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Alpaca farming is a great lifestyle for the whole family and for many of us the move from the corporate world into Alpaca Farming was the realisation of a long held dream. Of course like many other areas of agriculture alpaca farming is not a get rich scheme. Indeed just like on many other farms one partner often has to work in order for the family to live on the alpaca farm. Which if you think about it is one measure of just how enjoyable this lifestyle must be.

Now if you are relatively new to the alpaca industry then you may well have received a good many e-mails since you started to express an interest in alpacas, this was your first clue that a great deal of alpaca business is transacted over the internet , so get used to it!



This parody of a well known drawing sums it up for me....we dream of the outdoor lifestyle and existing somewhere between the proud hunter gatherer and the agricultural farmer with his rake. But the reality is that as an alpaca farmer you have to exist in many different roles.

And some of that time you will be bent over a computer screen, just like you are doing now....except it will be you writing the Blog, or sending out the e-mails or updating records on the ARI database. Of course some days you will sell alpacas and then it will be you sending out the invoices which has to be done if you want to get paid.

I guess if it wasn't for the few hours I spend on the PC each day, then the hours I spend outside with the alpacas wouldn't be quite so relaxing and rewarding....life is all about contrasts I guess.

To end on a practical note. What does this mean? Well if you want to be a successful alpaca farmer you will need a web site, and ability to send and receive e-mails as an absolute minimum. I will go into more detail tomorrow for those that are interested.