Alpacas are the latest animals in the livestock version of a speculative bubble, says Modern Farmer. It says the industry, which boomed in the early 2000s, emphasized breeding over developing a market for the alpaca’s chief product, their fine, soft fleece. “Selling alpacas for meat, though common practice in South America, where the animals originated, is… » Read More
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