Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
CCNF at the 2016 Showtacular: The Kids Are (Still) Alright
How do we, knocking on the door of our 20th year in the alpaca world, measure success in the show ring? And, I guess it’s fair to ask as well: are shows and the results they spit out a true measure of a breeding program anyway? We have always argued that while the results from…
Thank You Odin Falls Alpacas!
We want to thank Allen and Kaitlynn Kallel of Odin Falls Alpacas in Redmond, OR for their purchase of CCNF Acapella at the recently held Snow Diamond Select Auction! As a first time visitor to Bend, OR where the sale was held, I have to say that I was blown away by the beauty of…
An appreciation of an old friend…
With heavy hearts and deep gratitude, we said goodbye today to SHRA Virtual’s Reality. Though unable to carry a pregnancy to term for the past couple of years, Reality had stayed with us nonetheless, a true powerhouse matriarch who had more than earned her right to merely abide atop the hill here at Cas-Cad-Nac Farm….
Taking a deeper look.
So this is really what it has come down to? As mid-life crisis acquisitions go, I suppose that the purchase of our own OFDA 2000 fiber testing machine is a constructive one at least. It’s certainly safer, better for the environment, and costs a lot less than the 911 that yours truly had been daydreaming…
CCNF Acapella, Lot # 12 at the Snow Diamond Select Sale!
We are proud to be consignors at the upcoming inaugural Snow Diamond Select Sale, taking place in scenic Bend, OR on October 7th and 8th! Obviously, when going to the trouble of shipping an auction animal clear across to the other side of the country, it behooves us to consign someone rather special to represent…
CCNF at the 2016 AOA National Fleece Show
Hey, ever wonder why those that work in Washington, D.C. and have a choice in the matter, get the heck out of Dodge during the dog days of summer? The Lutz family became intimately familiar with the answer a couple of weeks back, while using the presence of the AOA National Fleece Conference and Show,…