NEW EVENT BARN AT WOODSEDGE WINS NATIONAL CONTEST!

Each year, Morton Buildings Inc., a well known national construction company with expertise in building quality agricultural facilities submits a handful of projects as entries in the National Frame Builders Association’s yearly competition. Builders from all over the United States submit entries in numerous categories for this contest. We were delighted to learn that our Star Events Sale Arena and Event Center at WoodsEdge Wools Farm was chosen as the winning entry in the Agricultural/Livestock Category. According to Morton Buildings the uniqueness & creativity of the building design & overall appearance were the deciding factors in the Judge’s choice.

2007 ANNUAL FARMER BUSINESSMAN’S PICNIC TO BE HELD AT WOODSEDGE

The Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture selects one farm each year to host their annual Farmer Businessman’s Picnic with 500 to 700 farmers from the state of New Jersey in attendance, as well as many of the state’s politicians and dignitaries. The event is used to showcase agriculture in the Garden State and Hunterdon County by holding the event at farms that are known for innovation in their respective field. This will be the first time an alpaca and llama farm has ever been chosen to host the event! According to the Board members who did the site selection, WoodsEdge has a remarkable history of converting a virtually unproductive piece of ground into a profitable and sustainable agricultural endeavor. They felt the event barn, where the dinner will be held, was the only one of its kind in the county, winning this site the honor of hosting the annual event due to its unique and innovative characteristics. The event is always held the last Wednesday in July and historically begins with two hours of farm tours. We are already busy setting up educational displays at each of the four major livestock barns about breeding and raising alpacas and suri llamas!

WOODSEDGE IS CHOSEN AS PRIME FARMLAND FOR PRESERVATION!

The ink is now dry on the legal paperwork to preserve WoodsEdge as a farm! The land will never be developed residentially or commercially, but will remain, for perpetuity, as farmland. Brent, as a third generation New Jersey farmer, is indeed following his heritage and creating a farm legacy for future generations!

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA COLLABORATES WITH WOODSEDGE ON NEW RESEARCH

WoodsEdge is pleased to announce their collaboration with the Department of Clinical Studies at New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in a new research project on clinical evaluation of pregnant hembra alpacas. The School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania pioneered the studies on clinical evaluation of pregnancy in mares, and Drs. Leonardo Brito, Patricia Sertich, JoAnn Slack and Lauren Greene would like to pioneer the studies on clinical evaluation of pregnancy in camelids. With camelids only producing one cria per year, problems that arise during gestation that may put the pregnancy at risk can have serious economic impact to the breeder. In humans and other domestic species, especially the horse, there have been significant developments allowing doctors to recognize problems and develop successful treatment strategies for abnormal pregnancies, thus increasing the likelihood of fetal survival. With this research, Dr. Brito hopes to make that information available to alpaca owners and their veterinarians to maximize the number of live healthy crias! Beginning in March, Dr. Brito and his team of experts will be spending time at WoodsEdge to monitor the pregnancy status of alpaca females. Dr. Brito, B.Vet.Med., PhD, Diplomate American College of Theriogenologists, is fairly new to the University of Pennsylvania, arriving there last September from The University of Saskatchewan where one of his professors was Dr. Greg Adams. Dr. Adams has done extensive research on reproductive physiology in camelids, so Dr. Brito has had an excellent mentor! Many of you may remember Greg as Linda’s favorite co-commentator for the 1994 and 1998 AOBA Fashion Shows as well as at WoodsEdge’s 1999 Sale of the Century. According to Dr. Brito, one of the reasons the team from the University of Pennsylvania chose WoodsEdge was because of it’s 20 years of data collection on camelid reproductive parameters, with 16 years under the supervision of the renowned equine theriogenologist, Dr. Dean Neely. Both Drs. Brito and Neely will be speaking at the Spring Fling Alpaca Auction, May 11–13, 2007 at WoodsEdge Wools Farm, presenting information in their area of expertise that is invaluable to the alpaca industry. Please be sure to attend the Camaraderie Cocktails May 11, at the Spring Fling Auction to meet Dr. Brito and learn how you can help the cutting edge experts learn more about alpacas!

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