NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The seminar will start at 10:00 AM and finish by 4:00 PM Saturday, September 25th. Rusty Lee from Lee Farms of Winder Georgia will be the keynote speaker. Rusty Lee and his wife Rayna have raised Boer goats for 21 years. Rusty has been a certified judge for Boer goats since 2007 and has judged in most states in the country. He judged the National show for the International BGA in 2010 and the ABGA National in 2018. In 2007, Lee Farms bred and produced the overall Reserve Champion Percentage Doe in Duncan Oklahoma. Rusty has set on the Breed Standards Committee for both associations for numerous years and he follows the South African Standards closely as a hobby. He has organized and led several types of conferences and judges’ training across the country. Rusty also narrates production and dispersal sales all over the country.
Topics for the conference will include: Breeding Quality Meat Goats; Selling Meat Goats on the Rail; Presenting and Marketing Meat Goats at a Sale; How to Perform a Fecal Egg Count; Budgets Available for Meat Goat Production; Youth Goat Judging Contest. Speakers include Rusty Lee, Judy Bowmaster-Cole, Bijwait Paul and Randy Saner.
Show and Sale will be held September 26th starting with the sale goats show followed by a show only show with the sale starting at 1:00 pm. For registration forms go to https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/lincolnmcpherson/upcoming-sheep-and-goat-events/ or
http://www.4sgoatexpo.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/s4goatexpo
You may also e-mail s4goatexpo@yahoo.com or randy.saner@unl.edu or call by phone at 308-532-2683.
Producers wanting to sell goats pre-registration is due August 23 to be included in the sale catalog.
— Nebraska Extension
For more news from Nebraska, click here.