Are You Having Your Fiber Tested?

  To be able to quote prices over the phone or by email buyers need more information about the quality of fiber offered to them. As the fiber market expands the the prices will be more and more quality driven. Fiber quality will have a greater impact on the   value of alpacas. Fiber quality testing will not only be used in making purchasing decisions but also a factor in breeding progams.

I "I would like to suggest highlighting the importance of fiber sellers' getting their fiber micron tested before they sell it so they can market it appropriately.  If I am going to purchase fiber, and I cannot touch it to get an idea of the fineness than a histogram would do that for me." Amy Lowery, Lake Erie Alpacas