Note:  Search Knowledgebase for additional related articles. To download Linear Applications, go to the ADGA Forms page. For a description of the linear program with regard to training, field practices, and data collection: Current Linear Standard Operating Procedures: LA SOP To Prepare for a linear session ADGA Linear Appraisal Recommended Checklist

All dairy goats must be tattooed before they can be registered or recorded. This is what you need to know about how to tattoo your goat.

This code of ethics applies to the relationship between Show Committee members and Exhibitors to the Show Judge prior to the show.

Don’t let the cost of the training keep you from considering becoming a licensed ADGA judge. There are funds available to cover the training conference fee to successful applicants.

During recent years there have been two ADGA Judges Training Conferences annually. This is information about the training available during the summer. Annual Convention is when the other TC generally occurs.

This is a list of current ADGA Historic Herd Names including criteria.

The goal of the Unified Scorecard is to aid in the selection of the type of dairy goat that can function efficiently over a long productive lifetime. The most recent ADGA Scorecard for judging dairy goat shows: ADGA Dairy Goat Unified Scorecard PDF

Phone hours are between 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm Monday through Friday. Please have your ADGA ID number and Support Ticket # ready.

Each year ADGA recognizes the top ten producing does in each breed from the prior year’s completed lactation records. See this page for a PDF of each year’s breed leaders.

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Entry for the 2023 ADGA National Show in Redmond, Oregon is now live. Visit our National Show website for more details and to enter! https://nationalshow.adga.org/ Entries close June 30th.  

2022 DHIR Herds Re: 2022 DHIR Accepted Lactation Reports June 5, 2023 In April of 2023 the American Dairy Goat Association successfully imported the remaining awards that were being processed and stored in ROSS to the new NG software. The bulk of these awards were related to production achievements earned in 2021 and some of […]

Notification to members regarding ADGA pedigree data transfers to CBCD and ADGA Genetics.    ADGA has been making significant efforts to perform the necessary work to generate files to keep both CBCD and ADGA Genetics records current with as much information as possible. The processes involved in submitting pedigree data to CBCD and ADGA Genetics […]

Production awards on ROSS registered animals with Advanced Registry DHIR records have been stored since the release of NG through October of 2022. These awards have now been uploaded into NG and include *M, Generational recognition, *B, +B, etc. and conversion to GCH from CH, or SG to SGCH based on earning the production awards. […]

Press Release 3/30/2023 From: President Mark V. Baden We are very excited and pleased to announce the hiring of our new Association Manager, Lori Reynolds from neighboring Shelby, North Carolina. Over the last 6 months, an independent contractor and the Executive Committee have been filling-in during the absence of a senior executive in-office. The search […]

The 2023 tentative Linear Appraisal Schedule has been released.   Linear Appraisal

2023 ADGA National Show Judges  Announced! Congratulations to the 6 2023 National Show Judges and Thank You to all the members who participated in the vote. The breed assignments and schedule will be released as soon as possible. 2023 ADGA National Show Judges July 15-21 Deschutes Event Center – Redmond, Oregon Dan Laney – California […]

The 2022-2023 Committee List have been finalized. The committees can be viewed at the ADGA Publications page. ADGA Publications

Starting in 2023 the Star Milker butterfat levels for Miniatures will be changing. View the new star levels here. *M Levels