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2022 Llama Market Report

12/31/2022

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This is our third annual llama market report, combining the sales statistics of promoted auctions of registered llamas. We hope to provide the data, and a little commentary, to help you make purchasing and selling decisions at your farm. This year's report includes statistics from the March Llama Madness Sale, the ILR Gathering Sale, and the online sales on Justin Timm Auction service. 
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Adding WiFi and a camera to your barn in less than an hour!

3/5/2022

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A few weeks ago I got it in my head that I needed a camera in our barn. It seemed like a fun thing to be able to pull it up and check on the llamas while I was away. While researching barn cameras, they all required internet access to be able to see a live view. This led me down a rabbit trail of how to get internet from the house to the barn. Luckily, I found an option to easily get WiFi in the barn and a barn camera setup with a process that took under an hour and costs less than $200!
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Driving with Llamas featuring Cadence the Cart Llama

1/3/2022

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Driving llamas is one of the most fun and unique things to do with your llama. People often drive their llamas in parades, on beaches, in competition at llama shows, or just for fun. To be successful with training a llama to drive it is essential to select the right llama, use equipment that is made for specifically for llamas, and to use good training methods. Training a llama to drive is hard work and there are rarely, if ever, llamas for sale that are already trained. Below we have included a story about Cadence the Llama who was trained by her owner, Barb Romano, to pull a cart. Barb includes recommendations for those interested in driving llamas or learning more about this fun hobby.


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What to Keep in your Llama First Aid Kit

1/3/2022

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Keeping essential medical supplies on hand will help you care for your llamas both in emergencies and daily activities. It is a good idea to keep a first aid kit in the barn or tack room as well as a smaller kit for your truck or trailer when you are hauling your llamas. A plastic tote a large bag can be useful for when you are traveling with your llamas.
This is not an exhaustive list, but rather a good start of suggested items and things we use most often. Depending on your area, certain medications may be needed more than others.

The following list, including links to purchase, will help you consider what to keep on hand.  
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What toenail trimmers should I buy for my llama or alpaca?

12/18/2021

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Toenail trimming is one of the general care items that most llama owners can take care of themselves. We have tried several kinds of toenail trimmers over time. In this post we will provide a comparison of cost and quality for three of them, including what we hope is the last pair of trimmer we ever buy. 

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2021 Llama Market Report

12/11/2021

 
Can you make money raising llamas? It's a common question, and while we won't dive into all of the factors that decide whether a llama farm is profitable, using prices from this year's auctions we will provide some data that can help everyone take the pulse of the llama market in 2021. 
Prices on everything seemed to go up in 2021, and llamas were no exception. 
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    Kyle Mumford is a third generation llama owner, and his family has owned llamas since 1980. Kyle and his wife Jerrika have a herd of approximately 25 llamas in Southwest Washington. 

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