Pictures from Kara Kahl Farm

In the Show Ring

             Rhumba in first place in a competitive Best of Breed line-up at the 2008 Minnesota State Fair

             Rhumba and Rhone side by side in Champion Challenge at the 2008 Minnesota State Fair

             Toggenburg champion line-up at the 2008 Minnesota State Fair -- Emily is showing Promise.

2007 National Show Toggenburg Championship Lineup with Rhumba & Anna and Rhone & Emily

Fifth Place Breeder's Trio at the 2007 National Show

1st Place Dairy Herd at the 2007 Minnesota State Fair

Emily and Anna at the 2007 State Fair

Friends and Fun

                                                  "Goat Group" out to eat in Louisville, Kentucky at the 2008 Nationals

                                    Jake, Emily, Ellen and Shane in Lexington, Kentucky -- enjoying a day off from the show

                                           Emily and Anna at a fun cafe in Louisville -- one of our few meals away from the barn

Ellen Considine and Emily at the 2006 National

Anna & Chores with 100,000 Friends at the Fair

Vince and Christine Maefsky and Dan Considine at the Minnesota State Fair

Second and Third Generations at the State Fair

Around Our Farm

Bluff Country near Houston, Minnesota

From the Site for our New Home in 2008

The Barn

Winter 2007 & 2008

International Trips:  France - 2003 & 2004

With the Maefskys, the Gullicksruds, & friends from Bemidji

With the Kitchens, Karyl Dronen, and the Hajdiks

Brazil - 2002

Goat Friends in Brazil, near Resende (from left, Lucie Fortes, Julio da Motta Silva, Andre Fortes)

Brazil - 2007

               Nubian Buck Grand and Reserve Champions

               Saanen Milker Grand (Silvio Doria-far right) and Reserve (Fernando Pioli-to my right) Champions

          Savanna Buck Grand and Reserve Champions - Award Sponsor Julio Fernando da Motta Silva of Embriatec (far right)

              Boer Buck Grand and Reserve Champions

Tanzania - 2008

Indigenous East African goats near Kemundo

Ankole cattle coming in from pasture for the night

Typical goat-keeping hutch on subsistence farm near Izigo Village

Smart Baitani (www.cosad.org) & Ignatius Shumbusho assisting Izigo resident with goat acquisition

With the women of Izigo Village in NW Tanzania