» Alpaca Fiber

Alpaca fiber, or alpaca wool, is one of the products we produce at Alapca Valley Farms.

Our alpaca herd consists of every natural color. We shear once a year in the spring and sell our fiber to Crooked Fence Alpacas and Mill where they produce batting, roving and various yarns. We have a small farm store that we sell these different products. In addition to alpaca fiber we also have guanaco and llama fiber.

At shearing time we have a group of fiber sorters come and sort the fiber into the various grades. The mill then uses these different grades to make the different products. We are working to go "GREEN" . . . we are using cotton bags for our fiber. The bags are 40" x 40" or 40" x 80" and as we shear and sort we put the various fiber types and colors in separate bags and off to the mill the fiber goes. The bags are reusable and if they end up in the landfill they are totally biodegradable. Alpacas are "green" so why not the other aspects of alpaca production!

The alpaca industry is working to setup the alpaca wool infrastucture to market this wonderful fiber. With alpaca producers around the country and around the world, the opportunity to get alpaca wool, llama wool and guanaco wool products is easier than ever.

• If you are interested in "going green" and would like to use reusable, smooth cotton fiber bags, call us or send us an email.