Paca Talk #5: "Winter" or "Spit Happens" [30:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Alpacas in the News

UC Davis Llama and Alpaca Health Care Symposium http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=8912
Alpaca caps keep troops warm http://www.mlive.com/news/saginawnews/index.ssf?/base/news-28/1229613615294860.xml&coll=9

WABA did something similar with alpaca socks last year

CBS News alpaca story from Dec. 1, 2008. “Investing In Something ‘Stable’” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/01/eveningnews/main4641489.shtml

Farm Talk

New girls out of quarantine.
SNOW!
buying hay $285/ton!

Farm Basics — Spitting
Main Topic—Winter
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 Paca Talk Episode One: Shearing [47:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Before and after

El Barto before shearing–2007

El Barto after shearing–2007
Evergreen Terrace Farms www.et-farms.com

Alpacas in the News
This week’s items are from ARI email bulletins. Details can be found at http://aims.alpacaregistry.com

EPD committee appointed
National Alpaca Farm Days
ARI website update “Herd Update” option

Alpaca Basics—Basics of shearing
Where to find shearers
Local alpaca affiliate

Willamette Alpaca Breeders Association–http://www.alpacas-waba.org
AOBA (national alpaca association)–http://www.alpacainfo.com

Shearing Methods

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