Cashmere Goat

The Pashmina or Changthangi goat is found in Baltistan (Kashmir regions), China (Tibet), Ladakh, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar.

The Kashmir Pashmina goat bloodline is known to produce the finest cashmere wool and it is one of the favorites of cashmere producers.

Due to the high demand of this cashmere goat’s wool, the cost and purchasing prices can be quite high because of its rarity – it only constitutes less than 0.1% of the cashmere production in the global commercial industry setting.

The Hexi cashmere goat has a long lineage in the semi desert and desert regions of the Gansu province in China. Just like the Changthangi cashmere goat, the Hexi cashmere goats are commonly white. These goats are commonly found in the mountain of Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai provinces.

In the 1960s, breeding animals were selected from six counties in the eastern mountain area of a province in Liaoning. Since then, the herd was continually developed and improved to produce cashmere throughout China.

Today, the Liaoning cashmere goat is mainly found in the Liaodong Peninsula, specifically in the Buyun mountains. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture formally named the Liaoning cashmere goat in 1984. The selection of these goats emphasizes the following factors: size, quantity and quality of cashmere, sturdiness, growth, skin, length of body, conformation and growth.

Some breeders would say that Alpacas are better than cashmere goats. Basically, there are many factors why alpacas are supposedly a smarter choice than cashmere goat breeds. According to the word of farmers and breeders, the alpaca is a smarter and cost efficient choice because it takes fewer resources to generate ample stock of wool, longer lasting and more affordable.