Outstanding Dreams Farm

Why an Alpaca business?

• Alpacas are easy on the land, they have padded feet, they are gentle, beautiful, curious animals.

• They are relatively easy to care for & handle, do not require large acreage(approximately five to ten can be kept per acre).

• Upkeep & housing are relatively inexpensive.

• They are long lived, average life span is twenty years.

• Alpacas can provide a good return on investment. Females start breeding at eighteen months old & produce on average one cria per year into their late teens. Gestation is roughly eleven & a half months.

• There are some very good tax benefits as long as you operate as a business.

• They provide an excellent family business. Plus you just can't help falling in love with them!

• We offer On Farm, Interest Free Financing on your purchase of Breeding stock Alpacas
• We also offer Package Deals on your purchase of two or more alpacas
  

Profitibility of Alpacas

• Every winter your Alpaca will grow a sought after luxorious fleece, just waiting to be shorn, used and sold! Annual fiber yields vary from about five pounds from a single female to a about thirteen pounds from a larger male!

• Breed and sell your quality alpacas! Although gestation period is just under a year, these cria are worth waiting for! Not only adorable, they often sell for as much - or more - than was paid for the parent!

• Not to be overlooked as a very important aspect of raising alpacas are the great tax benefits that uncle Sam provides. An alpaca can typically be depreciated over a five-year span or 20% per year and, in addition, Section 179 of the tax code to allows for the deduction of a capital asset up to $250,000 for assets up to $800,000.

• Capital gains can be available on the sale of breeding animals and their offspring. Current expenses are deductible. Consult a tax advisor for specifics as they relate to you.

• Also - alpacas are 100% insurable!