We met up with Randy Dusek last summer, who is the President of the American Goat Federation. While in San Angelo, Texas, Randy took us over to ProducersLivestock Auction to talk goat. We hope you enjoy the interview and here's a little background information about Randy.

Randy Dusek Bio:

Randy and his wife, Cindy, have owned and operated Lazy ST Ranch since 1994. This is the family ranch that has been in the family for over 100 years. In addition to Boer goats, he and his wife run about 100 head of Hereford cattle. They have raised Boer goats since 1994 and have concentrated on raising colored Boer goats since 1998, and participate in Boer goat breeding shows. They have utilized A.I. and embryo transfer programs in our operation to rapidly increase the quality of our herd.They are also consignors to numerous production sales throughout the year.

Randy graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in Ag Communications. He retired from Texas A&M Research Center where he had worked for 30 years in 2005. He was in charge of the Texas Range Station located between Barnhart,Tx. and Ozona, Tx. The research center maintained a herd of crossbred cattle, a flock of registered Ramboullet sheep. and a herd of BoerXSpanish cross meat goats. he conducted grazing management research, did brush control research and conducted quite a few feeding trials with all species of livestock. While employed by TAMU, he was part of the team working on developing the soremouth vaccine for goats.

Randy has been a member of the American Boer Goat Association for over 20 years, and is the director for region six.

Links:
https://americangoatfederation.org
https://www.abga.org
http://www.producersandcargile.com/ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer_goat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_meat
https://www.selinawamucii.com/insight...