[AlpacaTalk] Re: Sent to Alpaca site...held, not posted by site...
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> Richard,
> it's this thinking that as breeders we need to be looking to a
national wholesale market that is getting us into trouble. That
thinking completely ignores the huge cottage industry market
available to us. Do a search for Blue Sky Alpaca yarns. Very spendy
and they fly off the shelves.
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> This is where the strength of the US market could be allowed to
shine. But we have to stop ignoring this tremendous outlet.
>
> Granted as the herd grows we are seeing a split in quality and
prices. That said, high quality breeding stock will continue to hold
its value just as it does in other livestock. There are $100,000
boars, bulls as well as five figure breeding stock and semen straws.
The only way to get to that quality however is to breed for
improvement and not simply "more." The mistake made by many alpaca
breeders has been to believe that "more" is all they need. Those
breeding for "better" continue to be rewarded for their endevours.
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> Off to enjoy our pacas.
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> Blue Skies
> Jennifer
> Aero Ranch Suri Alpacas
> Browns Valley CA
Hmm - not sure that Blue Sky Alpaca Yarns supports your argument -
their latest company profile explains how they started out breeding
alpacas, and creating yarn and sweaters, but that now their alpacas
are just pets, and they source from Peru and Bolivia.
They also offer a wider range of yarns than just alpaca - alpaca
blend, merino and organic cotton, and accessories.
This just demonstrates the realities of the world market: US alpaca
fiber/yarn cannot expect to occupy a secure niche protected against
competition from the established alpaca-fiber producing countries,
and from other forms of animal fiber.
The success or otherwise of a yarn supply business is a different
matter to the viability of producing raw alpaca fiber.
Yes there are very high value bulls and boars, but these are at the
top of long-established national/internatio
systems, and these (relatively few) high-value animals supply
genetics that trickle down to serve an industry with millions of
production (meat) animals that operate on a viable basis. So there is
a rational foundation for the high top-end values. For alpacas,
however, there just isn't the same basic viable production model to
justify $0000s for the best animals, let alone for the average
breeding stock.
Richard
Maidstone Kent
UK
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