SATURDAY

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

  II. The Alpaca Business -- Successful Business Plans

    A. Farm Plan

     1. Huacaya vs. Suri
     2. Color vs. White
     3. Choosing your farm's market niche

       a. Show animals
       b. Price point
       c. Crossbred suris
       d. Production females
       e. Importance of Quality Stud males!

     4. When to purchase a stud male

10:30 - 11:00 a.m. - Break

11:00 - 12:30 a.m.

  III. Selecting, Purchasing, and Breeding Alpacas for your Herd

    A. Using Genetics to Improve Your Herd

1. Progeny testing

2. Analyzing pedigree

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

  IV. Alpaca Selection Training

    A. Identify positive and negative conformation traits
    B. Identifying alpaca type
    C. Identify positive and negative fleece traits
       

1. Histograms

2. Crimp

3. Luster

4. Lock

5. Density

6. Coverage

  V.  Classic Livestock Breeding Sytems

    A. Random mating

    B. Mating like to like by phenotype

    C. Mating like to like by pedigree

    D. Mating unlike to unlike by phenotype

    E. Mating unlike to unlike by pedigree

3:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Break

3:30 - 6:00 p.m.

  VI. Hands on Alpaca Selection

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Dinner

7:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Round table questions and answer

SUNDAY

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. - Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 11:30 a.m.

  Farm Tour & Alpaca Review