About Mincey Goat Farm

I remember the first phone call I received from Kenneth Mincey.  He was interested in purchasing Savanna Goats for his farm in Georgia.  He wanted full blood stock whose origins “he could verify”.  I was newer to goats but could relate with his mission.  My work included a lot of travel and I had started adding stops to farms in pursuit of my new hobby, collecting older Keri Rose Savannas.  

 

Kenneth was not new to the goat scene and had dispersed a successful Boer herd in 2004.  Five years later, he missed the goats but wanted to try something different.  (See Goat Rancher cover article 2004.)  He explained that he had been calling around and heard about my Savannas at Rising Sun Ranch in KY.  He had been visiting my website www.savannagoats.com.  He had a lot of questions about the origins of the breed and the current state of the full blood Savanna’s here in the USA.  Kenneth said that he wanted to go to South Africa and import some Savannas, but understood that it might not be possible.  I remember thinking how impossible that would be, but then I didn’t know my future friend and father-in-law.  

 

Kenneth Mincey was an innovator, entrepreneur, and overall American success story.  He was ready to embark upon a new adventure.  In 2009, he and “his bride” Joann Mincey would travel with their youngest son Kevin to Australia. They planned to visit a farm to see the Savannas that had been imported from the South African Savanna breeders Koene Kotze and Schulz.   He called me and said, “They can’t leave but their kids can”. He was excited about the new opportunity.  They selected 4 bucks and 17 does and arranged for them to fly to a USDA quarantine center in NY.   This historic event remains the last of only four Savanna goat importations into North America.  Only one other group of Savanna’s had come in as live animals.  

 

Today, my husband and I continue to raise Savanna Goats in GA.  We raise full blood, DNA parent verified,  Savanna goats from Rising Sun Ranch and Mincey Goat Farm emphasizing the importance of preserving our straight Mincey bloodlines for future generations.