Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
Nashville Fleeceline: CCNF at the 2019 Natural Fiber Extravaganza & AOA National Fleece Show (AKA We went to Nashville and all I got was this handy beer cozy)
About 10 days before we traveled to Nashville and the Natural Fiber Extravaganza for the 2nd consecutive year, we were privileged to attend a premier of episode 3 of filmmaker Ken Burns’s upcoming documentary, Country Music, at Dartmouth College. Burns is a resident of nearby Walpole, NH so the Upper Connecticut River Valley is kind…
Summer Stretch
As I write this, we are in the thick of birthing and breeding season, most likely even a little more than 50% of the way through it in fact. With the the final in-house breeding having taken place late last summer on September 15th, a birthing season that in years gone by used to often…
A Father & Son Futurity HoTY Twosome!
“…you are what your record says you are.” – Coach Bill Parcells We are tickled to announce that CCNF Elixir has been named the Futurity Herdsire of the Year (Light Colored Offspring) for the third year in a row! It’s been a nice little run, to put it mildly. We’re not sure where that puts…
New Herdsire Listings for 2019!
We have just updated our Herdsire listings for the upcoming breeding season! Granted, several of these listings are somewhat aspirational in nature as the boys in question — Declan, Idris, Magnar, Priam, Privateer, Snow King, and Sovereign-Legacy — have yet to even do the deed, so to speak, to say nothing of already having a…
CCNF Named 2019 Futurity Breeder of the Year
It’s official: Cas-Cad-Nac Farm was awarded Futurity Breeder of the Year honors in the Large Farm Division for the 3rd year running! A lot of blood, sweat, and tears goes into making that happen, so thanks to all of the friends, family, and staff here at the farm that make it all possible. Special shout-out…
CCNF Females at the 2019 Parade of Champions Auction!
We are so grateful to Lynn Edens of Little Creek Farm/Accoyo America/Snowmass Alpacas (LaCFAASA!) for including us yet again in her superb event coming up later this month in North Salem, NY! On the off-chance that you, my dear reader, are either a non-alpaca person (in which case, welcome to a wee slice of our…