Alabama alpaca farms will continue to make a larger contribution to the State's agricultural production as the industry grows. Paper, chemicals, rubber and plastics, apparel and textiles, primary metals, and automobile manufacturing constitute the leading industries of Alabama, which also ranks high in the production of poultry, soybeans, milk, vegetables, livestock, wheat, cattle, cotton, peanuts, fruits, hogs, and corn. Alabama alpaca owners are well positioned to take advantage of the local textile industry as they continue to develop alpacas into a new primary agricutural enterprise.