Dancing Goat Farm: August 2008

Welcome to Dancing Goat Farm!

Welcome! We own a small animal and vegetable farm here in south east Pennsylvania, specializing in Boer Goats. We would like to extend our hospitality to you as you work your way through our website and learn more about our goats and way of life.

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About the Farm

Dancing Goat Farm was founded by Ned or Lorisa Stombaugh in 2001, it is located just SE of Coatesville, PA. Set in a picturesque rural setting, this thirteen acre farm is idyllic for the raising of goats, sheep, cattle, pheasants and various other animals.

We take great care in making sure that all of our goats are grass fed and happy during the time they live here at the farm. Over the past couple of years the Boer Goats we own have grown and bred to within 95% to 100% purity and are fine specimens of their breed. Currently there are some 25-35 Boer goats that make up the herd, with new arrivals happening on a regular schedule.

About Boer Goats

~Taken from the American Boer Goat Association Website (http://www.abga.org)~

The development of the Boer goat in the early 1900’s can be traced to the Dutch farmers of South Africa. Boer is a Dutch word meaning farmer. With meat production setting the selection criteria, the Dutch farmers developed the Boer goat as a unique breed of livestock. The Boer goat has a rapid growth rate, excellent carcass qualities and is highly adapted to different environments.

Through the subsequent decades of selective breeding, the Boer goat gained its genetic superiority and nobility, laying the foundation for what is today's American Boer goat.

The first full-blood Boers were brought into the United States in 1993, the same year the American Boer Goat Association was formed. Since that time a tremendous amount of interest in breeding Boer and Boer influence goats has exploded in the United States.

The Boer goat is commonly a goat with a white body and a red head. Docile, high fertility and a fast growth rate are some of the traits that set the Boer goat apart in the purebred and commercial segments of the American meat goat industry. Mature Does can weigh between 190- 230 lb and mature Boer bucks can weigh between 200 – 340 lb.

The demand for high quality, lean, healthy red meat is the one of the underlining forces behind the development of the American meat goat industry. With an eager base of ethnic consumers, the demand for goat meat continues to grow in the United States each year. The importation of goat meat into the United States is estimated over 30 million dollars annually.

Today, the American Boer Goat Association offers a variety of opportunities in marketing, education, commercial industry and youth. The American Boer Goat Association is the largest Boer association in the world with membership over 7,000 annually. The association registers over 45,000 head annually. The total meat goat industry value is estimated between 150 million to 400 million dollars annually.

From a small beginning in 1993, the impact of the Boer goat has significantly changed the American meat goat industry. Discover your opportunity with the American Boer Goat Association…

Gardens

One of our favorite activities is gardening. We have extensive vegetable plots (both raised bed and traditional) as well as numerous fruit trees and berries. Examples of our plots are seen here: