Heart of missouri sale

Hello from northern Missouri, we are located just north west of Meadville, about half way across the state on highway 36. We purchased our first goats in 2002 and have been very fortunate that we started out with some good stock.

This will be our 5^th year in the Heart of Missouri Sale. By our past sales and show records, you know we strive to raise and sell top quality animals. We think we have one of our best kid crops ever this year, some are shown in these pictures which will be selling this fall in the sale. Included will be some of these bucks and does that have already won overall Grand Champion and overall Reserve Grand Champion in recent shows.

August 1, 2006 our farm was one of the stops of the Missouri Young Farmers & Young Farm Wives tour. Approximately 250 people toured our facilities that day. The North Missouri Meat Goat Producers set up a booth and answered questions as well as help demonstrate the different areas of our operation.

Everyone is always welcome to come by and look at the goats or just talk goats. Just give us a call so we will be home to show you around.

Sherwood Farms is located 47 miles northwest of Springfield , Mo. by Stockton Lake . We bought our first FB Boer buck from New Zealand in November of 1993. Realizing the potential in this meat breed, we went to Canada several times buying embryo kids straight from South Africa . Our goal has always been to have large, correct does that produce excellent show or breeding stock. We sell percentages and fullbloods.

In 2007 my son and his family, Scott, Erika and Madeline Huskamp became part of Sherwood Farms. What great fun watching and working with my Granddaughter the first season in the show ring. At the end of the show season, we had Reserve or Grandchampion ribbons from every ABGA and IBGA show we attended.

In every Heart Of Missouri Production Sale, I have consigned does that are show quality. Some have already been shown and have ribbons and points. I have offered does that will make excellent additions to breeding herds. I will do the same for the 2008 sale. There will be granddaughters of “TRR TERRI” Ennobled, the large, very correct doe (pictured on left) I showed several seasons and we are using to rebuild our herd on . Grandaughters of South Point Belle, a straight Ventor embryo doe from South Africa that is so sound I put her in the ring at 7 years old and won a Grand Championship and who at 9 years old is ready to kid this week. Granddaughters from 2 Dox Rightous and others that we hope to show this summer.

This Fullblood Paint Doe is just one example of what we took to the Sale last year.

You are welcome at the farm anytime, just call ahead.

Turtle Rock is named for the large rock sitting at the entrance to our property. Goats arrived here in 1990, starting with a large Angora herd and switching to South African Boer goats when they came to the Midwest. Raising quality breeding stock is the main focus of our farm. We sell in the Heart of Missouri Production Sale and Missouri Stud Ram Sale as well as off the farm. Wether goats are sold for show and meat.

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ock Hannah, who won Junior Grand Champion at four months, was sold in the 2007 sale, and we will be offering another show doe this year, MAB Turtle Rock Pollyana, who has 25 ABGA show points and will (hopefully) be bred to a Guag

e son (a full brother to Collateral Damage) that Agnew Boers has loaned us. We have also used an Agnew buck out of their Closing Argument (Guage) and Felina, a Powell/Holman doe who is the sister of Superman Bingo and will be showing these offspring with plans to include them in the sale.

Genetics offered this year, from Turtle Rock, go back to Eggsfile, Guage, Ubora and Bingo. An emphasis on bred does for the Heart of Missouri Production Sale is our plan. It seems a little difficult some years to have does bred to kid in November and December; however, we will try to have several yearling does bred this way.

As the show season starts, watch for us - many of the animals we are showing will be in the Heart of Missouri Production Sale in October. Make an appointment to come by the Farm. We are always happy to talk goats.

Amarugia (pronounced AAm-Ah-Roo-Gee@) Boer Goats is located on 5 acres north of Drexel, Missouri just outside the Amarugia Highland Wildlife Conservation area. We have been active in the boer goat industry since 2000 when Ryan chose to raise boer goats for his FFA SAE project. Over the years we have strived to put together a herd of show quality percentage and fullblood boer goats with emphasis on breeding for the show ring.

Our venture into the boer goat industry began when we went to visit the goat barn at the Missouri State Fair in 2000. We ran into Barbara Holaday and she showed us her boer goats. I fell in love with the breed but Don and Ryan remained skeptical. I began researching boer goats on the internet and soon had a trip scheduled to Triquest Farms in Humansville, Missouri. We purchased our first percentage does at that time and when the first does kidded, Don and Ryan were hooked. Since that date we have added does from the farms many popular breeders in the U.S. Our does feature some of the top bloodlines in the industry. The majority of the does that currently reside in the breeding herd are from our showstring and occasionally, when they are not busy raising kids, make a trip back to the show ring.

Amarugia does are complemented by our herd sires. Our senior herd sire, Luch Intimidator is sired by Powell/Holman 13R *Ennobled* and out of Mzuri Sufi. Intimidator=s first daughters hit the show ring winning multiple grand and reserve championships and top ten placings in both open and youth at the 2006 ABGA Nationals. At Nationals in 2006 Clarence Luchini found an outstanding young buck for Ryan to add as our junior herd sire. Ash Creek Texas Star is sired bythe world renowned RRD Gauge *Ennobled* and out of IBGA National Champion Ash Creek Bright Star *Ennobled*. We are very excited about what his superior genetic package will add to our program and are already seeing some great kids out of Tex.

In 2003 Ryan was fortunate to win grand champion wether at the Missouri State Fair with one of the first show wethers he raised. That year Ryan had the honor of representing the Missouri Meat Goat Producers Association as the first grand champion wether to appear in the Missouri State Fair of Sale of Champions. Since that time, Ryan continued to successfully show wethers with numerous winnings including reserve champion wether at the 2004 Missouri State Fair. Ryan also bred the 2006 San Francisco Cow Palace reserve champion wether.

2007 was a great year for the Amarugia Boer Goat farm. Our junior percentage doe, Amarugia Shimmer sired by LUCH Intimidator, racked up 50 ABGA points for the year with two Overall Grands and consistently placing at the top of her classes. It was a good year for bucks. Ash Creek Texas Star won an Overall Grand and two Reserve Overall Grands in 2007, along with several division Grands and Reserves. LUCH Intimidator had an excellent year, earning 35 ABGA points and never placing less than Grand Senior Buck. He topped off his year with a second place ribbon at ABGA nationals. He is only 10 progeny points away from being *Ennobled*, which he should earn from this years kid crop out of him. In 2007 animals owned and shown by Amarugia Boer Goats accumulated over 250 ABGA points!

We hope you enjoy our animals and we encourage you to make an appointment to come out to our farm or at least say hi at the shows!

Beaver Creek Colt 45 is now Ennobled! Many of our buyers purchased does bred to Colt 45 in our 2007 Production sale. There will be more in our 2008 sale. All the points for ennoblement came from offspring which is the true test of any buck.

Mary Sherwood and Julie Mabrey recently bought a herd of spotted Nubians and Nubian/boer crosses. These are our young girls but we do have several mature does that are bred to a Collateral Damage "Ennobled" full brother with intentions of presenting a couple of very nice "Polka Dot" Boer crosses at our Production Sale. When they kid, the pictures will appear here.

BEAVER CREEK COLT 45 - This buck is just five points shy of being Ennobled! Most of his points have come from his offspring. You, too, will have a chance to have some of these winning offspring as there will be several in the 2008 Heart of Missouri Production Sale!

Ryan Diefenbach and Demeter. She was Grand Fullblood yearling on day one at the October Show in Sedalia and Reserve Grand yearling day
two. She is out of Intimidator and Luch S8 Mollie and has 40+ ABGA points. We will be offering Demeter siblings in the 2008 sale.

Texas Star was Grand overall day one in Chillicothe in May, 2007 and Reserve Overall at Ozark Empire and Kansas State Fair, 2007. Several Tex kids will sell in the 2008 sale!

October 12 & 13th the MJBGA held an Open show in Sedalia, Missouri - on Day 1

Guilford's 704 doe won Overall Grand Champion. The doe 705 (high selling doe at Heart of MO Sale) purchased and shown by Kyle Shipley family won Overall Reserve Grand Champion.

2nd Day - Turtle Rock Swanee won Grand in her Division and Overall Reserve Fullblood Doe shown here with the Mabrey's son and Daughter-in-law, Ron & Patty Mabrey.

Several of our Heart of Missouri Sale partners won at this show. Watch for their pictures soon!!