Introduction to Alpaca Ranching

COURSE OUTLINE

Alpaca ownership models - find your own "alpaca lifestyle"
Resources and marketing options available to alpaca ranchers
Fiber - what are you going to do with it?
Shows - should I or shouldn't I?
Ranch layout - design for your own herd goals
Ranch tour and husbandry discussions

Lunch Break

Preventive medicine for alpacas, including
- Parasites
- Worming
- Snakebite
Issues typical in the Sierra Foothills

Financial and tax information
- Schedule F - Income & Deductions
- Depreciation & Section 179
- Self-Employment income
- Hobby vs. Business
- Material participation rules
- How income is reported on the sale of an alpaca
- Business entity selections

Q&A

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BIO: Robin Skillman, DVM

Dr. Robin Skillman attended the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, studying with Dr. Murray Fowler, one of the pioneers of camelid medicine in the USA. She graduated in 1982 and worked with her first alpacas in 1986 - not long after the beginning of importations. She is a large animal mobile vet focusing on food and fiber production livestock. Alpacas and llamas comprise about one-third of her practice. Dr. Skillman's primary interests are management and reproduction. On her own ranch, she raises goats, cattle, horses and dogs.

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BIO: Mark Allen, CFP

Mark Allen is a partner of the CPA firm Allen & Allen, LLP located in Cameron Park, California. He is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional and Enrolled Agent that provides tax preparation, tax planning, and general financial planning services. He has his Masters Degree in Financial Planning from Golden Gate University. Allen & Allen, LLP was opened in Cameron Park by Mark & his mother, a CPA, in August of 2002. In addition to general tax services, the firm specializes in tax planning for individuals with farming & ranching activities, stock options, employee stock purchase plans, real estate investments, education funding, and retirement planning.

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