Individual Regular | Individual Youth | Individual Associate | All Memberships Chart Joint Regular | Joint Business | Joint Family | Joint Affiliate | Lifetime ADGA Memberships Explained There are several options for membership in the American Dairy Goat Association. Each ADGA membership comes with its own privileges and limitations. Understanding each membership will help you choose the […]

While we are committed to the future of the Linear Appraisal Program, it is still too early to know with any certainty what 2021 will hold considering the continued Covid-19 pandemic. ADGA is currently addressing what would be needed to be able to have this important program while keeping both our appraisers, and our members, […]

Additional customer support phone hours begin November 2, 2020.

You’ve decided you want dairy goats, but don’t know where to start. Here are some steps you may find useful in gathering information for success.

This is how ADGA Linear Appraisers are trained and the benefits they receive for their valued work.

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.

Understanding the parts of goat’s name will help you name your animals and understand something about a goat when you see its name.

Final Tabulation Report This report is from an independent CPA who has followed the agreed-upon procedures for tabulating ballots as specified in the current ADGA Guidebook. Learn more about how ADGA is governed >>

The ADGA Information Management Committee recently hosted a demonstration of the new computer system currently known as “NG” (for Next Generation) for the ADGA Board of Directors.  The demonstration was followed by a question and answer session. New Computer System Features NG will provide many new and expanded features some of which include: Full access to all of your animal data including show awards, […]

ADGA registered does earning this status can be viewed at Elite Status  

The production evaluation has been released by ADGA  with the official CDCB release on August 11.  The files have been uploaded to adgagenetics.org.  ADGA information has been updated and the Elite Buck and Doe lists are available.   Superior Genetics have also come out!

While Annual Convention events are cancelled, the Annual Board of Directors Meeting is still being held.

The verified election results are now in for the American Dairy Goat Association District Director Primary. Candidates below marked with an asterisk (*) next to their Membership Number are those who have accepted the nomination and will appear on the ADGA General Election ballots. To learn more about ADGA Election Procedures, consult your ADGA Guidebook or view this […]

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ADGA Executive Committee working with ADGA Management has made the difficult decision regarding Linear Appraisal. We are looking forward to the return of full operations in 2021.

The following resources are presented by the ADGA Dairy Goat Well-being Task Force to assist farms and animal owners during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many of you are wondering about ADGA Performance Programs participation at this time.  Hopefully, this will help with the current status as well as provide some ideas to help get through this difficult time. Linear Appraisal: Our linear sessions for April, May and most of June have been cancelled, and we will assess as we […]

ADGA regrets to announce that the 2020 ADGA National Show for June 20-27, 2020 in Grand Island, Nebraska is being cancelled. Considerations include uncertainties and safety.

The ADGA office is still available to help with a temporarily reduced staff. Online Services are also available to those with an account.

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 ADGA show season may face some unique challenges. Here is what show committees, judges and exhibitors need to know.