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AAWO Winter Social
Saturday, January 25, 2020 - Saturday, January 25, 2020
Silverton, OR
Come socialize and network with other AAWO members at our Winter Social held at the Oregon Garden Resort in Silverton, Oregon on Saturday, January 25, beginning at 12:30 pm. We will have lunch and then a short business meeting to discuss all the plans for 2020. The meal and soft drinks are free to AAWO members (any alcohol is the responsibility of the member).
Please RSVP to Cammie Nussbaum before January 10 at alpacasoth@gmail.com
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Location:
The Oregon Garden Resort
895 W. Main St.
Silverton, OR 97381
Cost:
free
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January 2020 MAA Meeting
Saturday, January 25, 2020 - Saturday, January 25, 2020
Augusta, ME
January 25 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Join us for our annual member meeting. We will be discussing Agritourism with Alpacas in Maine. Guests and members are welcome to attend. Lunch provided for Members $8 and guests $13.
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Location:
Maine Farm Bureau
4 Gabriel Drive
Augusta, ME 04330
Cost:
FREE
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2020 TXOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular
Friday, February 14, 2020 - Sunday, February 16, 2020
Fort Worth, TX
The 2020 TXOLAN Sweetheart Spectacular will include competition, education, vendors, silent and live auctions open to the public and more. Once again we will be in the Will Rogers Complex on Lancaster in Fort Worth, TX. Cattle Barns 2 and 3 with the adjoining arena affords us a large and extensive facility that provides a venue that compares with anything in the nation! This event has grown each of the past two years and in 2018 had 325 alpacas, multiple vendors and an extensive array of educational offerings. 2019 expanded on the success of 2018's Walking Fleece competition, grew the performance competition targeting younger competitors and added even more vendors. 2020 will be exploding this success with even more new offerings and opportunities!!
We are getting the word out early so that everyone will block their calendars and be sure to tell all their contacts. Look forward to seeing you there!!
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Location:
Will Rogers Memorial Complex, Fort Worth, TX - Cattle Barns 2 & 3 plus adjoining Arena
3401 W. Lancaster Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Cost:
see website for details
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Feb. 15, 2020 - Qtrly MNAB Meeting
Saturday, February 15, 2020 - Saturday, February 15, 2020
Santa Fe, NM
Qtrly NMAB meeting - Potluck starts at 12:00 (noon) - meeting to follow.
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Location:
Qtrly NMAB Meeting
20 Rancho Challo Lane
Santa Fe, NM 87508
Cost:
free
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AAWO Fleece Seminar by Amanda VandenBosch
Saturday, February 22, 2020 - Saturday, February 22, 2020
Silverton, OR
This hands on and interactive seminar will be led by AOA Senior Judge Amanda VandenBosch. The program will cover micron assessment and uniformity, identify fleece style, assess fiber development and the tools that can help us. We will brainstorm on improving yield, look at fiber grades, end use and product development to add value to your farm.
Please bring one or two fleeces per farm for review during the seminar. We will put into practice what we learn.
Don't miss this great opportunity to spend the day with Amanda talking fleece!
The cost for the seminar including lunch is $50 for AAWO members and $100 for nonmembers.
Register for the seminar on the AAWO website at www.alpacafarmsoregon.org or contact Sue King for the registration form.
Lodging is available at the beautiful Oregon Garden Resort.
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Location:
Oregon Garden Resort
895 W. Main St.
Silverton, OR 97381
Cost:
see website
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CABA Member Meeting
Saturday, February 29, 2020 - Saturday, February 29, 2020
Oregon City, OR
CABA Member Meeting- POTLUCK! Bring a dish to share.
Date: Saturday, February 29, 2020
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Bible Doctrine Church of Portland
805 Jackson St
Oregon City, OR 97045
In the basement: door is on the lower street level on 8th, please park on street of Jackson or 8th.
CABA will supply bottled water.
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Location:
Bible Doctrine Church of Portland
805 Jackson St
Oregon City, OR 97045
Cost:
0
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Alpaca 101
Saturday, March 7, 2020 - Saturday, March 7, 2020
Port Allegany, PA
This session is for those persons interested in raising alpacas. We will cover many topics including
• Alpaca Facts & Basic Care
• Overview of fiber & conformation
• Farm/ranch requirements
• Financial aspects
• Alpaca Shows & Registration
• Purchasing the right alpacas for your needs
Lunch included
Contact Carol for lodging information
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Location:
Cinco C's Alpacas
198 Sartwell Creek Road
Port Allegany, PA 16743
Cost:
$100
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Business Planning for Farmers and Ranchers
Sunday, March 8, 2020 - Sunday, March 8, 2020
Port Allegany, PA
This business planning session is more than filling out a form. It's a series of exercises designed to make you look at your identity, offering, strategy as well as goals, target audience, likes/dislikes, and support systems. Our goal is to have you put together a "lean" business plan and commit to using it.
• Self-exploration of business personality & character • Create identity, offering, and strategy
• Develop a "Lean" Business Plan
• Learn Basic Electronic or Pen/Paper Bookkeeping
Lunch included
Contact Carol for lodging information
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Location:
Carol Howard
198 Sartwell Creek Rd
Port Allegany, PA 16743
Cost:
$100 includes lunch
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Buckeye Alpaca Show
Saturday, March 28, 2020 - Sunday, March 29, 2020
Tallmadge, OH
Come join us for the 16th annual Buckeye Alpaca Show, a level IV AOA certified competition. We are located in the Arena Complex at the Summit County Fairgrounds! We will offer full fleece halter classes, Novice halter classes, walking fleece classes, Donated Products and Herdsire Breedings Auction, youth performance classes and sponsored Meet & Greets (including a complimentary exhibitor mexican buffet and exhibitor dinner) both Friday and Saturday evenings.
Jill Marcellus and Amanda Vandebosh are judging the halter show, Wade Gease is judging walking fleece.
The Arena Complex is a clean and modern, extremely exhibitor friendly facility. Our alpaca pens are 8'x10' with electricity, 3 alpacas to a pen, 7 alpacas to a double pen.
Our Donated Productions and Herdsire Breedings Auction will be highlighted Saturday evening. The selection of products and herdsires will be amazing!!!
Free Parking - Free Admission - FUN!!!!! Come join us! This show SOLD OUT in 2016 and 2017 and early registrations indicate it will sell out again this year. Reserve your stalls today!
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Location:
Arena Complex, Summit County Fairgrounds, Tallmadge, OH
1100 North Ave. (Route 91)
Tallmadge, OH 44278
Cost:
free admission
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California Classic
Saturday, March 28, 2020 - Sunday, March 29, 2020
Merced, CA
Free to the public! Join us for an alpaca show! Merced County Fairgrounds, in the Hilmar Cheese Barn.
The show will feature halter classes, the new "Small Breeder" classes and walking fleece. Four judges. Vendors will have items for sale. Meet more than 250 alpacas and their owners!
Check in for show participants is on Friday, March 27, 2020.
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Location:
Merced County Fairgrounds
900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Merced, CA 95341
Cost:
Free to Public
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MOPACA Alpaca Show
Saturday, March 28, 2020 - Sunday, March 29, 2020
Kansas City, MO
Blues, jazz, barbeque, and alpacas! Kansas City will have it all on March 28 and 29, 2020!
The MOPACA Invitational Alpaca Show will feature over 400 alpacas from across the country. The show includes alpaca competitions, a walking fleece competition, fiber arts demonstrations, and many vendors of products made from alpaca fiber.
Visitors will learn about alpacas, alpaca fiber, and raising alpacas. Short workshops for visitors will provide basic information about alpacas; Alpacas 101 will be held Saturday at 10 am and 2 pm, and Sunday at 10 am. This is an excellent event for people of all ages, including families with young children.
To register to exhibit your alpacas in the show, go to https://mopaca.org/MOPACA-Alpaca-Show, and if you have any questions, contact Patty Hasselbring, publicity coordinator, at 816-769-3939 or patty@hasselbringsharmonyranch.com
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Location:
American Royal Hale Arena
1701 American Royal Ct.
Kansas City, MO 64102
Cost:
no charge for visitors, fees for exhibitors
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Open Ranch - Alpaca Shearing Demonstration
Saturday, April 4, 2020 - Saturday, April 4, 2020
Redding, CA
We will be shearing alpacas. Come.... hang out, enjoy.
This event is F R E E!
Come Join Us 10702 Arapaho Drive, Redding, CA 10-2
The public is invited to watch the annual harvest of alpaca fiber. We will be giving talks for those that want to learn more about alpacas. Visit the alpacas.
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Location:
Arapaho Rose Alpacas
10702 Arapaho Drive
Redding, CA 96003
Cost:
F R E E
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Birthing and Cria Care
Saturday, April 18, 2020 - Saturday, April 18, 2020
Port Allegany, PA
This session is always a favorite one and registration fills up quickly. Learning how to prepare yourself for that small percentage of time that something can go wrong is time well spent. Plus birthing the cria is but one small, albeit an important, aspect of raising alpacas. Failure to Thrive can be a nightmare to correct and preventing this cria problem is much easier than treating it.
• Practice in wet lab simulation
• Identify dystocias and when to intervene
• Learn how to correct dystocias and when to call the
veterinarian
• Describe cria care during its first year of life and more!
Lunch included
Contact Carol for Lodging information
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Location:
Cinco C's Alpacas
198 Sartwell Creek Road
Port Allegany, PA 16743
Cost:
$100 lunch included
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Breeding Practices and Programs
Sunday, April 19, 2020 - Sunday, April 19, 2020
Port Allegany, PA
Breeding problems happen and keeping good records and understanding hormone cycles will go a long way in helping you and your veterinarian solve those problems.
• Discuss normal breeding cycles & behavior testing • Learn about hand breeding and field breeding
• Describe common breeding problems
• Learn about breeding programs
• Discuss EPDs and other methods for making breeding decisions.
Lunch included
Contact Carol for Lodging information
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Location:
Cinco C's Alpacas
198 Sartwell Creek Rd
Port Allegany, PA 16743
Cost:
$100 per person
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Shearing Weekend
Saturday, May 9, 2020 - Sunday, May 10, 2020
Mercersburg, PA
This 2 day Shearing Weekend is for those that want to learn how to harvest the reaps of their labor! Shearing is a learned skill that requires much practice. It can also cause injury to humans and animals alike, especially if you haven’t been properly trained. Learn how to shear your herd safely and you can bring 2 alpacas to be shorn!
• Learn how to shear your animals safely
• Perform shearing station setup
• Identify shearing goals
• Describe how your pasture affects your harvest
• Identify ways to get your harvest into the supply chain • Learn accurate record keeping and more!
Lunch included
Contact Sarah for lodging information
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Location:
Long Acres Alpaca Farm
9703 Blue Spring Road
Mercersburg, PA 17236
Cost:
$200 per person
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International Camelid Veterinary Conference
Friday, May 15, 2020 - Sunday, May 17, 2020
Columbus, OH
This three day veterinary conference, offered every two years at OSU, provides continuing education essential to the veterinary practitioners in the camelid industry. A must attend event! Topics, speakers, and registration information listed at vet.osu.edu Lectures will be presented on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16. Labs will be offered on Sunday, March 17 for a total of 24 CE hours, RACE accredited.
The 2020 Program will include presentations by OSU Veterinary Faculty as well as Chris Cebra, VMD, Oregon State University, Julie Dechant DVM, UC Davis, LaRue Johnson, DVM, Pat Long, DVM, and Bob Van Saun, DVM, Penn State University.
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Location:
The Ohio State University - School of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, OH
601 Vernon L. Tharp St.
Columbus, OH 43210
Cost:
$500
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2020 Central Pennsylvania Fiber Festival
Saturday, May 16, 2020 - Sunday, May 17, 2020
Hughesville, PA
Great fiber festival showcasing all types of fiber, yarn, fiber tools, pottery, soaps, lotions and so much more. Demonstrations on site, Chinese Auction with items donated by the vendors, fleece sale and a daily door prize. The entire event is indoors so no worries about the rain! Come chat with the vendors about fiber, bring your latest project to sit and work on while making new friends, browse all the great booths full of wonderful items. Make a day of it, food trucks will be on site. Check our the website for a list of vendors (updated as applications are received). Free admission and parking for the event.
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Location:
Lycoming County Fairgrounds
1 E. Park St.
Hughesville, PA 17737
Cost:
Free Admission
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Camelid Owner Breeder Conference
Saturday, May 16, 2020 - Saturday, May 16, 2020
Columbus, OH
Please join us for a one day conference designed to provide alpaca owners and breeders the most up-to-date information on camelid health issues and management practices.
Speakers at our 2018 conference include Jeff Lakritz, DVM, OSU, Andy Niehaus, DVM, OSU, Chris Cebra, VMD, Oregon State University, Julie Dechant, DVM, UC Davis, Pat Long, DVM, LaRue Johnson, DVM, and Bob Van Saun, DVM, Penn State University.
The Buckeye Alpaca Show is proud to sponsor this event. Conference notebook, beverages, and box lunch are included in registration fee.
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Location:
OSU
1900 Coffey Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210
Cost:
$75.00
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Healthy Herd Part 1
Saturday, May 23, 2020 - Saturday, May 23, 2020
Mercersburg, PA
It’s not the size of the herd that determines the workload. Rather it’s the health status of the animals, the efficiency of the setup, and the ability to handle animals properly that affects the work. Learn how to run an efficient, healthy farm
• Perform a fecal evaluation
• Conduct a physical exam,
• Identify illnesses and interventions
• Practice toe nail trimming, dental
procedures and microchip insertion
• Improve alpaca handling
• Learn about feed analysis
• Evaluate farm setup and much more!
Lunch included
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Location:
Long Acrea Alpaca Farm
9703 Blue Spring Road
Mercersburg, PA 17236
Cost:
$100
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Healthy Herd Part 2
Sunday, May 24, 2020 - Sunday, May 24, 2020
Mercersburg, PA
Healthy Herd Part II has a format similar to Part I, but draws upon different content.
• Perform blood draws, give injections
• Improve halter training techniques
• Conduct a physical exam
• Learn about medical conditions such as parasites, anemia,
stressors, diarrhea and more
• Drug administration and dosages and more!
Lunch included
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Location:
Long Acres Alpaca Farm
9703 Blue Spring Road
Mercersburg, PA 17236
Cost:
$100
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Memorial Weekend Open Ranch Days
Saturday, May 30, 2020 - Monday, June 1, 2020
Turlock, CA
Visitors welcome this weekend, about 10 AM to 2 PM all three days. Check out our alpacas and llamas. The ranch store will be open. (Dryer balls, socks, scarves, yarn, hats and more) Over the weekend we will be working with fleeces,spinning, dying fiber and making dryer balls- It's a work weekend for us, so lots going on. Check out alpaca ranching!
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Location:
Memorial Days Open Ranch
11175 Golf Road
Turlock, CA 95380
Cost:
Free to public
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National Alpaca Farm Days
Saturday, September 26, 2020 - Sunday, September 27, 2020
HUNTINGDON, PA
Come visit our farm on National Alpaca Farm Days. Pull up a chair and stay awhile, we love to talk alpaca. Watch the newest cria's run around the pasture. Visit with Tennessee our guard dog, our gentle giant. Take pictures, our alpacas don't mine. While your there you may get a kiss from one of our alpacas. Lite refreshments, Don't forget to visit our farm store, many items made in PA. from our fiber. New items being made in USA.
Our farm is open most days for the convience of our customers, Farm Store also , most Sundays 11A-4P open most days. Call first so your not disappointed. Store Hours: Friday 10A-4P and Saturday 10A-4P and other times, most days, if home.
Fall Open House: Nov. 7 & 8 10A-4P, 2020 lite refreshments
Porta Potty available
Phone 814-643-2854 or cell phone 814-599-9771 cell doesn't work to well at the house or barn.
This year, check out the many new items made from our alpacas: 2-3 ply reversible hats with alpaca name on tag, socks with alpaca name on tag from whom it was made from, yarn with name of alpaca , rugs, scarves, dryer balls and so much more..... New designs from Peru also.
Please stop by and check out our farm and alpacas. Alpacas for sale, whether you are looking for pet grade, breeding quality alpacas, herdsire's or just fiber alpacas, we have them all. Don't miss our Son(Matrix to the Max) and Grandson(Matrix Otto to the Max of TMA) a Snowmass Matrix offspring, Snowmass Matrix is still the highest selling alpaca at Auction!!!! $675,000.00
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Location:
National Alpaca Farm Days
7123 JOHN BUM RD
HUNTINGDON, PA 16652
Cost:
FREE
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Open Ranch - Alpaca Farm Days
Saturday, September 26, 2020 - Saturday, September 26, 2020
Redding, CA
It's Fun and it's FREE!
Saturday, September 26, 2020 10 AM to 4 PM
Join us for our 8th annual open house on National Alpaca Farm Days. We are joining alpaca ranchers across the US and Canada opening our ranch so you can meet the alpacas face to face. Walk through our pastures and experience the gentle nature of our alpacas.
Bring your camera to take pictures with the alpacas. Learn about the alpaca and the life style directly from your local alpaca ranchers. Watch demonstrations of spinning, weaving and other fiber activities.
Start your holiday shopping early in our boutique where you'll find alpaca apparel and products.
Bring your knitting or crocheting and join us for the afternoon.
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Location:
Arapaho Rose Alpacas
10702 Arapaho Dr
Redding, CA 96003
Cost:
FREE
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Open Farm at Terrace Mountain Alpacas
Saturday, November 7, 2020 - Sunday, November 8, 2020
HUNTINGDON, PA
Come join us November for our annual Open House. Meet and greet the alpacas or just visit our farm store. Light refreshments provided. Our Open House is every November, first full weekend of the month. Open 10A-4P both days. If you would like to visit any other time, just call and we can set up a time for your visit. We are Open Every Day if home, please call first, so you don't make a wasted trip.
Thanks to all of our visitors last year, great turnout. Thank You
So many new items made from our alpacas this year. Handmade 2 and 3 ply reversible hats with alpaca name that the yarn came from, 3 ply yarn, scarves, socks with the alpaca name from whom the fiber came from and so many new items produced in Peru.
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Hope to see ya all again this November.
Alpacas for sale: pets, fiber alpacas, herdsire's, breeding females, pregnant females - you get to pick whom you like. We want everyone to be happy with there choice. Check out our rising star: Matrix Otto to the Max of TMA(took 4th place at AOA National Fleece Show 2018 in Nashville), grandson of the famous "Snowmass Matrix" that sold at AUCTION for a whomping $675,000.00.
We have a Huntingdon address but 15 miles from Huntingdon. Turn onto 829S at Mill Creek(Top's Diner) and go 8 miles till you see our balloons on the right at Morgan Rd and follow the signs back to the farm. Please park in the grass across from the blue barn or beside the red barn. Porta Potty available.
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Location:
Open Farm Terrace Mountain Alpacas
7123 JOHN BUM RD
HUNTINGDON, PA 16652
Cost:
FREE
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Demo Event Two - 02
Friday, February 12, 2021 - Tuesday, June 1, 2021
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Demo Event One
Monday, March 1, 2021 - Friday, March 12, 2021
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Demo Event Three
Friday, May 21, 2021 - Saturday, May 22, 2021
Eventville, OH
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Event Location
123 Location Road
Eventville, OH 12345
Cost:
$35/person
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