Dakota Ridge Farm

Dakota Ridge Farm A small herd of ADGA Nubian dairy goats in windy South Dakota.

Introduction time!Over the holiday weekend we made a flying trip to Ohio to Hoanbu Dairy Goats to pick up this lovely ad...
09/10/2026

Introduction time!

Over the holiday weekend we made a flying trip to Ohio to Hoanbu Dairy Goats to pick up this lovely addition to the farm.

🌟GCH HOANBU UNKD DIVINE MERIT 1*M EX90🌟

https://genetics.adga.org/PedigreePrint.aspx?RegNumber=N002167049

I had been planning for some time to add a new doe line to the herd. I had several requirements for whoever the new foundation doe would be and I spent hours pouring over photos, pedigrees, and performance records. I attended nationals in full "shopping mode", watching herds and individual animals for where she might come from, occasionally making notes in my phone of who to look up when I got back home.

After all the research and shopping I did, the actual selection of Merit felt very spontaneous and sudden.

A herd that was at the top of my list.
A Facebook post.
A text to my husband, "We can drive to Ohio this weekend, right?!"
It felt sudden, but was the result of months of thought, met by serendipitous timing.
Merit was meant to become mine. 💞

Merit is a proven show doe; A finished champion. She is a proven brood doe, having her progeny working in other herds.
Merit was dearly loved in her last home, which is something I am quickly coming to understand given her incredibly sweet and people-oriented nature.
Merit is a full outcross to the rest of my herd so she brings us incredible genetic opportunities.

I am so thankful to Hoanbu Dairy Goats for granting me this opportunity to bring home a piece of their program. The result of generations of dedication to breeding exceptional animals with structural correctness, excellent mammaries, stature, longevity, show presence, production, and temperament.

Merit has been exposed to DKGH ERIN'S LA EPIC so we are in hopeful anticipation of those kids.

https://genetics.adga.org/PedigreePrint.aspx?RegNumber=N002169948

Merit will continue "working" in the milk parlor and the DHIR and linear appraisal programs, as well as being a Dakota Ridge foundation doe.
Local friends can expect to see us in the show ring.

Welcome Merit! 🌟

(Photo used by permission. Courtesy of Hoanbu Dairy Goats.)

Lanta enjoying morning sunbeams. 🌞
09/08/2026

Lanta enjoying morning sunbeams. 🌞

08/11/2026

I took a road trip today to bring this guy home!

I wasn't shopping for another buck, but I had let his previous owner know that if she ever decided to sell him, I would be interested. So when she reached out to offer him to me I of course said YES!
Just in time to go to work making 2027 kids.

A formal introduction and shout-out to his breeder to come soon. In the meantime, does anyone have any guess who he might be??

Love is in the air and the handsome Sully has decided this is HIS year. Fences are a mere inconvenience to be scaled in ...
08/11/2026

Love is in the air and the handsome Sully has decided this is HIS year.
Fences are a mere inconvenience to be scaled in his mission to be fruitful and multiply.

I had plans to use him heavily this year but I want SOME control over when and with whom, so poor Sully has been exiled to Fort Knox, far from the girls.

He's sad. Send cookies.

!

07/06/2026

Back from the RRVF show and jumping straight into clipping the remaining does for linear appraisal.
We also need to upgrade our tack box system and diagnose & repair the truck before the Quad State show, or we'll be seeing how many goats we can cram in the back of the minivan. 🤣

We had a great time showing goats at the Red River Valley Fair in Fargo on the 4th of July!We had truck trouble, hotel t...
07/06/2026

We had a great time showing goats at the Red River Valley Fair in Fargo on the 4th of July!

We had truck trouble, hotel trouble, insomnia, and hot weather to deal with, but the show itself went smoothly and the goats made the trip in good health.
It was great to see several of our goat-y friends and to make some new friends as well.

Headed home, we got twenty miles down the interstate then realized I'd forgotten my phone- So we went back to retrieve it, which put us at the fairgrounds just in time to watch the fireworks.

It was lots of fun and I am already looking forward to next year!

(Ringside photo credit goes to Rachel Petersen. Thank you for capturing these!)

Adeline and Dazzle looking pretty after their spa day.
06/28/2026

Adeline and Dazzle looking pretty after their spa day.

June milk test, in the books!These young does!! 🥰I have to admit, I was apprehensive about having several first freshene...
06/11/2026

June milk test, in the books!

These young does!! 🥰

I have to admit, I was apprehensive about having several first fresheners this year. I imagined milking time being chaotic, with low yields and kicked pails.
I misjudged my girls; They have far exceeded my expectations and I couldn't be prouder of them.

They have all shown a tremendous will to milk. They meet me at the gate and run to the milk room, where they jump up and stand quietly without even being tied.
Yields have also pleased me, with all but one FF doe exceeding 8-9 pounds a day.

Chiffon (pictured) milked 9.5 pounds at 29 DIM.

05/29/2026

PSA: If you are a goat and you are in labor it is very important that you dig a hole through the fresh shavings your human has provided so that you can give birth on the dirt below.

05/11/2026

Happy Mother's Day!

A few minutes before midnight on Mother's Day, Chiffon delivered triplet does. A great ending to a holiday celebrating mothers.

Chiffon is a dearly loved homebred first freshener who birthed quickly and easily. She freshened with a beautiful udder. We could not be happier!

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Stockholm, SD

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