Over the weekend I received an email from an alpaca friend. She was so discouraged about her alpaca business. Full of doom and gloom, I could tell she was thinking of throwing in the towel. Her state of mind inspired me to write about how to survive the economic downturn. Remember that you are not [...]
Full Accoyo herdsire, El Nino, owned by Pacific Crest Accoyo America, passed away in late 2008. El Nino was well-known as an incredibly pre-potent herdsire, siring an incredible number of Champion offspring and putting incredible fleeces on his get. Once breedings to El Nino were closed, a breeding to the elite sire sold for $18,000 [...]
The following are my notes from the ARF Sponsored seminar given by Dr. Tornquist on June 4, 2009 at the World Alpaca Conference: Hematology of Alpacas Normal, Abnormal, and Studies from the Andes to Chinese Wormwood with Susan Tornquist, DVM, PhD., Dip. ACVP College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University Alpaca blood cells are different than other [...]
AOBA Auction Auction Coverage Sponsored by Fairhope Alpacas.
Photo by Angela at Farmers of the Future Each day there are more and more places for alpaca breeders to list their sales animals. Alpaca Nation and Alpaca Street come to mind immediately. There are new, up and coming alpaca sites as well. Alpaca Market and Alpaca Classified (both Yahoo groups) are good place to [...]
Emailed to the AOBA membership April 30, 2009: Currently, many claims are made in the marketing of alpaca fiber and fiber products. Terms such as “warmer/stronger than wool”, “soft as cashmere”, “wicking abilities”, non-flammable” and “hypoallergenic” are often used to compare alpaca to other fibers and their products. To address this AOBA is taking a [...]
Written by Melinda Cook, originally published on her blog, The Pacablogger. Remember those field trips during your old school days? The excitement of going somewhere new, a day not sitting behind a desk, the chance perhaps to eat lunch out, getting your permission slip signed? I loved them way back when and still do. In [...]
Alpaca Nation recently sent it’s customers an email. In it, they let customers know that they appreciate their participation in their customer satisfaction surveys and that they will be making some changes based on the feedback they received. They report that they will be upgrading with larger photos, lineage reporting, and show results in the [...]
With all the economic upset lately, I have been contemplating being in the alpaca business and what that means for me during these harrowing times. One friend pointed out to me that if I had all my money in the stock market, rather than invested in alpacas, I would have about half of what I [...]
Anyone else notice how much times are changing? Now that we have unfathomable amounts of information just a click away, the power in business has shifted significantly to the consumer. Consumers have access to billions of vendors, why should they choose you? The answer lies in the relationship. Your customers have to trust you. They [...]
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