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The
Ohio Meat
Goat Association’s Monthly
Newsletter Amy
Davidson / News EditorNovember 2003
Issue
OMGA
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OMGA
website - www.ohiomeatgoatassociation.com President: Kent Davidson………. 419-833-6665
e-mail: davidsonlivestock@wcnet.org Vice
President: Kenny Adams…. 937-473-5109
e-mail: kenny@adamsboergoats.com Secretary: Mary Morrow………… 740-826-4333
e-mail: morrowfarm@aol.com Treasurer: Karen Beamer………. 419-293-3672
e-mail: blackswampfarms@wcnet.org Newsletter: Amy Davidson………419-833-6665
e-mail: davidsonlivestock@wcnet.org President’s Perspective Kent Davidson OMGA President Another month has flown by and I am still behind. Cold
and wet
early in the month and warm and wet late makes it hard to get the
fieldwork done
and the manure hauled. I’ve talked to several breeders that fall kid and it seems many does went open, but those that did kid had a very respectable number of kids. Of our own Fullbloods, 50% of the exposed does kidded but had a 250% kid crop (lots of bucks) for us. The Vondrans, Amy and I attended Yvonne Blosser’s
AI clinic in
Hicksville. Geoff and Nancy Masterman of Superior Semen did a nice job
of
demonstrating the proper technique to AI. Now Lyle, Amy and Cassandra
are
prepared to tackle that job. I was fortunate to be able to talk to some
prospective new members and promote the OMGA. Since then, Lyle reports
“Bucky”
(the semen tank) is up and working. AI can be done by non-surgical
means, so if
you have a buck that you want to retain genetics from you should look
into
having him collected. I want to congratulate Karen Beamer Caldwell on her life
improving
divorce. Her name may have changed but she is still the best looking
half of
Black Swamp Farms. Well I can see by the old clock on the wall that the
batteries
have gone dead. I’ll write at you next
time. OMGA News and Reminders November
Meeting – The monthly meeting for November will be
held in
Louisville, KY. December
Meeting – The December monthly meeting will be held on
Saturday, December
13 after the OMGA Seminar at the OSU Animal Science
Building. Educational
Seminar – The OMGA/ABGA seminar -December 13, 2003 at the OSU
Animal Science
Building. The
informational flyer
for the seminar is at the end of this newsletter.
Editor’s Corner Amy Davidson
Here it is almost Thanksgiving time. Fall is such a
wonderful time
of the year with the changing colors and I enjoy the trip to the North
American
to watch the changing season. It’s also wonderful to see the
newborn goats
discover the world and when it’s this nice outside I wonder why we
kid during
the winter. But the junior fair youth need their wethers born after
January 1.
The OMGA is trying to put together some Junior shows for our youth.
It’s
important to keep them involved, they are our future. Besides the wether
shows,
we are working on some junior youth breeding shows. The details will be
worked
out through the committee that was set up and more details will follow
as they
develop. Welsh Boer Goats of Pennsylvania were having a herd
reduction sale
on November 8, 2003.They were offering 30-40 mature bred does and 30 doe
kids
that were born in December and January. I don’t know if they have
any goats
available, but if your interested please contact them at
724-663-7267. 2003 Meat Goat Events November 20 - North American International Livestock
Exposition
Open Boer Show – Louisville, KY December 13 – OMGA/ABGA Educational Seminar
– Ohio State
University Animal Science Building 2004 Meat Goat Events (some
of these dates are still being set) March 27– OMGA Wether & Doe Show and Sale
– OHApril 17– OMGA Judges Training
SeminarMay 1 – OMGA Spring Fever Show – ABGA
Sanctioned Boer Goat Show – Zanesville,
OHJune
19 – OMGA June Jam Show – ABGA Sanctioned Boer Goat Show
– Guernsey County, OHJuly 10 – OMGA Summer Sizzler
Show – ABGA Sanctioned Boer Goat
ShowAugust
– Indiana State FairAugust – Kentucky State
FairSeptember – OMGA Show – ABGA Sanctioned Boer
Goat Show – Defiance, OHSeptember – Guernsey County Boer
Goat ShowOctober – OMGA Fall Classic Boer Goat
ShowNovember – North American International Livestock
Exposition Open Boer Show – Louisville,
KY
We will gladly add any event that will benefit our meat goat breeders and industry. Please report any events pertaining to the meat goat industry to the newsletter editor.
Meat Goat Educational
Seminar sponsored by the Ohio Meat
Goat Association and
the
American Boer
Goat Association Saturday
-December 13, 2003
OSU Animal
Science Building 9:00 a.m.
Seminar (8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. registration
check-in) Join us
for an event filled day --- Lunch
provided. John and Jackie Edwards of Texas will present Boer Goat 101 and reproduction/fertility of Boer Goats. Dr. Hull from OSU will speak on goat parasites and related diseases. We will be touring the OSU meat lab and have a goat carcass processed. We will have someone speaking on the ethnic market. The American Boer Goat Association’s Executive Director, Robert Swize, may join us, letting us know what’s new with the ABGA and the Ohio Meat Goat Association’s president Kent Davidson will let us know “what’s up” with the OMGA. The December meeting of the OMGA will follow the seminar. Directions to OSU Animal Science
Building From
Ohio Expo Center:
From
315:
If you have any questions, please contact:
Amy Davidson at 419-833-6665, davidsonlivestock@wcnet.org
or Mike Borsch at 740-671-9754, <
FONT
face=3DArial>pborsch@stratuswave.net Please return bottom portion to: Mary Morrow, OMGA
Secretary -
13140 Stoney Point Rd., New Concord, OH
43762 _________________________________________________________
____________________________________ Registration the day of the
seminar
will be $20 for both OMGA members and non-members. Junior members will
not be
charged, but please keep in mind this is a day long
event. Pre-registration (postmarked by
December
8):
__ $10
OMGA member __ $15
non-member
__
OMGA Junior member (no charge)
Name:____________________________________________________
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ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP FORM (PLEASE FILL
OUT FORM COMPLETELY EVERY YEAR) NAME:
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ADDRESS:
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APPLY: (NEW) MEMBERSHIP: _________ (RENEWAL) MEMBERSHIP:
________ PICK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: ______ $10.00 -
JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP ______ $20.00
- MEMBERSHIP ______ $35.00 - MEMBERSHIP WITH BREEDERS
DIRECTORY ON
THE OMGA WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER
______ $45.00
- MEMBERSHIP WITH BREEDERS
DIRECTORY ON
THE OMGA WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER,
AND YOUR FARM’S WEB LINK ON
THE
OMGA WEBSITE
OMGA
MEMBERSHIPS
ARE NOT PRO-RATED. MEMBERSHIP IS GOOD
FROM JUNE TO JUNE. PLEASE FILL OUT COMPLETELY AND SEND
TO: MARY MORROW 13140 STONEY POINT RD NEW CONCORD, OH 43762 740-826-4333 (or)
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