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NAIS Goat Working Group Committee Members
The NAIS Goat Working Group consists of volunteers who have accepted the
responsibility to work on behalf of the goat industry to develop and recommend
methods of identification to use for goats, within the standards of the NAIS.
For information on the committee's responsibilities and constraints, please see
the
Working Group Guidelines.
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Linda S. Campbell, Chair |
| Barry Arnett |
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| Jan Carlson |
Jeff Ramseyer
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| Bonnie Chandler |
Joe David Ross |
| Charles M. Christensen |
Joan Dean Rowe |
| Bennie Cox |
Lisa Shepard |
| Rene' De Leeuw |
Marvin F. Shurley |
| Carolyn Eddy |
Diane L. Sutton* |
| Ray Hoyt |
Robert Swize |
| David Morris* |
Cindy Wolf
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| Stan Potratz |
Linda Worley
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*USDA/APHIS Advisor Representative |
Linda Campbell:
Khimaira Farm
Luray VA
A producer of all breeds of dairy goats, several meat goat breeds, and
smaller number of fiber goats for 35+years. Active in leadership in
many goat organizations including the American Dairy Goat Association
(ADGA): Past President, Government & International Liaison,
and a member of the Board of Directors since 1982. Co-founder
of state and local goat
associations and the U.S. Goat Council, currently in development.
Operated commercial goat dairy producing milk for cheese production.
Past Chair of the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. Chair,
Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board, Shenandoah Valley Resource,
Conservation and Development Council and officer for local Chamber of
Commerce and other community groups. Active with goat industry on
local, state, regional, national and international levels. Currently
serving on Virginia ID Task Force and national Advisory Committee on
Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases Subcommittee for the National Animal
Identification System. |
Barry Arnett:
Sharpe Farm
Williamsburg, KY
We are primarily a Kiko meat goat operation but sell some breeding
stock . We believe in using science in farming so we gather and use quite
a bit of performance data on our goats . |
Jan
Carlson
UC Davis Goat Teaching & Research Facility
Davis, CA |
| Bennie Cox: Sheep and goat sale manager at Producers
Livestock Auction Co. in San Angelo, Texas and also raises and sells sheep
and goats. Producers is a commercial livestock auction. Last year over
404,000 head of sheep and goats sold through the auction as well as
several thousand head private treaty. 51% of the sales last year were
goats. Our consignors encompass all types of sheep and goat operators,
from the small operators and registered breeder, to the ranches with 5000
or more head. |
Bonnie Chandler
American Goat Society (AGS)
Bonnie lives in Harvard, MA, with Nigerian dwarf goats, sheep, chickens,
dogs, and a cat. She is a member of AGS, ADGA, ANDDA, and NENDA, as well
as several dog organizations, and competes with her goats and dogs. She is
also a freelance newspaper reporter. |
| Charles Christensen: General manager of Producers Livestock Auction
Co. in San Angelo, Texas. Also manage several ranches in the San Angelo
area. Also a member of the NAIS market and processors working group and
participating in a cattle ID pilot project. |
Rene DeLeeuw
Producer
White Plains NY |
| Carolyn Eddy: Got involved with goats as pack stock around 1993
and having been raising and selling pack stock ever since. Publisher of
Goat Tracks magazine-Journal of the Working Goat, which also includes
information about harness goats. I have also written a couple of books,
"Practical Goatpacking" and "Diet For Wethers", a nutrition book for male
goats. I am about to release "First Aid for Goats", primarily aimed toward
those who use their goats for packstock or where access to veterinarians
is very difficult or non-existent . |
Ray
Hoyt
Minden, Nevada
NAIS Coordinator/National Pygmy Goat Association. Just completed six years on the
Board of Directors of the National Pygmy Goat Association. During
those six years, served two years as its Secretary, and three years
as its Vice President, now named as NAIS Coordinator. NPGA’s
membership approximates 1900 members across the United States. Family
raises small herd of pygmy goats. President of the Silver State Pygmy Goat
Association, a non-profit Nevada corporation, with 108 member families
from all over the United States and member of 9 other local pygmy goat
organizations. |
Stan Potratz
Producer/Premier Supplies
Washington IA |
Jeff Ramseyer
Producer/U.S. Goat Producers Cooperative
Ohio |
Joe
David Ross
Producer
Sonora TX |
Joan Dean Rowe, DVM
Department of Population Health & Reproduction
School of Veterinary Medicine
Davis, CA |
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Lisa Shepard:
Seedstock/Hobby Breeder; 4H Resource Leader; California Dairy Goat
Advisory Committee (DHI); National Saanen Breeders Association, Officer;
Contracted by the American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA) to provide
coordination of Performance Programs |
| Marvin Shurley: A 4th generation rancher in the Edwards Plateau area
of Texas where his family has been involved in ranching including goat
production for over 90 years; livestock owner since the age of 14 starting
with a gift of Angus cattle from his grandfather; involved in meat goat
production as his primary ranch enterprise since 1990. He has been a TS&GRA
and AMGA. and ABGA member. Served on the board of directors of
the American Meat Goat Association (AMGA) since 1996, currently President.
Serves on Livestock Advisory Committee for the State Fair of Texas, as
well as numerous other goat industry related committees. He is well
involved in on-going efforts to develop better inter-association
relationships between the various goat breed associations and registries;
worked for years towards guiding legislative affairs affecting the U.S.
goat industry; a pro-active supporter of cooperative efforts between all
goat associations and the American sheep industry and it’s representative
organizations. Recognized as one of the current figureheads in the U.S.
goat industry, both nationally and internationally; constantly working
towards protecting the interest of all U.S. agricultural producers
regardless of what commodity they produce, as well as promoting the meat
goat industry. His feelings towards American agriculture can best be
summed up by a quote Benjamin Franklin made at the signing of our
Declaration of Independence, “We must all hang together or, most
assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” |
Diane L. Sutton
National Scrapie Program Coordinator
USDA, APHIS, VS
Riverdale, MD |
Robert Swize
American Boer Goat Association
San Angelo TX |
Cindy Wolf, DVM
Chair, Sheep Working Group
Producer/University of Minnesota
Rushford, MN |
| Linda Worley:
A small producer with a herd of registered Nigerian Dwarf
Dairy goats that I show, breed, and milk. I do not officially represent
any organization, although I do communicate with several in which I am a
member. |
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