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Lowton
Farm
Devon, England
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Our
Farm
Built
in local stone about 150 years ago as a horse-engine house for threshing
corn, Lowton Farm sits in a sheltered fold of land halfway up the Teign
Valley in the Dartmoor National Park.
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have just over 27 acres (11 hectares) of well-drained sloping pasture
for our animals. At 800 feet of elevation, it's not exactly the Altiplano,
but at least they do get some nice views!
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Our Alpacas
We
have a small herd of mostly lighter coloured alpacas, with one or two
darker colours for variety. Our ladies are a mix of Chilean and Peruvian
Huacayas.
We
have been consistently breeding them to the best stud males we can find,
using world-class animals from the USA, Canada and Australia.
All
our breeding animals are BAS registered.
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Our
Future
Our
long-term objective is to create the ideal alpaca for a
commercial fibre herd. We have been part of the alpaca business for a
few years now - but we still have a lot to learn.
We
have many more years of work still ahead of us, but we are fully committed
to playing a part in building a viable alpaca fibre industry in the UK.
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August 27, 2008
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