September 13, 2026 - No meeting due to Mountain State Fair
October 11, 2026 - No meeting, ADGA Conference and fair season
October 31-November 1 - Annual Buck Collection at the Rutherford Livestock Education Facility, Forest City, NC The collection is being done by XCell Genetics. Please contact Anita Arnold ([email protected]) or Linda Giles ([email protected]) to sign up.
November 8, 2026 - no meeting due to buck collection
December 6, 2026 - Annual Christmas Party at Elizabeth Strub's Hobby Knob Farm in Weaverville, NC. Note: this is the 1st Sunday of Dec not our usual 2nd Sunday. We change it to avoid other holiday happenings. Come join us for food and fun! Bring a small gift for an exchange - it can be farm related or not!
January 10, 2027 - Start the new year off right! Fulfill some New Year's resolutions? We will start the meeting with a potluck lunch at 1:00 and then a short meeting. The program will be about herd management records. How do you keep records? What has worked for you? What hasn't worked (er . . . random post-its and notebooks scattered around the barn and house . . . ). No matter what size your herd is, keeping proper records and managing your herd health and accomplishments is important. Amber Beasock Zaratsian and husband, Dan have developed a web-based app named PasturePulse that may be useful to you. She is willing to come share what they have pulled together and talk about how it might help you. They are also looking for input on what features you find more useful and what else might be on your wish list for a program like that. Location TBD
May 21-23, 2027 - 7th Annual Pride Of The Piedmont Show! Held at the Carolina Classic Fairgrounds in Winston-Salem, NC, this show is always a good one! Stay tuned for announcements of events and judges.
6th Annual
Pride Of The Piedmont Dairy Goat Show
We look forward to the 6th Annual show coming up next year May 15-17, 2025!
4 rings of senior does and 4 rings of junior does, showmanship, an embedded youth show and more! Judges are being confirmed and additional plans are in the works!