The ADGA Annual Convention 2020 for October 5 – 11 has been cancelled.
The ADGA Annual Board of Directors Meeting for October 6-7, 2020 is still being held. The ADGA Executive Committee is considering options for ADGA members to observe this meeting remotely.
Sample Schedule from 2019
*Indicates sign-up and registration fees due at registration. (Last Updated 10/15/2019)
| Date & Times | Event (* Indicates Fee Based Classes) | Speakers/Hosts | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Clearwater/Delamar | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | ADGA Board of Directors Meeting | Northstar | |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 pm | How to make a PVC Milkstand | Shawn Reeder | Aspen |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 pm | How do I customize a herd health plan? | Dr. Deb Manglesdorf | Liberty |
| 8:30 am - 11:00 am | *Fizzing Bath Bombs - Make and Take | Erin Tompson Healey | Cinnibar |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Goat Minerals | Jos Zamzows | Liberty |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Hoof Trimming Basics | Dan Walrath | Activity Tend |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Dairy Goat Nutrition | Holly Burke - Standlee | Aspen |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Fodder Feeding Basics | Tina Townley | Liberty |
| 11:00 am - Noon | Traveling Long Distances with Goats | Brandi Giachino | Aspen |
| 11:00 am - Noon | Fiber Spinning | Bess Holzer | Liberty |
| Noon - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break / Visit our Vendors! | ||
| 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm | * Tour the Zamzow’s Feed Mill | Meridian, Idaho | Quiet Bar |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | The Vetlink App for Goat Producers | Paul Johnson | Liberty |
| 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Goat Milk Lotion | Erin Tompson Healey | Cinnabar |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Dairy Goat First Aid | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf | Aspen |
| 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Goat Packing 101 | Taffy Mercer | Liberty |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Buck Care | Teresa Wade - BioGenics | Aspen |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Intro to Glass Etching - Make your own show awards! | Sandy Miller | Liberty |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Making Farmstead "Velveta" | Gayle Stephens | Aspen |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Murphy's Law of Kidding | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf | Liberty |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Next Gen - Online Services - Sneak Peek! | Sara Dzimianski | Ponderosa |
| Wednesday, October 16 | |||
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Products Judging Day 2 | Clearwater/Delmar | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | ADGA Board of Directors Meeting | Northstar | |
| 8:00 am - Noon | * Intro to AI, classroom portion | Teresa Wade - Biogenics | Aspen |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | How to make a PVC Hay Feeder | Shawn Reeder | Emerald |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Biosecurity 101 | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf | Garner |
| 8:30 am - 11:30 am | *Natural Colored Soaps - Make and Take | Erin Tompson Healey | Cinnabar |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Social Media - How to Effectively Promote Your Herd | David Abbott | Emerald |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Pasture Management | Rebecca Mills, Extension Educator | Garnet |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | How much is your doe worth? | Gayle Stephens | Emerald |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Kid Rearing | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf | Garnet |
| 11:00 am - Noon | Marketing 101 | David Abbott | Emerald |
| 11:00 am - Noon | My Story of Starting a Commercial Dairy | Cassie Dayan | Garnet |
| Noon - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break / Visit our Vendors! | ||
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Noxious Weeds | Rebecca Mills, Extension Educator | Emerald |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Beer and Cheese Pairing | Lorelei Hallock | Garnet |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | * Advanced AI | Teresa Wade - Biogenics | Aspen |
| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Advanced Swirling Soap | Erin Tompson Healey | Cinnabar |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Dairy Goat First Aid | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf | Emerald |
| 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Goat Packing 101 | Taffy Mercer | Garnet |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Intro to braided leads; simple 4 strand braid | Sandy Miller | Emerald |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Ultrasound Basics | Catherine Stowell - Animal Ultrasound Association | Garnet |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Kid Rearing | Dr. Deb Mangelsdorf | Emerald |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Farm to Fork: How it Benefits You! | Andrea Schumaker, College of Western Idaho | Garnet |
| 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Stephen Considine Memorial followed by Karaoke - DJ | Cinnabar | |
| Thursday, October 17 | |||
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Advanced Judges Training Conference | Delmar | |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Training your LGD | Autumn Galey | Cinnabar |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Top 10 Decisions to Prepare Your Farm For the Future | Melissa O'Rourke | Liberty |
| 8:00 am - Noon | * Hands On AI (Prerequisite Basic AI) | Teresa Wade - BioGenics | Activity Tent |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | So you want to be a Director? | Ken Feaster-Eytchison | Cinnabar |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Guatemala & Opportunities to Work with Farmer to Farmer | Chris Owen | Liberty |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | How to understand the abbreviations on your registration papers | Shantae Reeder | Cinnabar |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Embryo Transfer | Levi Campbell, Sara Koehn-Walberg | Liberty |
| 11:00 am - Noon | Understanding G6S | Marshall Losey | Cinnabar |
| 11:00 am - Noon | How to Complete a Report of Awards | Tom Cox | Liberty |
| Noon - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break / Visit our Vendors! | ||
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Accessible Herbal Goat Foundations | Kat Drovdahl, MH CR CA CEIT DipHIr QTP | Cinnabar |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Top 10 Decisions to Prepare Your Farm For the Future | Melissa O'Rourke | Liberty |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | * Hands On AI (Prerequisite Basic AI) | Teresa Wade - BioGenics | Activity Tent |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Principles of Behavior and Low Stress Handling | Jan Carlson | Cinnabar |
| 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | *Paint a Goat - Paint Night! | Amy Story Larson - CEO of PaintBox | Aspen |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | The Vetlink App for Goat Producers | Paul Johnson | Cinnabar |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | The Ins and Outs of Hosting an Annual Meeting | Roselin Newton, Ken Feaster-Eytchison | Liberty |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Accessible Herbal Goat First Aid | Kat Drovdahl, MH CR CA CEIT DipHIr QTP | Cinnabar |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Home Processing Chevon | L&L Meats | Clearwater |
| 6:00 pm | * Products Reception, Flashlight Sale | Ponderosa/Tamarack | |
| Friday, October 18 | |||
| 7:00 am | * Caprine Classic Fun Run | Spotlight Sale tent | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | * Pre Judges Training Conference (Pre-TC) | Cinnabar | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | * Linear Appraisal Workshop | Delmar | |
| 8:00 am - 1:00 pm | * Felting Animals (tools, materials included) | Nina Schafer | Garnet |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Proper Semen Handling Techniques | Trista Robbins - Biogenics | Aspen |
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | How to Nominate a Goat to the Spotlight Sale | Kristi Bozzo-Baldenegro | Clearwater |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Fecal Egg Count Lab | Dr. Susan Kerr | Aspen |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Marketing 101 | David Abbott | Clearwater |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | How to Win in the Show Ring | Karen Smith | Activity Tent |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Ultrasound Basics | Catherine Stowell - Animal Ultrasound Association | Aspen |
| 11:00 am - Noon | The Structure and Function of Caseins | Elizabeth Maga, PhD | Clearwater |
| Noon - 1:00 pm | Lunch Break / Visit our Vendors! | ||
| Noon - 9:00 pm | Youth Program | Northstar | |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | * Make a Nuno Felted Scarf | Jillian McIntosh | Garnet |
| 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | FAMACHA Certification | Dr. Susan Kerr | Aspen |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Cheese Tasting | Sarah Masoni | Clearwater |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | CPR/AED | Sawtooth Emergency Medical Institute | Liberty |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | The Vetlink App for Goat Producers | Paul Johnson | Clearwater |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Role of Alphas1-Casein Genotype on Milk Production Parameters | Elizabeth Maga | Liberty |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Selecting the Best | Amy Akramoff | Clearwater |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | DHIA Scale Calibration | Ken Feaster-Eytchison | Quiet Bar |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Social Media - How to Effectively Promote Your Herd | David Abbott | Aspen |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Home Processing Chevon | L&L Meats | Clearwater |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Photographing Your Show Goats | Melanie Fergason | Aspen |
| 6:00 pm | Banquet and Ball - Peace Love & Dairy Goats | Ponderosa/Tamarack | |
| Saturday, October 19 | |||
| 8:00 am - Noon | AGF Board Meeting | Riverside Boardroom | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | * Judges Training Conference (TC) | Cinnabar | |
| 9:00 am - 9:00 pm | Youth Program | Aspen | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | AASRP Programming | Northstar | |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | First Aid/ Stop the Bleed | Sawtooth Emergency Medical Institute | Liberty |
| 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 | Liberty |
| 5:00 pm | General Membership Meeting | Liberty | |
| 6:00 pm | Hors d'oeuvres followed by Spotlight Sale | Ponderosa/Tamarack | |
| Sunday, October 20 | |||
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Judges Training Conference (TC) | Expo Idaho | |
| 9:00 am - 9:00 pm | Youth Program | Aspen | |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | AASRP Programming | Northstar | |
| 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Farewell Banquet and Youth Awards | Ponderosa/Tamarack |
