Alpaca Farm Resources & Links

Helpful Alpaca Associations

• The Alpaca Registry
• AOBA - Alpaca Owners & Breeders Association
• MOPACA - Midwest Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association

Educational Alpaca Information

• AOBA
• Alpaca Shows
• Alpaca Academy
• Northwest Alpacas
• Alpacas at Tucker Creek (tax info)
• Southern Iowa Alpacas (articles for Alpaca Magazine)
• Ideal Alpacas

Alpaca & Farming Products

• Useful Llama & Alpaca Items
• Quality Llama Products, Inc.
• FarmTek

Alpaca Transporters

• AlpacaNation List of Transporters

Fleece Evaluation

• Yocom McColl Wool Testing Labs

Fleece Processing

• Shepherd's Mill in Kansas
• The Alpaca Blanket Project
• Alpaca Fiber Cooperative of North America (AFCNA)
• New England Alpaca Fiber Pool (NEAFP)
• North American Alpaca Fiber Producers (NAAFP)

Alpaca Books

You can find these books at Amazon.com, Useful Llama Items, or Quality Llama Products, Inc.

• Caring For Llamas and Alpacas - A Health and Management Guide by Claire Hoffman, DVM and Ingrid Asmus
• Llama and Alpaca Neonatal Care by Smith, Timm and Long, DVMs
• Alpaca Field Manual, Second Edition - Dr. C. Norman Evans, D.V.M.
• The Complete Alpaca Book by Eric Hoffman
• Llama and Alpaca Husbandry and Medical Care - Robert Pollard, DVM and Suzi Pollard
• The Camelid Companion by Marty McGee Bennett

Fiber Books & Periodicals

• Shear Spirit, Ten Fiber Farms - Twenty Patterns and Miles of Yarn by Joan Tapper
• The Natural Knitter - How to Choose, Use and Knit Natural Fibers from Alpaca to Yak by Barbara Albright
• A Fine Fleece - Knitting with Handspun Yarns by Lisa Lloyd
• Color in Spinning by Deb Menz
• Fiber Gathering - Knit, Crochet, Spin, and Dye More Than 25 Projects Inspired by America's Festivals by Joanne Seiff
• Natural Dyeing by Jackie Crook
• Spin Off magazine
• Wild Fibers magazine

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