Welcome to the Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association

It seems hard to believe its mid-February already! I think this winter has been colder than past winters. Or I could just be getting older. There was a time when I loved winter, cold and snow. Now I don¡¦t care for snow at all. And I can¡¦t stand the cold. My dad use to say, "It should snow on Christmas Eve and then start warming up". Not a bad idea.

For many, February is the start of kidding season. The time of year we get to see if the "matchmaking" we did last fall will work out. It¡¦s also a time for thinking and planning. Planning what goat shows you might try to attend. Thinking of what changes we might try with your management. It¡¦s also a time for planning for WDGA. I have met once with the Board of Directors and will meet again later this month. We have several topics to work out, including:

The 2010 Doe Kid Raffle, this was very successful fundraiser last year and should be done again.

-Finalize plans for the Badger State Show in May.

-Decide what we are going to do with the video on Wisconsin's Dairy Goat Industry. This was shown at State Fair last year but needs to be shown at a better place and time.

-There is talk about hosting the 2013 National ADGA Show in Wisconsin.

If you have suggestions or would like to help out with any of the above, please contact a board member or myself.

**It was decided at the fall meeting that WDGA would have this years fall meeting in conjunction with a "Field Day" type event. We could have a Fall Meeting in the morning and have a speaker in the afternoon. This would help bring back the "family" feeling to WDGA fall get-together. There was talk of holding it at Arlington again. There is a large rent cost with Arlington so we are talking about other possibilities. We will need people to come forward and form a committee to put this together, I will not have time to work on this!

I also just learned that Jeanne Meier is no longer with DATCP, but now working through DBIC on the Dairy Goat Project, please be advised she has a new email and phone number.

WDGA needs your help to volunteer with some of its programs, please contact a board member and let them know where you can help.