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 Three: NAFD interview: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Summary
Welcome to Paca Talk, the podcast for alpaca people by alpaca people. This is Episode 3: “National Alpaca Farm Day, 2008.”
Today we interview Greg Schnieder and Wendy Greenwald of Sylvan Skies Alpacas about their experiences during National Alpaca Farm Day, 2008. We also have “Farm Basics” (a new segment) and some interesting “news” about an [...]

 

 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

The table [...]