Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
CCNF Bellatrix, Lot #27 at the Parade of Champions!
We are proud to present the first-ever CCNF Moonraker daughter we have ever offered for sale at the upcoming Parade of Champions Auction to be held at Little Creek Farm in North Salem, NY on June 2nd and 3rd! Featured at lot #27, Bellatrix is a lovely cocktail combing the genetics of our famed Herdsires,…
CCNF at the Eastern Alpaca Jamboree
Welcome to the CCNF spring show season redux. Though we technically just competed in three different shows over April Fool’s weekend (a joke that writes itself on multiple levels), it honestly felt like a lot less work. It was certainly less stressful than what we are usually accustomed to this time of year. Look, a…
The (sort of) New Kid on The Block
We are happy to announce that we recently acquired half interest in the young Herdsire prospect, Colonial Dimitri, from the good folks in the Rodman family and Colonial Alpacas in Williamstown, MA. Let us be clear: Dimitri is, as they say in the world of sports, “one for the future,” rather than a young male…
Seasons of Change
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…
The Belated 2022 Showtacular Post!
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…
Coming Next Wednesday, 9/21 @ 1:30 PM Eastern: “Culling & Terminal Markets As Part of A Successful Breeding Program.”
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…