Goat organizations

An organization is a group of people, usually with a common interest or goal, who work together. There are many international, national, regional, state, and local organizations related to goats. On this page, the organizations are listed alphabetically, by purpose (dairy, meat, or fiber) and geographic location: all goat, state dairy goat, regional dairy goat, state meat goat, regional meat goat, fiber, Canada, and International.

American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA)
American Goat Federation (AGF)
American Goat Society
American Meat Goat Association (AMGA)
Mohair Council of America
North American Pack Goat Association

(All) Goat

Farthest North Goat Association
Freestone County (TX) Goat Association
Kentucky Goat Producers Association, Inc.
Keystone Goat Producers Association in Pennsylvania
Mississippi Goat Association
North Dakota Goat Association
Northern Kentucky Goat Association
Sam Houston Goat Association
South Central Texas Goat Club
Southern Highlands (CA) Goat Producers Association
Southern Regional (TN) Goat Association
Stateline Goat Association

State dairy goat

Regional dairy goat

State meat goat

Buckeye Meat Goat Marketing Alliance
California Meat Goat Association
Empire State Meat Goat Producers Association
Florida Meat Goat Association
Illinois Meat Goat Producers
Iowa Meat Goat Association
Kansas Meat Goat Association, Inc.
Louisiana Meat Goat Association
Missouri Meat Goat Producers Association
North Carolina Meat Goat Association
Oklahoma Youth Meat Goat Assocation
Pennsylvania Meat Goat Producers Association
South Carolina Meat Goat Association
Tennessee Goat Producers Association

Regional meat goat

Central Texas Meat Goat Association
Heartland Meat Goat Producers Association
MD-PA-WV Meat Goat Producers Association
Meat Goat Producers of SE Kansas and NE Oklahoma
Mid-South Meat Goat Association
Mills County Meat Goat Association
Mountain States Meat Goat Association
North Arkansas Meat Goat Association
North Central Texas Meat Goat Association
Northern California Meat Goat Association
Snake River Meat Goat Association

Fiber

Australian Cashmere Growers Association Ltd.
Canadian Cashmere Producers Association
Colored Angora Goat Breeders Association
Eastern Angora Goat and Mohair Association
Eastern Cashmere Association
Montana Mohair Producers, Inc.
Northwest Cashmere Association
Southwest Fiber Goat Association
Texas Angora Goat Raisers' Association
Texas Cashmere Association
Virginia Angora Goat and Mohair Association

Canada

Alberta Goat Breeders Association
Canadian Cashmere Producers Association
The Canadian Goat Society
Canadian Meat Goat Association
Canadian National Goat Federation
Manitoba Goat Association
New Brunswick Goat Breeders Association
Ontario Goat Milk Producers' Association
Ontario Goat Breeders Association
Vancouver Island Goat Association

International

British Goat Society
Federation of Goat and Sheep Producers Association of the Philippines, Inc.
International Goat Association
International Mohair Association
Mohair Australia Ltd.
New Zealand Dairy Goat Breeders Association Inc.
Organic Goat Breeders Association in Denmark
Trinidad and Tobago Goat and Sheep Society

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