Organizers of the largest Boer goat sanctioned breed show in the state of Minnesota are pleased to announce The Never Boering Show which is scheduled from July 17 to 19 at  the Freeborn County Fairgrounds in Albert Lea.

The Never Boering Show is a Boer goat breed show that originally was held in Sioux City, Iowa, for a number of years, but in the last three years the show had not been scheduled due to a change of priorities of the event organizers. Wanting to increase opportunities for Minnesota Boer goat breeders to improve their meat goats, the Larson family of New Richland obtained permission to “reboot” the exhibition and bring it to the crossroads of Interstates 35 and 90.

Nearly 250 Boer goats and their exhibitors from Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota and as far away as Kansas are expected to exhibit. The objective of The Never Boering Show is to increase public awareness of this breed of meat goats and to improve the breed quality through competition in the state.

The goats exhibited are bred to represent the most desirable breed characteristics of the Boer goat and to introduce these production animals to the public. It is also a method of recognizing the best of the best, although some really superior goats are not shown.

The Boer goat was developed in South Africa as a breed meant solely for meat production. In the early ’90s Boer goats were imported to Texas. In 1993 the American Boer Goat Association was founded and to date over 30,000 goat producers have registered goats in the ABGA registry including breeders in Minnesota.

The Boer goat is considered far superior to any other goat for meat production. It is known for rapid weight gain and heavy muscling and has high fertility. Meat from goats is called Chevon and is rapidly becoming popular in the US due to being the leanest of red meats on the market and an economic and appetizing alternative to beef.

More information can be found at neverboering.org and abga.org.