The next meeting of the OMGP in September, location and time to be determined. Members and the interested parties are all welcome to attend.
Meet your Officers
Harless Marcom, President
My wife Barbara and I have been raising our Heritage Spanish Goats for almost five years. We currently have 33 head of breeding stock. We have a closed herd and we are building from within. We are just outside McMinnville,
Oregon.
Oregon.
Ruth Kilgore, Vice President
I am a partner in an 80 head commercial meat goat operation. I have enjoyed goats for 30 years. I’m also the goat leader for the Bacon Bits and Friends
4-H Club here in Newberg. Goat meat is consumed by 70-75% of
the world making it a valuable food source as well as an organic weed and blackberry controlling agent.
the world making it a valuable food source as well as an organic weed and blackberry controlling agent.
Stacey Rumgay, Secretary
I started in 4-H with an Angus heifer over 40 years ago. Now, after receiving my first Boer cross doeling over 8 years ago the goats out number the cattle at Western Horizon Ranch. “You can’t have just one goat” as the
saying goes! I am the goat 4-H leader in Clackamas County for Tops 4-H Livestock. I enjoy raising meat goats and focus on raising quality market show kids for youth to show at Fairs and Jackpot Shows. Goats are not only great for our youth to show and learn about agriculture, goats are very excellent in converting weeds, blackberries and brush into high quality meat. Forget the chemical spray and get a goat! You are able to clear land in an environmentally friendly manner and have a high protein low cholesterol red meat that is delicious for the dinner table!
saying goes! I am the goat 4-H leader in Clackamas County for Tops 4-H Livestock. I enjoy raising meat goats and focus on raising quality market show kids for youth to show at Fairs and Jackpot Shows. Goats are not only great for our youth to show and learn about agriculture, goats are very excellent in converting weeds, blackberries and brush into high quality meat. Forget the chemical spray and get a goat! You are able to clear land in an environmentally friendly manner and have a high protein low cholesterol red meat that is delicious for the dinner table!
Karen Lackner, Treasurer
Your current OMGP Treasurer, Karen Lackner, has been raising goats with her husband Jerry on their farm, Twin Firs Ranch in Lyons, Oregon, since 2002, now almost 12 years. Starting with a herd of 10 random goats bought from someone going out of business, most of them were unregistered, some Nubian/Boer crosses, full Nubian, Angora, and a couple registered Boer does. We were totally new at raising goats and had to learn a lot fast. We spent a lot of time going to goat farms all over, goat seminars and everything we could think of. Over the years the old goats have been replaced with better goats and at one time our herd was somewhere between 75
and 100. We soon learned that was way too many and if we ever wanted to do anything but be in the barn we needed to cut down. We now have a much more manageable herd of around a dozen goats, which is much easier to handle. The goats are a lot of work but at the same time they are fun and interesting. Over the years we have supplied many 4H and FFA market goats to kids in the valley and a lot of them have done well at fairs. We will continue to do that for awhile longer until we decide it's time to retire and go travelling more.
and 100. We soon learned that was way too many and if we ever wanted to do anything but be in the barn we needed to cut down. We now have a much more manageable herd of around a dozen goats, which is much easier to handle. The goats are a lot of work but at the same time they are fun and interesting. Over the years we have supplied many 4H and FFA market goats to kids in the valley and a lot of them have done well at fairs. We will continue to do that for awhile longer until we decide it's time to retire and go travelling more.
Tina May, Member-at-Large #1
My husband, Laddie, and I have had several different types of goats in the past as pets. A few years ago we purchased our first 2 Boer goat does. We kind of got started a little late on the breeding so this is our first year
kidding. Our twin daughters decided last year to show Boer goats instead of horses and mules in 4H. We current have 5 does, 3 that just kidded (3 bucklings and 2 doelings), 2 does that are with our buck now so they will kid in
April or May. We also have 2 retained doelings that are Nubian/ Boer cross.
kidding. Our twin daughters decided last year to show Boer goats instead of horses and mules in 4H. We current have 5 does, 3 that just kidded (3 bucklings and 2 doelings), 2 does that are with our buck now so they will kid in
April or May. We also have 2 retained doelings that are Nubian/ Boer cross.
Lisa Challinor, Member-at-Large #2
6 Bucket Ranch is a small goat ranch out of Yamhill, Oregon owned by Ossie & Lisa Challinor. We have been raising full blood and percentage Boer goats for 3 plus years. Our goal is to provide competing market wethers for 4-H and FFA children in various counties. We also raise goats for brush control and the BBQ. This year we started showing our goats in the open show world. We have been to many seminars and have met wonderful people along the way. Raising goats has it's challenges, especially in the Northwest, but has been a rewarding adventure for us. We have 3 Bucks and 13 breeding does and 4 retained doelings.
Barbara Marcom, Member-at-Large #3
My husband and I have been married for 48 years in December. I am a Native Oregonian. I graduated from McMinnville, High in 1963. He is originally from Texas. We met while we were both in the navy. We have lived on our ranch for eleven years and have been raising our Heritage Spanish Goats for the last five. This is the baby in my husband's "Back Page Story" In the December issue of the newsletter.
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