SILVERCLOUD FARM!

As we celebrate our 11th year in the Alpaca Business, there are so many things and people we are grateful to have experienced and met along the way! It seems like just yesterday when our first alpacas arrived and yet it’s almost impossible to remember our lives without them and the friendships we’ve made on this journey.

Over the last decade Silvercloud Farm/Jim & Helen Humphreys have been involved in every aspect of the alpaca business. We’ve sat on the Board of Directors for Pennsylvania Alpaca Owners Breeders Association (PAOBA) & Mid Atlantic Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (MAPACA). We've participated on The Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association sub-committees (AOBA). We've coordinated the PAOBA Breeders Showcase. Helen became an AOBA certified halter and fleece judge in 2007. We launched and operated Silver Penn Sales, an auction management company, and created most of it's marketing pieces and concepts that are used today. We attended over 30 different alpaca related educational events, and we’ve conducted seminars for clients. Our herd and especially our herdsires have garnered national recognition and numerous top awards at some of the most competitive shows in the country.

It’s safe to say we’ve learned a great deal over the past decade. The joys of new births, which includes the wonderful addition of two human creatures, daughter Mia Rae and son Raymond James and the sadness that comes with final goodbyes, including our much loved Father Ray in 2005. Our quest for the next decade remains very much the same as the first: To continuously strive to breed and create a better alpaca, to assist and provide the utmost support for our customers and to continue to actively support the alpaca community. The alpaca industry has changed a great deal over the last ten years, but our commitment to the alpacas, our clients and the industry remain the same.