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It is that time again! This year's grade 3 white, fawn, brown, and black fiber has been sent to
Pendleton. We are expecting our second run of blankets to be completed by December 4, with
anticipating shipping shortly thereafter. (Click HERE for continued information on blankets.)
We are also working on sorting the last of this year's clip and should have all the numbers tallied by
the end of the month. Once they have all been entered we will be creating final reports based on
what has been received. This should be helpful to you in a couple of ways: 1) By seeing how much
of your fiber is usable, it will give you an idea of how much you should be able to be paid for next
year's clip. Conversely, if your fiber was not usable, it should tell you why. For example, if much of
your fiber was not usable because of second cuts, you will need to educate your shearer to shear
the blanket initially, remove it, then go back and clean up the animal. This is particularly important
with neck fiber. 2) If you identified your animals, it will give you a general idea of that animal's fiber
and whether it is cost-effective to submit it or not. We hope you will use the Fiber Information
program as a tool to improve the yield (thus value) of your fiber as well as for health and breeding
purposes.
We do ask your patience as we work through this information system; there have been a few fleeces
attributed to the wrong farms, incorrect weights, etc. We are working out the bugs on our end and
also need help from our members. Everyone that has submitted fiber now has been assigned a farm
number. We cannot stress how VERY IMPORTANT it is that you use this number in the proper
format when submitting your fiber. When we begin paying for fiber this next season this will be
critical!! If we receive bags that are improperly marked, you will not receive credit for your fiber. We
have received several bags that have not only their farm number, but also their animal numbers and
several other numbers besides.
Remember, the format is the following:
FARM # -- COLOR CODE -- ANIMAL # (optional)
Please check out our updated Preparing Your Fiber page for more information. And if you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
AND did you catch that comment earlier? As promised, we will be paying for usable fiber beginning
this next season! (Note that word "USABLE." That's the key...) Having nearly completed our
Inventory Phase, we will begin making introductory payments on usable fiber. Members will be
asked to complete a Membership Agreement, which outlines our payment policy and ABP's Fiber
Collection Standards. (Click HERE for more information on fiber payment and a link to the
Membership Contract.)
We hope you are as pleased with our progress as we are! These are exciting times to be involved in
the alpaca fiber industry. We hope those of you in the Colorado area will stop by to see us at the
Alpaca Fiber Symposium being held Oct 23-25 in Denver! And, as always, if you are in our
neighborhood we invite you to come by and see us.
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS to our first Sorting/Grading Class students for this clip season:
Chris Jimenez, Larry Corbin, Sandra Price, Kim Lynch, and Debbie Elliott! You all did a great job!
We will continue offering classes beginning this spring! Watch our website for details...
Pendleton. We are expecting our second run of blankets to be completed by December 4, with
anticipating shipping shortly thereafter. (Click HERE for continued information on blankets.)
We are also working on sorting the last of this year's clip and should have all the numbers tallied by
the end of the month. Once they have all been entered we will be creating final reports based on
what has been received. This should be helpful to you in a couple of ways: 1) By seeing how much
of your fiber is usable, it will give you an idea of how much you should be able to be paid for next
year's clip. Conversely, if your fiber was not usable, it should tell you why. For example, if much of
your fiber was not usable because of second cuts, you will need to educate your shearer to shear
the blanket initially, remove it, then go back and clean up the animal. This is particularly important
with neck fiber. 2) If you identified your animals, it will give you a general idea of that animal's fiber
and whether it is cost-effective to submit it or not. We hope you will use the Fiber Information
program as a tool to improve the yield (thus value) of your fiber as well as for health and breeding
purposes.
We do ask your patience as we work through this information system; there have been a few fleeces
attributed to the wrong farms, incorrect weights, etc. We are working out the bugs on our end and
also need help from our members. Everyone that has submitted fiber now has been assigned a farm
number. We cannot stress how VERY IMPORTANT it is that you use this number in the proper
format when submitting your fiber. When we begin paying for fiber this next season this will be
critical!! If we receive bags that are improperly marked, you will not receive credit for your fiber. We
have received several bags that have not only their farm number, but also their animal numbers and
several other numbers besides.
Remember, the format is the following:
FARM # -- COLOR CODE -- ANIMAL # (optional)
Please check out our updated Preparing Your Fiber page for more information. And if you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
AND did you catch that comment earlier? As promised, we will be paying for usable fiber beginning
this next season! (Note that word "USABLE." That's the key...) Having nearly completed our
Inventory Phase, we will begin making introductory payments on usable fiber. Members will be
asked to complete a Membership Agreement, which outlines our payment policy and ABP's Fiber
Collection Standards. (Click HERE for more information on fiber payment and a link to the
Membership Contract.)
We hope you are as pleased with our progress as we are! These are exciting times to be involved in
the alpaca fiber industry. We hope those of you in the Colorado area will stop by to see us at the
Alpaca Fiber Symposium being held Oct 23-25 in Denver! And, as always, if you are in our
neighborhood we invite you to come by and see us.
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS to our first Sorting/Grading Class students for this clip season:
Chris Jimenez, Larry Corbin, Sandra Price, Kim Lynch, and Debbie Elliott! You all did a great job!
We will continue offering classes beginning this spring! Watch our website for details...
FALL 2009