Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
Weaner, weaner on the wall…
Why we waited to do the 3rd round of weaning for the 2012 birth class until the coldest day yet in January was perhaps lost on all of us but oh, well. There were some monsters in this group too, with several of them near or over the 100 lb. mark. Of all the criticisms…
Mergers and acquisitions
I’ll admit that writing this post is very bittersweet for me. On the one hand it’s not every day that one gets the opportunity to essentially cherry pick animals from one of the best and most respected breeding programs in the country. On the other hand, we are seeing — and through our actions aiding…
A warm winter’s day…
Mud season has temporarily arrived about 10 weeks early this year. Last week I literally shoveled soggy hard pack out of our garage because our snow tires were creating virtual speed bumps as the mud sloughed off whenever we parked the cars. Even by typical January thaw standards this feels rather prolonged. I have to…
Vegas Baby!
We are proud to officially announce our participation in the upcoming Priority Alpaca Auction, taking place on Jan 25th & 26th in Las Vegas, NV! Having checked out the sale a couple of years ago just as attendees, we know what a first class event Silver Penn Sales and TnT Farms puts on there. The…
Putting our faith in the next generation.
Some big news here. We are pleased to announce that after 2 1/2 years of co-owning Snowmass Elite Legend in partnership with both Snowmass Alpacas and Tripping Gnome Farm, that we have recently traded our interest in Elite Legend back to Snowmass in return for their remaining interest in Snowmass Matrix Majesty (of whom we…
Merry Christmas!
We spent a relatively quiet Monday at home here on the farm today. If nothing else there was no school commute which we all enjoyed. Jen was up to her ears in last minute bookkeeping duties up at the Main Barn for most of the morning before coming down for the present wrap-a-thon after lunch….