Re: [AlpacaTalk] the future

Sharon: Now, don't be pessimistic.
We have more alpaca farms, more alpacas than anyone except South America. True the Aussies know more about fiber production and marketing than anyone, but we are not far behind them in the fiber industry.
People like Ian Watt are helping to show the way in producing better fiber animals and farmers like Magical are already setting the standard in producing fine fiber animals.
Our problem is fragmentation in our goals.
We have only one real co-op and they have went astray from the first by importing goods from South America.
We need to build a strong marketing industry of our own, but we have too many farmers who want to get rich quick by peddling the goods from South America.
If we follow the plans of our best fiber mill owners like Glen Berns and Rod Daken we can soon surpass the others

Elwin & Setsuko Bagley
www.windyhillalpacafarm.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Hennessey
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 10:21 AM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] the future

We not only have to compete with S.A. but also with China and Australia. We
have not really been serious, in my opinion, about a fiber industry in the
U.S. and I do not see it happening in 5 years either. Also as we get more
animals with better fiber so do the other countries. I think we are just
too far behind to ever catch up.
Sharon

MIKE & SHARON HENNESSEY
ALEATORY FARM LLC
REG. ALPACAS & NIGERIAN DWARF GOATS
704 COUNTY ROAD 9
CHENANGO FORKS,N.Y. 13746-2121
m.s.hennessey@frontiernet.net
www.alpacanation.com/aleatoryalpacas.asp

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