Create the lifestyle you have always wanted with Alpacas. Sources of income include boarding, breeding, animal fiber sales. Alpaca fleece makes luxuriously soft, warm coats and sweaters.

Alpaca Fleece

Alpaca fleece is the natural fiber harvested from an alpaca. The Incan kings recognized the alpaca’s unique qualities and reserved its cloth for royalty. It is warmer and lighter than wool, yet stronger and far more durable. While similar to sheep’s wool, it is not prickly, and has no dander or lanolin, making finer grades thought to be hypo-allergenic. The fiber is naturally flame retardant and will not absorb water.

Fiber That Rivals Cashmere

Alpaca fiber is very soft, rivaling cashmere and angora and is considered a specialty fiber in part due to its rarity. Fleece can be sold at a large fiber festival or farmer’s market. also available is the Alpaca Fiber Cooperative for processing large amounts of alpaca fiber. It can be made into yarn, clothing, rugs, blankets, stuffed animals and many more sellable products. In addition to selling the fiber, many breeders operate retails stores on or off their farms which can provide a good supplemental income to your farm.

Fiber For Clothing

Nothing is more luxurious than the soft, silky feel of an alpaca sweater. Fine woman’s suit made from alpaca fabric have a sumptuous feel to them. Alpaca coats keep you warm and are lovely to the touch. Clothing made from Alpaca fiber is sought after and is the finest of all natural fibers. It is as soft as cashmere and warmer and stronger than wool. Alpaca fleece grows longer and quicker than that of camel or vicuna and comes in more natural colors than any other animal fiber.

Right now the world produces less alpaca fiber than any other fiber type. The Incan kings recognized the alpaca’s unique qualities and reserved its cloth for royalty. Today’s shoppers searches for high quality, eco-friendly products made of naturally renewable resources such as Alpaca fiber which is made into warm, colorful garments that are extremely soft. Alpaca sweaters and suits last for many years.

Income From Fiber

If you love animals and love the outdoors, Alpaca farm steading may be for you. Income is derived from breeding, boarding, animal sales, and fiber sales. Alpacas grow long, soft tendrils of fleece that is sheared once a year. Make sure the fiber is good quality before shearing, keep the fleece dry and clean, with no second cuts, and each fleece is bagged up separately with no mixings of 1sts, 2nds, or 3rds.

Fleece can be sold at a large fiber festival or farmer’s market. Also available is the Alpaca Fiber Cooperative for processing large amounts of alpaca fiber. There is a fee to join the cooperative, but you will also have the ability to purchase products at half price.