The genetic improvement of alpaca fibre has emerged as a vital discipline at the crossroads of animal breeding and textile innovation. Research in this field seeks to elucidate the genetic ...

Generous federal tax benefits and high prices for breeding stock have helped boost the alpaca industry in the United States, and breeders now hope to build up the herd and improve fiber quality enough ...

Some alpacas that fail to producce enough to fiber to cover the cost of their hay end up at Linda Hayes' llama and alpaca rescue outside Carbondale, Colo. Known for their calm temperaments and soft ...

SOUTH STRAFFORD, Vt. — Generous federal tax benefits and high prices for breeding stock have helped boost the alpaca industry in the United States, and breeders now hope to build up the herd and ...

Free bus tour to four alpaca farms leaves IX Center on Wednesday at noon, returns 5 p.m.; go to Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association counter for directions. On a fresh spring day, Brenda Burns ...

[imgbelt img=Two+alpacas.jpg]Alpaca ranching has been touted as a great investment, especially for retirees. But rapidly declining sales prices mean the bubble may have burst, leaving rescue ...

Dozens of alpacas and their handlers took center stage this weekend at the American Royal for the 2026 MOPACA Show.

If things go as planned by La Cañada Flintridge investor Dr. Sandra Wallace, there will be a run on shoulder-high, two-toed, furry camelids. “This is a business,” said Wallace, a neurologist who owns ...

EUGENE, Ore. - “Heeeeeeere ‘paca ‘paca ‘paca ‘paca ‘paca, heeeeere ‘paca ‘paaaaaaca,” Robbin Freedman calls out to a herd of around 50 grazing alpaca. Many of the three-foot tall four-legged animals ...

Two weeks before Ian Lutz and Jennifer Croft graduated from Woodstock Union High School, they did what many seniors do — they randomly hooked up. “It was just a fling,” Lutz recalls. But the ...

Breeding stock alpacas can start at $4,000 and go up to hundreds of thousands of dollars for a top stud, compared to sheep, which breeders can get for a few hundred dollars.A 2010 extension of a tax ...