The American Goat Society or AGS is a United States corporation located in Pipe Creek, Texas and run by the Kowalik family.
[1][2] The year after it was formed, the AGS merged with the International Milk Goat Record Association (IMGRA), which had previously formed in 1925,[2] and thus some of its pedigrees go back more than 80 years.
[1] Originally a nonprofit organization, AGS lost its exempt status in 2013 for failure to file a form 990 with the IRS for three years.
The mission of AGS is to promote the breeding and improvement of the Purebred Dairy Goat; to disseminate information on goat milk and its by-products; and to establish, maintain and publish pedigrees and other records.
[2] The American Goat Society offers membership, registration of animals, DHI testing, show sanctioning for individual animals, and show judge training.