2005 ON BOERGOATS.COM - Jan 3rd, 2006
Is everyone as happy as I that the year 2005 is over?
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ABGA NAT'L MEETING MOTIONS - May 30th, 2003
The American Boer Goat Association national meeting will be held Saturday evening, June 7th, in the Ike Hamilton Arena in West Monroe, LA. The meeting...
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ANARCHY IN THE RING! - Jul 11th, 2001
Part I
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BOARD NOMINATION EDITORIAL - Mar 26th, 2004
Please note that no where on this [nomination] form is the applicant asked to follow and uphold the by-laws of this association.
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BOER GOATS IN DISGUISE - Aug 21st, 2001
As we continue to move ahead in this Boer Goat Industry, we are
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BOERGOATS.COM IS NOT THE ABGA - Jul 1st, 2003
As most of you know... boergoats.com is a private sole-proprietorship owned by KLS Boer Goats which, in turn, is owned by Keith & Lucinda Smith of...
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BRACING SHOW GOATS - Jan 11th, 2006
Should market goats be braced in the ring? I recently
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BREED STANDARD COMPARISONS - Not dated
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BREED STANDARDS - Jan 15th, 2002
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BUY SOMETHING! - Apr 29th, 2006
It all started innocently enough... a few yuppies decided that everything had to be politically correct. Here are four examples.
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BUYING YOUR FIRST STOCK - Mar 12th, 2003
Question:
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COLD GOATS AND WASTED HAY - Oct 2nd, 2007
When my Wife and I first started out raising goats we didn’t know anything, and I mean ANYTHING, about goats! The only thing we could find as far...
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COLORED GOATS - CON - May 23rd, 2002
Have you ever watched the news to see a report on a group of people who,
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COLORED GOATS - PRO - May 31st, 2002
This letter is in response to the letter about colored boer goats on Boergoats.com. It is true that the red and black boer goats are not traditi...
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COMMENTARY: TO HELL WITH AGRICULTURE - Nov 16th, 2006
If you take a careful look around you, you will notice that there is much less interest in farming on every level than there was a quarter century ago...
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COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - Not dated
I own Boer goats that are direct decendants of some of the only Boers directly imported into the United States from South Africa. They are some outsta...
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DEHORNING - NO - Not dated
I strongly believe that if an animal in its natural state doesn't suit a
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DEHORNING - YES - Not dated
In our herd winter confinement because of weather conditions is the main reason for having disbudded and dehorned does.
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DO I DETECT A PATTERN HERE? - Jul 18th, 2006
I have been informed by association leaders that my negative comments hurt the industry. - that I'll drive away prospective members. I can see how tha...
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DOMAIN REGISTRATION RENEWAL SCAMS! - Jun 18th, 2002
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ENNOBLEMENT CRITERIA EDITORIAL - Aug 20th, 2004
After reading the following editorial I urge you to voice your opinion not only to your ABGA Regional Director, but to Robert Swize ABGA Executive Dir...
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ETHICS 101 - Not dated
Goats, and livestock in general for that matter, don't come with much of a guarantee. We seem to have a hard enough time keeping them healthy and repr...
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EVERYBODY'S HAPPY - Dec 31st, 2009
I was going to title this article "The Goat Industry's Still Healthy Even Though The Rest Of The Economy's Gone To Hell In A Hand Basket" but t...
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FMD - LET'S THINK AHEAD - May 16th, 2001
I am not normally known for thinking ahead, but ever since I started reading up on the foot and mouth disease that's becoming epidemic, I'm getting th...
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FULL SOUTH AFRICAN GOATS - Jan 22nd, 2002
As a breeder of South African Boer Goats I would like to say that I am tired of distinctions between New
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JUDGES - RETRACTION - Feb 12th, 2004
Most of the ruckus raised by myself and others in the industry about the South African judges has been misplaced. My previous editorial was a knee-jer...
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JUST THE FACTS PLEASE - Mar 27th, 2008
Funny things happen when a curious Internet publisher has extra time to surf the net. Certain trends start to form out of the gazillion "information" ...
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LIVESTOCK IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM IS BROKEN - Jul 25th, 2005
Three weeks after the National Livestock Identification System was implemented in New South Wales, one of its key saleyards is having serious problems...
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NEW DOMAIN NAME SCAM - Aug 13th, 2003
It seems that Domain Registry of America has joined the throng of spammers out there... They have a program that reads your record at your current dom...
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ON LINE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SCAMS - Nov 20th, 2008
Ed. note: This article is from the Trend Micro November 2008 newsletter. Trend Micro, www.trendmicro.com, prov...
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PASS THE GOAT, PLEASE - Nov 10th, 2008
Our form of sharing was to donate one or two wethers from each crop to a local youth ag program. One lesson we learned? Be careful! Make sure the weth...
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PREDICTABLE TERRORISM - Aug 12th, 2005
Terrorism: The unexpected use or threatened use of force or violence against people or property to coerce or intimidate governments or socie...
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PREMISIS IDENTIFICATION - AGAIN - Jan 5th, 2006
The Texas Animal Health Commission is plowing ahead toward compliance to a proven broken system of food-animal identification.
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PURPLE GOATS! - Jan 2nd, 2002
One breeder contends that
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SA JUDGES ARE BAAACCKK! - Jan 26th, 2004
The American Boer Goat Association has selected the judges for the 2004 National Show. All American. Selected by a vote of the exhibitors at the 2003 ...
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SCAM ALERT ! - Jul 26th, 2004
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SHOW FORMAT INEQUITIES - May 9th, 2003
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SHOWING - Not dated
This is my first year showing Boer meat goats. I showed 4 goats
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SHOWING/JUDGING - Sep 12th, 2001
This editorial is not meant to demean the show end of the industry or "point the finger at" individual judges. It is meant to ferment debate an...
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SOUTH AFRICAN JUDGES - May 20th, 2003
This is an editorial but the information presented is fact, not just my opinion.
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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS - Dec 29th, 2008
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THE BOER BLOG - Jan 5th, 2007
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THE COST OF GETTING THERE - Jun 3rd, 2005
Was sittin' on the porch the other evening, sippin' Jack Daniels with our neighbor Bubba. The topics of conversation just kinda' ebbed and flowed arou...
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THE NEED FOR COOPERATION - Oct 21st, 2005
Some time after the end of his professional career, a retiree is occasionally seized with a near irresistible notion to offer, sought or not, some sem...
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WARNING - TAX SCAMS - Mar 21st, 2008
The following is from the Trend Micro site. I am not endorsing their product(s) and I'm...
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WHAT IS C O D I / P C I ? - Jan 15th, 2007
Some folks, even some who are selling CODI/PCI goats, seem to have received some wrong information - perhaps from the folks they bought them from.
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WHAT IS THIS BREED COMING TO - Aug 26th, 2011
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WHAT'S YOUR BOER BUCK WORTH$?$ - Jun 28th, 2001
You know we all must face reality sooner or later. This is especially true when we begin to appraise our breeding bucks.
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WHY ALL THE DISPERSAL SALES? - Nov 28th, 2002
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WITHERS, WETHERS, WHATEVER - Jul 5th, 2007
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