Stats on alpaca fiber nationwide over a 6 year period: The weights allocated to each age group reflect skirted fleece weight and were 2.75, 3.0 and 3.2 pounds weight for the age groups in ascending order to simplify the numbers. Huacaya alpacas born between 2004 and 2010 (inclusive) and are estimated to have produced just over 320,000 pounds weight of raw blanket fiber in 2011. The largest production group were the beige and fawn animals (31.5%) followed by the brown and bay black alpacas (26.1%) and white (25.5%). Light colored alpacas make up 57% of the alpacas in the study group. 70,810 pounds of fiber under 20 micron were produced across all color groups, 141,600 pounds in the 20.1 to 23 micron range and 107,680 pounds over 23 microns.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:02:48 +0000
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