Ellyana Sand, daughter of Ryan and Lindsy Sand is the oldest of 5 children and currently a junior at Albany High School. Ellyana grew up in Central Minnesota where her family started their farm, Sand Country Acres in 2015. Their herd started out with a couple of bottle babies, but throughout the years has progressed to having a herd of 75, focusing on raising ABGA registered stock. Ellyana has enjoyed showing her goats throughout the years, with her career highlight being the 2023 National Show where she exhibited the JABGA Bred and Owned Overall Grand Champion Buck. Her evolving stock has created opportunities to participate in many sales in recent years, which has allowed for her to sell her stock to many different parts of the country. Along with goats, her family has a few beef cattle that they raise and show through 4-H. Ellyana is excited for the opportunity she has to serve on the JABGA board. She looks forward to the new ways she has to share her passion for the Boer Goat industry and represent and work with the youth in her Area, and across the Country. She has gained experience in leadership roles, currently serving as her school's FFA Chapter President and also has held many officer positions within her county’s 4-H program. She is an active member on her school's Volleyball Team, a Student Council representative and is a member of the National Honor Society. Ellyana Sand Area 2

Congratulations to Ethen Ryals, winner of the National Show logo contest! For more information or questions, contact: nationalshow@abga.org National Show Logo Winner Congratulations to Ethen Ryals, winner of the National Show logo contest!

OUR AFFILIATES The ABGA affiliate program is a partnership between regional goat clubs and ABGA. With the rapid growth in the meat goat industry, the local meat goat and Boer goat clubs have an increased role of education, marketing and promotion. These local groups provide an essential role in promoting the industry and educating breeders.

For our JABGA members, we have some essential information to help you get ready for contest day at the National Show. #2023NationalShow #news JABGA National Show Contest Day Prep For our JABGA members, we have some essential information to help you get ready for contest day at Nationals.

PERFORMANCE TESTING (From Rule 1200 in the ABGA Rules & Regulations). A. ABGA Performance Test Requirements i. The performance test must be open to buck kids only. ii. The test must be conducted under the supervision of a disinterested agency, such as a State Agricultural Institution, State Extension Agency, etc. iii. The test must be between 60 and 90 days long. iv. Bucks must be less than 6 months old at the start of the test. v. The test must be open to all who wish to participate and have qualifying animals. vi. Testing procedures and any requested deviations from these requirements must be submitted in writing to the ABGA Board of Directors for approval at least 3 months prior to the start of the test. vii. A final Test Report, including the total number of animals on test well as the total number of ABGA registered animals on test, will be submitted by the test supervision to the ABGA Office withing 90 days of the conclusion of the test. viii. The final test report must include the following data for each AGBA registered animal on test: a. ABGA Registration number. b. Name, as registered with ABGA. c. Tattoos d. Date of Birth. e. Owner. f. Date weighed and animal weight at the start of the test period. g. Date weighed and animal weight at the end of the test period. h. Calculated Average Daily Gain (ADG) used to determine ADG ranking. ix. It is suggested but not required that when available, the following end of test data also be included in the final test report for each ABGA registered animal on test: a. Birth type. b. Rib eye area. c. Loin eye area. d. Rear leg circumference. e. Fat thickness. f. Scrotal circumference. g. Height at withers. h. Feed efficiency. i. final animal index score. x. It is suggested but not required that at least 4 animals by one sire be entered in the same test. B. Performance Test Support (All performance test support is at the discretion of ABGA) i. Performance test support will be available only to performance tests approved by ABGA in accordance with Rule 1200.A after January 1, 2014. ii. ABGA will provide monetary support to the testing agency to be allocated to awards. iii. ABGA will provide cash payouts for the top performing ABGA registered Fullblood or Purebred bucks entered in ABGA approved performance tests. C. Ennobled Herd Book Points i. Only bucks entered under their ABGA registration number in an approved Performance Test, will be eligible to earn points from a Performance Test as described in the ABGA Criteria for Ennoblement of a Boer Goat. (See Rule 1000, Ennoblement Program). ii. Points for approved Performance Tests will be awarded to top performing Fullblood or Purebred bucks based on their Average Daily Gain (ADG) ranking among the other Fullblood and Purebred bucks on test, according to the following chart: iii. Additional points for ABGA approved Performance Tests will be awarded to top performing bucks, based on individual Average Daily Gain (ADG), using the following schedule: a. Bucks gaining 0.55 lbs./day to less than 0.60 lbs./day shall be awarded 1 point. b. Bucks gaining 0.60 lbs./day to less than 0.65 lbs./day shall be awarded 2 points. c. Bucks gaining 0.65 lbs./day to less than 0.70 lbs./day shall be awarded 3 points. d. Bucks gaining 0.70 lbs./day to less than 0.75 lbs./day shall be awarded 4 points. e. Bucks gaining 0.75 lbs./day to less than 0.80 lbs./day shall be awarded 5 points. f. Bucks gaining 0.80 lbs./day or more shall be awarded 6 points, plus an additional 1 point for each additional 0.01 lbs./day over 0.80 lbs./day. iv. Example: If a buck is ranked 1st on test with an ADG of 0.92 lbs./day in an approved Performance Test having a total of 20 Fullblood or Purebred bucks on test, he shall be awarded 10 points as allowed in 1200.C.ii, as well as an additional 18 points as allowed in 1200.C.iii, for a total of 28 points.

Ballots for the 2024 National Show Judges have been emailed. Watch the tutorial on how to vote using the electronic voting system. To be eligible to receive a ballot, you must be a member in good standing (renewed by January 1st, 2024) and an exhibitor in the 2022 and/or 2023 National Shows. If you have not received your ballot and meet the criteria to be eligible to vote, please send an email to mail@abga.org For more information or questions, contact: nationalshow@abga.org National Show Judges Ballots To be eligible to receive a ballot, you must be a member in good standing and an exhibitor in the 2022 and/or 2023 National Shows. Photo by Pearl's Pics .

2024 Costume Contest This show is a fun-filled experience for exhibitors as well as spectators. All JABGA members can participate. Both the goat and the exhibitor should dress for the occasion. The Costume Contest will take place Tuesday, June 11th during the lunch break. Divisions: Junior (4-12) Senior (13-21) Two prizes will be given per division: judges choice, and people choice. Exhibitors are required to show their goat in a halter or lead, and must maintain control of their animal at all times. This is a family-friendly event, all participants must act in an appropriate manner. Inappropriate costumes or behavior may be disqualified at any time by ABGA/ JABGA Staff or Board Members. Photos by Pearl's Pics For more information or questions, contact: nationalshow@abga.org Costume Contest This show is a fun-filled experience for exhibitors as well as spectators! All JABGA members can participate. Photo by Pearl's Pics .

iCompete Find iCompete updates, how-to videos, report an issue and more. Go to iCompete Report a Problem Watch Tutorials View Updates New to iCompete? Check out these step-by-step tutorial to get you started. More tutorials coming soon! How to Register a Goat with Two Registered Parents on iCompete How to Transfer a Goat on iCompete How to Register a Percentage Goat with an Unregistered Dam Next Back iCompete News & Updates Renew You ABGA Membership on iCompete READ MORE Nov 6, 2023 Multi-Owned Goats Now Displaying in All Owners Inventory READ MORE Sep 27, 2023 iCompete Open: Still in Beta READ MORE Aug 4, 2023 iCompete: Please Check Your Owned Animals READ MORE Jul 14, 2023 Important: Online Live will permanently go offline READ MORE Jun 1, 2023 Creating an iCompete Login and Linking to Your ABGA Membership READ MORE Nov 28, 2022 Next Back Updates on iCompete Technical Issues and Features These are the major issues or missing features with iCompete. We are working through smaller bugs on the member and staff side of iCompete that shouldn't affect registrations. Please report any issues you are having with registrations that are not listed below by clicking the Report a Problem button above. ​ Registrations are not immediate at this time. You will receive a temporary number that starts with "?" after you submit your registration. You will receive a full registration number after 1-2 business days. This process is temporary until iCompete is validating automatically. Transferring while registering is currently unavailable. This option will become available once iCompete is automatically validating. You can transfer animals once it has a full registration number. Members are unable to use credit on file for online registrations . Credit can only be used for work orders done in office. We highly encourage members to pay with their credit cards via our secure Square payment portal. The "BLUE SCREEN" is no longer being updated or supported. iCompete is an all-in-one solution that includes registry, competition and shows, and research. You will no longer need two logins to manage your herd and data. You can view the new Herd Book by logging into your iCompete account and clicking the Herd Book button. Registrations from embryo transfers/flushes are working on a case-by-case basis . If you are having issues registering flush kids, please click the Report a Problem button at the top of this page, and let us know how we can help you. Registrations from a purchased bred doe are not working as expected . The breeder field populates as the current owner. Changing the breeder returns an error. Complete the registration with the applicant's information listed as the breeder and owner, and we will correct it during the manual validation process. Data Errors. Due to more than 13 million animals, plus member and show data being transferred to our new system, some data transferred over incorrectly. No data was lost. We are working on getting that data corrected. If you see incorrect information on your account or owned animals, click the Report a Problem button and let us know. Herd Book Updates. We are currently working on the Herd Book, and archived show and points data to reflect more data, as it did on the "blue screen." Please allow some time for these updates to be made. Visual Inspections. We can record Visual Inspections, but are still unable to print Visual Inspection Certificates, or print Visual Inspection results on registration certificates. Listing Papers. We are unable to print listing papers at this time. If you have trouble registering a listing paper animal, or trouble registering offspring from a listing paper animal, please contact the office. Herd Disposal/Management . Herd disposal, or marking your animals as dead, sold, etc. is only available to staff at this time. If you would like to update your animals, send a list by clicking the Report a Problem button and completing the form. Be sure to include your animal's name, registration number, and status. Transactions. There is currently no transactions page for members. If you would like a report of your transactions, please contact the ABGA office. This feature is currently being worked on. Payment for work done in the office. The iCompete developers are currently working on a payment system for work done in the office. Currently, you will receive an invoice in your email if you did not provide payment up front.

2021 National Show Results Filter by Show Select Show Owner Residence Bred & Owned Animal Name Sire Dam Kendra Myers North Dakota N 10879198 SBHC BIMINI BON BULASH NGC-21 10807929 OTHER ABGA Grand Champion Junior Percentage Doe Owner Residence Bred & Owned Animal Name Sire Dam Cara Cummins Oklahoma N 10877471 BOU1 AFB2 SOMETHING RED GOIN ON 10772937 BOER X ABGA Reserve Champion Junior Percentage Does Owner Residence Bred & Owned Animal Name Sire Dam Lauren Taylor Arkansas N 10847688 JJ07 JJ BOER GOATS LADY IN RED 10804612 10833866 ABGA Grand Champion Yearling Percentage Doe Owner Residence Bred & Owned Animal Name Sire Dam Elijah Merrill Indiana N 10835958 2MBG 2M BOER GOATS RED LIGHT QU 10802432 BOER X ABGA Reserve Champion Yearling Percentage Does All ABGA Open Show Results All JABGA Show Results

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SIRE OF MERIT 10706808 CRI COPPER CREEK CRIMSON PIRATE Buck 8/4/23 Ashley Roles, Scot Wood Becki Crighton 10835729 RBMG THE IRISHMAN Buck 8/4/23 Amber Reed, Matthew Carlberg Jr, Jaden Reed, K & Kyran Larner Madeline Curdie 10864725 VTZ BEYOND SMOKIN RICHIE Buck 8/4/23 Garin Cooper Vicki, Trystin & Zane Hoecher-Imig, Gielissen 10883470 SLBNK YOAKUMS TRENDSETTER Buck 8/4/23 Aaron Yoakum Aaron Yoakum 10772937 AFB2 MY PRETTY PONY Buck 7/16/23 Connor Lundy Mark Fraser 10703346 EKB1 THE MYSTERY MACHINE Buck 6/13/23 Eden Basford Eden Basford 10715451 HJA ALL IN F633 Buck 6/13/23 Jennifer Panowicz, Kaitlin Panowicz Haley J Alden 10829675 ADVBG EXECUTIVE DECISION Buck 5/1/23 Steve & Anita Dahnke Denise Crabtree 10647335 RM 1416 (RAMP) ANSWERED PRAYERS Buck 12/31/22 Shelley Coble Roger McSwain 10810725 MM7 CORONA Buck 12/31/22 Thomas, Jacqueline, Ike & Isaac Cruz Redden Sandra Egger 10812022 BMACK FLYIN HIGH Buck 12/31/22 Tassi Jo Fadely B-Mack Farms LLC 10811078 STILLHOUSE HEY BARTENDER Buck 10/31/22 Amy Batson Amy Batson Reg. # Goat's Name Sex Award Date Owner Breeder Load More The Sire of Merit Award is open to ABGA registered Fullblood and American Purebred Bucks.

2001 National Show Results Filter by Show Select Show All ABGA Open Show Results All JABGA Show Results