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Yearly harvest of fiber sorted into grades by color and length.
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Individual Sort Record on each animal with data that includes fleece weight by body area, grade of each area, comments on luster/brightness, density and uniformity of crimp, test for tenderness,Sorters comments on fiber.
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Sort Summary for the entire clip. Provides information on the amount of fiber in each grade, color and length category.
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Increase in usable fiber – typically waste is less than 8 oz per alpaca
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Increase in potential profit from fiber
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Superior products created from sorted fiber
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Less loss of fiber during production
(10-15% less than average)
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Opportunity to become an Natural Fiber Producers Cooperative
Member
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Suggested uses for each grade of fiber
along with profit projections for each grade for retail and wholesale options.
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Assistance with herd management – external parasites, skin conditions, fiber stress breaks
can be identified and addressed during sorting process
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No need to skirt fiber at a later date
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Clip ready for processing
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Once shearing day is over you’re done!
