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The American Goat Federation works to unify, improve and advance the American goat industry in an effort to assist producers achieve maximum success. AGF represents the interests of more than 150 organizations and thousands of producers engaged in the sustainable production and marketing of goat milk, meat, fiber, breeding stock and grazing services across the United States. The American Dairy Goat Association, American Boer Goat Association and the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers are all members of AGF. Members of AGF can participate in government and research surveys that can affect the goat industry, receive reduced fees for AGF Seminars, and help support various activities of other goat-related organizations. AGF promotes the development of all segments of the goat industry including dairy, meat and fiber, by encouraging sound public policy, enhancing production and marketing of goat products, and promoting research beneficial to our member organizations and all producers. Read More
Mission Statement
The American Goat Federation promotes and facilitates the development of all segments of the goat industry including dairy, meat and fiber, by encouraging sound public policy, enhancing production and marketing of goat products, and promoting research beneficial to our member organizations and all producers.
Approved 1-23-10 Nashville ASI Meeting
Upcoming Events
- September 9-10: 27th Annual International Goat Days Family Festival will be held at USA Stadium complex in Millington, Tennessee. More Info
- September 9-10: Oklahoma Hills Meat Goat Conference will be held in Porum, Oklahoma. For more Info
- September 16-18: California Multi-Species Grazing/Browsing Academy will be held at UCCE Placer in Auburn, California. For Registration Info
- September 22-24: The 6th Tennessee Dairy Goat Conference will be held at the Lane Agri-Park Facility, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It is sponsored and hosted by the Tennessee State University Cooperative Extension Program. Read More
- October 1: KIO Tri-State Small Ruminant Summit will be held at the Boone County Enrichment Center in Burlington, Kentucky. For More Info
- October 25-30: The American Dairy Goat Assoc Annual Convention will be held in Austin, Texas. Read More
- January 24-25, 2017: American Goat Federation 2017 Annual Meeting and Producers' Seminar will be held in Denver, Colorado. Read More
The American Goat Federation needs your membership and support so we can continue to meet the needs of all producers and relay information about goat producers' concerns and challenges to the USDA and others who make decisions that affect our industry.
Please consider joining AGF, and help us make a difference.
With the exception of a few grants, membership fees and donations fund the programs we provide and the expense of representing the interest of all goat producers in the United States. Whether you are part of an organization with twenty or hundreds of members; or an individual producer; or a business or organization that provides products or services to goat owners....you can make a difference!
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Scrapie Eradication Program & Q Fever Education
The American Goat Federation awarded grants, funded through the USDA/APHIS Scrapie Eradication Program to the following organizations to help provide education about Scrapie and Q Fever in FY 2015-16:
- The American Boer Goat Association
- The Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
- The Kentucky Sheep & Goat Development Office
- The Southern Goat Producers Assoc (SGPA)
- The Southeast Small Farmers Network
- The American Dairy Goat Association
- The Tennessee State University-University of Tenessee Programs
- The High Desert Grange
Scrapie is a fatal, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats and costs producers over $20 million dollars annual through production losses, increased cost and loss of export revenue.
Q Fever is a highly contageous disease causing abortion storms in goats, often without any sign of problems before the abortion, and although affected does become immune, they shed the bacteria at high levels particularly during birth in following years.
