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Posted in Alpaca Business, Alpaca Investments, Alpaca Starter Packages on Jul 19th, 2011
As with every business, retirement is inevitable. These females are the best and the last of a well established herd. The owner, a long-time leader in our industry and I just had another talk about the details on these beautiful females. She has been so reluctant to let them go that I know that is [...]
Posted in Alpaca Business, Alpaca Characteristics, Alpaca Fleece, Alpaca Investments, Alpaca Lifestyle, Alpaca Personalities, Alpaca Products on Jul 11th, 2011
Alpacas can adapt to the heat of our summer days as long as they have cooler nights to recover. When nighttime temperatures stay in the upper eighties, this tends to create an accumulated effect and gives reason to take special precautions to avoid heat stress. Another point to keep in mind pertains to high humidity [...]
Posted in Alpaca Business, Alpaca Fleece, Alpaca Investments, Alpaca Lifestyle on May 18th, 2011
Hi Alpaca Enthusiast! I wanted to share some very exciting news with you about the alpaca industry. Finally there is a consorted effort to recognize alpaca fiber as an economic opportunity for the public. Alpaca United has been formed as a legal entity that is creating a brand for products made from USA raised alpacas. [...]
Posted in Alpaca Business, Alpaca Characteristics, Alpaca Fleece on Mar 22nd, 2011
For Alpaca Enthusiasts that are new to the business, would you like to know some of the lingo? I remember when I was new and I felt like breeders were speaking a different language. They kept using abbreviations and making assumptions that I understood what they meant. In the beginning I didn’t even know where [...]
Posted in Alpaca Lifestyle, Alpaca Personalities on Feb 28th, 2011
WOW! What a response to our Happy Alpaca Valentine’s Day video! By popular demand we’ve decided to make it available again… One of the many things I love about this incredible business is the expressions of joy on the faces of people when they interact with the alpacas. We open our ranch to visitors quite often. [...]
Posted in Alpaca Investments, Alpaca Lifestyle, Alpaca Starter Packages on Nov 23rd, 2010
Now is the best time to build or rebuild an alpaca livestock business! My friend and successful alpaca breeder, Jim Patrick of Denton Texas, wrote some very insightful information about the future of the alpaca industry recently. When he did… I took notice. Why? Because when he speaks… people listen and for very good reasons! He has a background [...]
Posted in Alpaca Investments, Alpaca Lifestyle, Tax Advantages on Apr 1st, 2010
This is no April Fool’s… the alpaca industry is alive and well. The sale of one very special alpaca stud for $675,000 is only the beginning! At the end of February, a very important event took place… The Snowmass Auction in Phoenix AZ. Most of us breeders use this event as a barometer about the [...]
Posted in Alpaca Characteristics, Alpaca Personalities, Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2010
Alpacas in Small Spaces – Are They Too Crowded? As I write this we are experiencing the 4th consistent day of rain and preparing for SNOW. This fact alone may not be newsworthy; however, we live in southern California! What I’m observing with my alpaca females applies whether you live in moderate or extreme climatic [...]
Posted in Alpaca Investments, Alpaca Lifestyle, Alpaca Starter Packages on Nov 30th, 2009
If you answer YES to any of these questions then you might be interested in the concept of alpaca starter packages. Have you wanted to start an alpaca herd or expand your present one? Have you thought that the average prices for good quality pregnant females were just too high for you? Have you talked [...]
Posted in Alpaca Investments, Alpaca Lifestyle, Tax Advantages on Oct 30th, 2009
When we decided to get into the alpaca industry (Oct 2004), the benefits of two factors really stood out. First the gentle nature of the lifestyle appealed to us and second the favorable tax consequences sealed the deal. My initial research took me to several publications about the financial aspects of alpaca ownership. In this [...]