Table 28. Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
778 
18,808 
556 
10,237 
125 
13,602 
6 
431 
8,800 
1,156 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
543 
4,910 
346 
(D) 
78 
3,761 
(D) 
235 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 99 
206 
9,210 
183 
5,308 
42 
7,495 
3 
167 
4,729 
665 
1 00 to 299 
27 
(D) 
25 
2,319 
5 
2,346 
(D) 
27 
2,209 
240 
300 to 999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No sheep and lambs as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
20 
1,679 
(D) 
57 
574 
94 
Table 29. Ewes 1 Year Old or Older - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales by Size of Ewe Flock: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Ewes 1 year old or older inventory 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
Wool production 
Sheep and lambs sold 
Total 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Total 
556 
16,340 
556 
10,237 
90 
1 1 ,284 
6 
335 
7,703 
993 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
431 
6,784 
431 
3,705 
69 
(D) 
(D) 
224 
2,316 
335 
25 to 99 
112 
6,837 
112 
4,848 
18 
5,377 
3 
98 
3,981 
510 
100 to 199 
12 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
200 to 499 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
- 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
500 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 2,499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,500 to 4,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
No ewes 1 year old or older as of 
Dec. 31, 2012 
222 
2,468 
(X) 
(X) 
55 
3,997 
(D) 
153 
1,671 
257 
Table 30. Goats, Kids, and Mohair - Inventory, Mohair Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Inventory 
Sales 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Farms 
Number 
Goats, all 
2,450 
41,610 
2,825 
50,579 
1,311 
19,128 
2,149 
1,182 
19,512 
Angora goats and kids 
25 
415 
38 
318 
7 
96 
8 
14 
60 
Milk goats and kids 
567 
4,664 
477 
5,057 
255 
1,770 
255 
174 
2,197 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
2,083 
36,531 
2,557 
45,204 
1,094 
17,262 
1,886 
1,061 
17,255 
Mohair clipped' 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
7 
855 
(D) 
4 
338 
' 2007 data for pounds sold are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
Table 31. Equine - Inventory and Sales: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1,000) 
Equine 
Farms 
Number 
Value 
($1 ,000) 
INVENTORY 
SALES 
Total horses and ponies 
10,820 
61,090 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
2,099 
6,500 
1 1 ,476 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
10,598 
52,557 
(X) 
1 to 24 
2,082 
5,786 
10,590 
25 to 49 
189 
5,740 
(X) 
25 to 49 
12 
345 
436 
50 to 99 
23 
1,261 
(X) 
50 to 99 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
1 00 or more 
10 
1,532 
(X) 
1 00 or more 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
10,476 
56,317 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
274 
648 
223 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
10,305 
49,663 
(X) 
1 to 24 
274 
648 
223 
25 to 49 
148 
4,478 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
14 
760 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
9 
1,416 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
2,811 
8,165 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
2,801 
7,858 
(X) 
25 to 49 
10 
307 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
24 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
