We lost Jen’s Dad, Rodney Croft, this past December. While we know that the mortal coil waits for all of us, as the first of our four parents to leave us (and far too early, at the age of 76), Rod’s sudden death was a real gut punch. Given our line of work here on…
Happy November! At least as happy as one can be in a generally dark and brown month around here. You know, I’ve lived in Vermont for roughly 39 of my 51 years on this earth and though I am fully smitten by our little state, this region generally, and its many seasonal rhythms, there will…
Fancy learning a little bit more about how Cas-Cad-Nac Farm’s business model and breeding program have evolved since our founding in 1997 and how you can apply those lessons to your alpaca breeding operation, all while watching my better half and I awkwardly interrupt each other for an hour or so? I mean, what could…
The past year has been challenging at times here at Cas-Cad-Nac Farm. Though having come through it all, we are grateful to find ourselves changed for the better and now dealing from a position of strength and clarity. Last fall, after several months of running the farm shorthanded, we concluded the search for our new…
We want to express our extreme gratitude to Terry Passanante of Clover Bottom Alpaca Ranch and to Donna (and Monte) Atkins of Broadcreek Alpacas for their purchases last weekend of CCNF Pristine Lahaina (CCNF LAttitude x CCNF Priam) and CCNF Seductress (CCNF Flirtatious x CCNF Bataclan) respectively, at the 2022 Parade of Champions sale! We…
We are thrilled to announce that Cas-Cad-Nac Farm LLC was just named the 2022 Futurity Huacaya Large Breeder of the Year! In addition to that accolade for our breeding program overall, CCNF Bataclan (CCNF Daliance x CCNF Elixir) won the 2022 Futurity Light Herdsire of the Year and Irish Meadow’s Elite Max (Ivy’s Honeysuckle x…
