Any alpaca "farmers" out there?

[Rainmaster]

Originally Posted by CodeMonkee

People who raise livestock are ranchers.

People who raise plants are farmers.

Point taken but that would be to easy...... As an example. When was the last time that you heard , he/she is a "dairy rancher"?

The term "dairy farmer" is applied to those engaged primarily in (livestock) milk production. I agree that the term rancher usually applies to those who raise grazing livestock but farmer works too. Or maybe it is that I have done all of the farming stuff since childhood (including livestock) and it never occurred to me that I am anything but a farmer. In my world us small business types are farmers, the JR Ewing's of the world are ranchers.

I have never played the zynga game "farmville" but I am pretty sure you can buy fake livestock there and I get the feeling it would not have been as successful had they called it "ranchville".

[2whlrcr]

Good point. I live in IA. We have farms here and lots of livestock. There is also an Alpaca farm just south of town.

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