North American Alpaca Show in full swing on the grounds of the Big E. Published: Apr. 03, 2015, ... People confuse them all the time, but a llama is about twice the size of an alpaca.

“Alpacas will always be a fiber-first industry. Nobody can raise alpacas just for meat. Cost wise, you just can’t grow them out to a full-size animal only for meat and harvest them like that,” says ...