SPRING VALLEY, Minn. — Karri and Eric Lohmann's Rockie Top Acres is home to 49 Suri and Huacaya alpacas. The Lohmanns decided to become alpaca owners nine years ago, just after moving to the farm ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FARMINGTON — There is a new alpaca farm in town that offers products to buy, ...

CULVER — Kelsey Evans likens alpaca fiber to human hair. “Fine, coarse, crimpy, straight, silky, curly — everybody’s fiber’s different, and animals are just like people. Their hair is unique to them,” ...

Judges considered characteristics like length uniformity at the Alpaca Owners Association National Education and Fiber Conference and Fleece Show in Burlington, Kentucky. Laurel Shouvlin’s fingertips ...

It’s been nearly three decades since Charlene Schmid first developed an interest in alpaca wool. “I wanted to make a blanket for my baby,” she says with a laugh. “I learned about alpaca fiber and I’ve ...

PEAPACK, New Jersey (WABC) -- At Bluebird Farm Alpacas, in addition to cuddling up and taking selfies with the furry and friendly pets, the fiber produced by them is handcrafted into hats, socks, ...

Aili, 4, Jared and Jennifer Hegna pose for a photograph in front of their barn in Esko on Monday, May 15. The Hegnas run Five Daughters Farm, where they raise alpacas. It’s a new venture for the ...

Kris Cody was en route to a career in neuroscience when a gap year from school he spent in South America changed everything—and made him something of a joke among his classmates at the University of ...