Speakers 2025

INDUSTRY EXPERTS

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, DR. HOMERO SALINAS: GOAT PRODUCER’S COURSE

Small Ruminant Specialist.

MISSOURI AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT, TAYLOR BUCKLEY

Missouri Ag

MISSOURI EXTENSION, JENNIFER LUTES

Jennifer Lutes

Field Specialist in Agricultural Business

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources | MU Extension

P.O. Box 336 | Pineville MO 64856

O: 417-223-4775 | E: lutesjl@missouri.edu 

Marketing and Meat Cutting Demo

JUDGES

ANTON WARD

Anton Ward: Boer Goat Course, ABGA Sanctioned Shows ‘A&B’, Boer Goat Congress

TERRY BURKS

Terry Burks: Wether-Rama, Anything Does, JABGA Sanctioned Show “A&B’.

Terry Burks

Terry is a retired Professor of English Studies from Chifeng University in The People’s Republic of China.  Prior to that, he was employed by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture in the Division of Show and Fair Promotion where he served as the educational coordinator and worked as a federal livestock grader.  Terry was also the owner of Dynasty Club Lambs & Meat Goats.

Terry grew up showing Simmental cattle and was very active in the American Jr. Simmental Association.  He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in the area of Animal Science from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Terry has judged over 1200 Junior and open livestock shows in 43 states.  Some of his shows include Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Dallas, San Angelo, Austin, Waco, The North American International, The American Royal, The National Western, The Great Western, The Cow Palace, The Dixie National, Tulsa, the Oklahoma Youth Expo, the Kansas Junior Livestock Show, The Arizona National, Aksarben, The Buckeye Livestock Expo, The Pennsylvania Youth Livestock Expo, The Pennsylvania Farm Show, The Atlantic National, The Keystone International, The All American Angus Breeders Futurity,  The Hill District Grand Stand, The Fall Classic, The Belt Buckle Bonanza and has judged State Fairs in 28 different states.  Terry has also judged numerous County, Regional and Jackpot shows across the nation.

Terry is a certified judge with the American Boer Goat Association, the former International Boer Goat Association, the former American Meat Goat Association, and the American Dorper Sheep Association as well as being a certified judge with numerous beef cattle associations.

Terry has served on numerous judging committees across the US including the National 4-H, Jr. College and Sr. College Contests at the NAILE, as well as serving as the sheep/goat chairman for the National FFA Livestock Judging CDE. 

Terry and his wife Alice live in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Auctioneer

Pit Kemmer-Kemmer Auctions

Mr. Kemmer is a sixth generation stockman, rancher, and farmer. His family
has raised registered Angus Cattle since the early 1900’s along with other
livestock and farm crops. His father raised commercial goats when Pit was
young in the 1950’s era. Pit has been raising and breeding Boer goats since
1997, and generally run between 100 and up to 450 breeding females.
He has been very successful in the breeding and showing multiple National
and Reserve National Champion does and bucks. Kemmer Ranch has
outpaced any other breeder in the U. S. over the last decade in breeding and
winning more National Champion Breeders Herd and Breeders Awards than
any other U.S. breeder, many years winning in both International Boer Goat
Association and American Boer Goat Association. Pit said this is his
greatest accomplishment in that these goats had to be bred and raised by his
family and him.
Pit has been judging Boer’s since 2005, and was the first, and one of only
about 5 judges in the U. S. who were certified and approved by both the
IBGA and the ABGA to judge in the U.S. He has judged Boer goats in
many states throughout the U.S., and in 2015 was selected by his peers to
judge the ABGA National Show. Mr. Kemmer is also a licensed auctioneer
and sells Boer goats all over the U.S.; in fact, Kemmer Auctioneers is the
number one goat auction team in the U.S.
Pit says he is very excited about the goat industry worldwide and looks
forward to enhancing the goat breeds to others everywhere. It’s always an
honor to be able to evaluate animals. He says his goal in judging is to
provide an honest, unbiased evaluation of all stock presented.
Education: B.S. Degree in Animal Science, University of Tennessee
Served on collegiate Judging and Evaluation Teams
Approved and certified IBGA and ABGA Judge.