The ADGA Annual Convention 2019 will be held October 14 – 20 at The Riverside Hotel in Boise, Idaho.
Annual Schedule 2019
*Indicates sign-up and registration fees due at registration. (Last Updated 09/11/2019)
| Date & Times | Event (* Indicates Fee Based Classes) | Speakers/Hosts |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 14 | ||
| 9:00 am - Noon | ADGA Executive Committee Meeting | |
| Noon | Registration Opens | |
| Noon - 4:00 pm | Finance Meeting | |
| 6:00 pm | Welcome Dinner | |
| immediately following Welcome Dinner | General Membership Meeting | |
| Tuesday, October 15 | ||
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Products Judging Day 1 | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | ADGA Board of Directors Meeting | |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 pm | How to make a PVC Milkstand | Shawn Reeder |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 pm | How do I customize a herd health plan? | Dr. Deb Manglesdorf |
| 8:30 am - 11:00 am | *Fizzing Bath Bombs - Make and Take | Erin Tompson Healey |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Goat Minerals | Jos Zamzows |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Hoof Trimming Basics | |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Dairy Goat Nutrition | Holly Burke - Standlee |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Fodder Feeding Basics | Tina Townley |
| 11:00 am - Noon | Traveling Long Distances with Goats | Brandi Giachino |
| 11:00 am - Noon | Fiber Spinning | Bess Holzer |
| Noon - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break / Visit our Vendors! | |
| 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm | * Tour the Zamzow’s Feed Mill | Meridian, Idaho |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | The Vetlink App for Goat Producers | Paul Johnson |
| 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Goat Milk Lotion | Erin Tompson Healey |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Dairy Goat First Aid | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf |
| 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Goat Packing 101 | Taffy Mercer |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Buck Care | Teresa Wade - BioGenics |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Intro to Glass Etching - Make your own show awards! | Sandy Miller |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Making Farmstead "Velveta" | Gayle Stephens |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Murphy's Law of Kidding | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Next Gen - Online Services - Sneak Peek! | Sara Dzimianski |
| Wednesday, October 16 | ||
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Products Judging Day 2 | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | ADGA Board of Directors Meeting | |
| 8:00 am - Noon | * Intro to AI, classroom portion | Teresa Wade - Biogenics |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | How to make a PVC Hay Feeder | Shawn Reeder |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Biosecurity 101 | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf |
| 8:30 am - 11:30 am | *Natural Colored Soaps - Make and Take | Erin Tompson Healey |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Social Media - How to Effectively Promote Your Herd | David Abbott |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Pasture Management | Rebecca Mills, Extension Educator |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | How much is your doe worth? | Gayle Stephens |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Kid Rearing | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf |
| 11:00 am - Noon | Marketing 101 | David Abbott |
| 11:00 am - Noon | My Story of Starting a Commercial Dairy | Cassie Dayan |
| Noon - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break / Visit our Vendors! | |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Noxious Weeds | Rebecca Mills, Extension Educator |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Beer and Cheese Pairing | Lorelei Hallock |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | * Advanced AI | Teresa Wade - Biogenics |
| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Advanced Swirling Soap | Erin Tompson Healey |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Dairy Goat First Aid | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf |
| 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Goat Packing 101 | Taffy Mercer |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Intro to braided leads; simple 4 strand braid | Sandy Miller |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Ultrasound Basics | Catherine Stowell - Animal Ultrasound Association |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Kid Rearing | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Farm to Fork: How it Benefits You! | Andrea Schumaker, College of Western Idaho |
| 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Stephen Considine Memorial followed by Karaoke - DJ | |
| Thursday, October 17 | ||
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Advanced Judges Training Conference | |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Training your LGD | Autumn Galey |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Top 10 Decisions to Prepare Your Farm For the Future | Melissa O'Rourke |
| 8:00 am - Noon | * Hands On AI (Prerequisite Basic AI) | Teresa Wade - BioGenics |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | So you want to be a Director? | Ken Feaster-Eytchison |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Guatemala & Opportunities to Work with Farmer to Farmer | Chris Owen |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | How to understand the abbreviations on your registration papers | Shantae Reeder |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Embryo Transfer | Levi Campbell, Sara Koehn-Walberg |
| 11:00 am - Noon | Understanding G6S | Marshall Losey |
| 11:00 am - Noon | How to Complete a Report of Awards | Tom Cox |
| Noon - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break / Visit our Vendors! | |
| Noon - 5:00 pm | Youth Programming | |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Accessible Herbal Goat Foundations | Kat Drovdahl, MH CR CA CEIT DipHIr QTP |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Top 10 Decisions to Prepare Your Farm For the Future | Melissa O'Rourke |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | * Hands On AI (Prerequisite Basic AI) | Teresa Wade - BioGenics |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Principles of Behavior and Low Stress Handling | Jan Carlson |
| 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | *Paint a Goat - Paint Night! | Amy Story Larson - CEO of PaintBox |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | The Vetlink App for Goat Producers | Paul Johnson |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | The Ins and Outs of Hosting an Annual Meeting | Roselin Newton, Ken Feaster-Eytchison |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Accessible Herbal Goat First Aid | Kat Drovdahl, MH CR CA CEIT DipHIr QTP |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Home Processing Chevon | L&L Meats |
| 6:00 pm | * Products Reception, Flashlight Sale | |
| Friday, October 18 | ||
| 7:00 am | * Caprine Classic Fun Run | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | * Pre Judges Training Conference (Pre-TC) | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | * Linear Appraisal Workshop | |
| 8:00 am - 1:00 pm | * Felting Animals | Nina Schafer |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Proper Semen Handling Techniques | Trista Robbins - Biogenics |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | How to Nominate a Goat to the Spotlight Sale | Kristi Bozzo-Baldenegro |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Fecal Egg Count Lab | Dr. Susan Kerr |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Photographing Your Show Goats | Melanie Fergason |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | How to Win in the Show Ring | Karen Smith |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Ultrasound Basics | Catherine Stowell - Animal Ultrasound Association |
| 11:00 am - Noon | The Structure and Function of Caseins | Elizabeth Maga |
| Noon - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break / Visit our Vendors! | |
| Noon - 5:00 pm | Youth Program | |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | * Make a Nuno Felted Scarf | Jillian McIntosh |
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | FAMACHA Certification | Dr. Susan Kerr |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Cheese Tasting | Sarah Masoni |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | CPR/AED | Sawtooth Emergency Medical Institute |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Selecting the Best | Amy Akramoff |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | The Vetlink App for Goat Producers | Paul Johnson |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Role of Alphas1-Casein Genotype on Milk Production Parameters | Elizabeth Maga |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | DHIA Scale Calibration | Ken Feaster-Eytchison |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Social Media - How to Effectively Promote Your Herd | David Abbott |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Home Processing Chevon | L&L Meats |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Marketing 101 | David Abbott |
| 6:00 pm | Banquet and Ball - Peace Love & Dairy Goats | |
| Saturday, October 19 | ||
| 8:00 am - Noon | AGF Board Meeting | Riverside Boardroom |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | * Judges Training Conference (TC) | |
| 8:00 am - Noon | Youth Program | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | AASRP Programming | |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | First Aid/ Stop the Bleed | Sawtooth Emergency Medical Institute |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Youth Tour - Worlds Center for Birds of Prey | |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | CPR /AED | Sawtooth Emergency Medical Institute |
| 5:00 pm | General Membership Meeting | |
| 6:00 pm | Hors d'oeuvres followed by Spotlight Sale | |
| Sunday, October 20 | ||
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Judges Training Conference (TC) - Expo Idaho | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Youth Program | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | AASRP Programming | |
| 6:00 pm | Farewell Banquet and Youth Awards |
Will proceedings or videos or webinars be available for those of us without farmsitters?
Hi–There is currently no budget or arrangements for streaming or recording Annual Convention workshops with the exception of the Spotlight Sale. There will be live streaming and online bidding available for that sale.
I would like to enter my goats milk shampoo/body wash to be judged. How do I go about doing that?
Tamara Schnoor, information on the Bath and Bodyworks competition can be found here:
https://convention.adga.org/goat-milk-bath-body-competition/
Do you know what will be disgused on the AASRP program?
Sorry Kim–We haven’t received the AASRP schedule yet. We’ll post it as soon as it is received.
Hi Kim–The AASRP schedule is now posted: https://convention.adga.org/aasrp-schedule
Hi! I’m from Montana and am wondering if there is a deadline for filling out any paperwork to attend this Convention. I would like to participate in as many AI classes and other events as I can. Are the cost for those separate or is it all a flat rate fee? I’m new to all of this.😅😅
Hi Tierra–Registration will open by September 18. Most workshops will be included with registration, but a few like AI, will be additional. Registration: https://convention.adga.org/registration
Alpines International is offering a $250 youth scholarship to a youth, that is a member of Alpines International (just $15/yr). Contact Alpines International Club on their website or FB page for the application!
Arbuckle Classic dairy goat club is giving scholarships for youth attending our show to have us pay for youth track. I do not have a head count yet as applications are due back to us July 1st. Can you tell me how much this will cost per youth so I have an idea how many youth we can sponcer? Thank you.
Last year the early registration for the just the two-day youth program was $130 or $245 for the whole Annual Convention. I’m checking now to see if that rate will apply to this year or if costs have gone up.
Hi Peggy — I’m confirming that the youth early registration rates of $130 for the two-day program or $245 for the whole Convention will stay the same for 2019. Thank you for sponsoring youth for the ADGA Annual Convention!
Who do I send a check to for early registration for 5 youth? And when does it need to arrive? Thank you so much for all your help.
We’re working on registration and will have it posted soon at: https://convention.adga.org/registration