Agriculture

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How To Do Alpaca Shearing On Your Own Posted: 22 Jul 2011 01:43 PM PDT Alpaca Shearing is only needed once a year; yet good cutting is essential for being able to market your fiber as the highest quality. If you are a new alpaca owner, you will need to balance the need to be frugal with the need to offer quality fleece cut in the way that mills or artisans need in order to spin strong yarn. So here are some basics for you to absorb; the information here will help get you through your first shearing day! First off, shearing is done in late spring, this allows the alpaca to stay cooler as summer comes along and to have the fleece growing in by the time colder weather comes in. If timing allows, one of the best investments of your time or money would be to attend a shearing workshop. Nothing beats seeing (and hearing) actual shearing going on. Many farms offer workshops as a way to supplement their farm income, once you become an expert, you could offer workshops as well.

Deer Farming Overview Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:09 PM PDT There are many forms of livestock farming and one specialty is deer farming. Deer farmers must be handy and adaptable people to handle all the work associated with deer farming. There are about 18 million wild deer living in the United States but adapting livestock farming techniques to managing a huge deer herd takes unique knowledge and skills. Other types of livestock farmers can take university courses tailored to raising hogs, poultry, cattle and sheep but anyone interested in deer farming must learn directly from a deer farmer.

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