Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
New partnership on CCNF Elixir!
May 4, 2012: We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with the Padgett family of A Paca Fun Farm on our newly minted 2-time Judges’ Choice winner (NAAS & Futurity), CCNF Elixir! We have known and admired the Padgetts and their breeding program for many years now and it has become almost tradition to…
The power of adaptation
We had a pretty neat experience late this afternoon. 5P Cangalli, who is now our reigning herd elder, delivered what will be her final cria ever at the age of 17. While there is nothing terribly remarkable about an alpaca her age still being fertile and capable of carrying a pregnancy to full term, what…
Back to the Futurity, Part #2
We went to Nebraska last week hopeful that we would compete if nothing else. While we have certainly had our share of success stories at the Futurity over the years, there have also been many times when we have gone with animals we genuinely believed in only to have our you-know-whats handed to us. If…
Back to the Futurity, Part #1
One of the unexpected highlights of the show last weekend was getting to meet and talk with Elena Barreda of Estancia Accoyo in Peru. Her late father, Don Julio, is arguably the most famous alpaca breeder in history, so getting the chance to meet Elena was a real treat. She was at the Futurity with…
Knackered but happy
Man, was it ever nice to actually sleep through last night here at home, even if the residual adrenaline of the road trip did initially keep me up past my normal bedtime. At some point on Monday evening as my friend Ryen Munro and I were driving our way back home through the cornfields of…
Ian, Sam, Ryen, Dave, and 60 alpacas in Nebraska…
Oh, the joys of a road trip! We’re sitting here in our hotel room in Grand Island, NE after 24 + hours of driving since Tuesday. We pulled in this morning for the Futurity after spending the night just a couple of hours away in Omaha. The 60 or so critters that were part of…