Fiber Producers' Page

This page is for people who raise fiber animals, or who think they might want to raise them.

We offer contract processing of your fiber.  Your wish is our command.  Please contact us for a quote on your particular job or to explore the possibilities for adding value to your fiber.

Small Farm Fibers will buy quality wool in a raw or professionally scoured state.  To potentially be qualified as a supplier, please give us a call.  The following profile is what we look for in a supplier:

• A small farm raising a herd of 30 or more animals, whose fiber is consistent.  This requires keeping animals of the same basic breed, and an ongoing program of breeding and culling for fiber quality and consistency.  See Evaluate Fiber Quality.

• Clean, sound fiber from healthy animals.  This requires hay and feed handling and pasture grooming practices that prevent excessive vegetable contamination.  It also requires managing parasite loads and striving for 365 day per year continuous, quality feed supply.

• Knowledge, dedication, and facilities to shear and package wool properly.

The best returns happen for well-skirted (See How to Skirt a Fleece), clean, sound fiber.  Coarse wool and mohair, and llama wool with heavy guard hair are less valuable per pound than fine wool, fine mohair, alpaca, or other precious fibers.

Qualified fiber suppliers can become a "Featured Farm".  In addition, if your fiber lends itself to a unique product line, we will name it after you.