Why this business is so appealing to so many? Besides making you smile, and your palms tickle when feeding treats, raising alpacas offers breeders significant tax advantages that are associated with running a farm business.
If you are actively raising alpacas for profit, all the expenses attributable to the business can be written off against your income. Check with your tax advisor but we quickly saw the tax benefits in running a small farming business.
Why Invest in Alpacas?
North America no longer allows the importation of alpacas, so U.S. herd production offers excellent future growth potential. A national DNA blood registry for each birth provides buyers with reliable parentage history for fair price evaluation. This provides an accurate, indisputable record of your animal's pedigree to ensure their value.
Let Silver Spring Alpacas show you how raising alpacas is the most incredible livestock investment you will find. We will gladly teach you a few, simple Alpaca ownership techniques you will need to practice when you are out with the herd. Prospective ownership begins with learning the proper stance of an Alpaca rancher. A wineglass in your left hand, right foot on bottom fence rail, relax your shoulders and let out a long sigh ... We love teaching this one!