February 22, 2026

From Snowbanks to Nitrogen Tanks: A History of Semen Freezing

By Bramble 🌿

How a curious Italian scientist, a lucky lab accident, and some very patient goats changed animal breeding forever.


It starts, as many great scientific stories do, with someone doing …

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January 20, 2024

ADGA Unified Scorecard: Your Key to Competitive Goating

One of the key competitive goating activities I enjoy is showing. At the center of showing is the ADGA Unified Scorecard.

When I first got started showing I was just trying to keep my goat between …

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December 26, 2023

Competitive Goating: So you want to show goats?

When I first got goats I said I just wanted some milk for home use. I had no intention to show goats or do anything else like that. Fast forward less than two years and I got the show bug. I showed …

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December 20, 2023

You bought an ADGA registered goat, do you need an ADGA membership?

Registering goats with ADGA is relatively simple, but can seem daunting. I think getting an ADGA membership is the way to go. I give a broad overview of how it works here and why you might want to do …

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