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The American Meat Goat Classic invitational seeks to
empower breeders through promotion, education and support towards success in their meat goat endeavors.
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This event is to showcase the goats and to promote the meat goat industry without regard for association or registry politics.
Beginning in the 1500s, Spanish goats were brought from Spain to the Caribbean Islands and from there to the areas that would become the United States and Mexico. These foundation stocks were an undifferentiated Mediterranean type of goat that was common in Spain at the time but no longer exists. This adds genetic and historic importance to the Spanish goat breeds that evolved in the New World.
Kiko goat. The Kiko is a breed of meat goat from New Zealand. Kiko is the Māori word for flesh or meat. The Kiko breed was created in the 1980s by Garrick and Anne Batten, who cross-bred local feral goats with imported dairy goat bucks of the Anglo-Nubian, Saanen, and Toggenburg breeds.
The Boer Goat
One of the three recognized South African meat breeds imported to the US.
The development of the boer goat in the early 1900's can be traced to the Dutch farmers of South Africa. Boer is a Dutch word meaning farmer. With meat production setting the selection criteria, the Dutch farmers developed the Boer goat as a unique breed of livestock. Boer goats evolved in Southern Africa from indigenous African and the introduced European stock.
The American Savanna Goat
One of the three recognized South African Meat breeds imported to the US.
The Savanna goat's origin can be traced back to 1957 in Douglas, South Africa when Griqua Cilliers was presented a gift of a white Buck goat. She purchased five indigenous does having a white color pattern to breed this buck to. They selected for white color, heat tolerance, parasite tolerance and meat production.
American Meat Goat Classic
PO BOX 425 ~ Greenfield, IN 46140
260-388-7763