.