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 
498 
6,093 
368 
3,393 
297 
26,078 
18 
220 
4,074 
836 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
438 
3,236 
319 
1,875 
261 
16,632 
12 
177 
1,282 
253 
25 to 99 
54 
1,923 
43 
1,048 
31 
5,522 
5 
37 
755 
123 
100 to 299 
6 
934 
6 
470 
5 
3,924 
- 
6 
2,037 
459 
300 to 999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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) 
9 
786 
2 
11 
92 
17 
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 
368 
5,159 
368 
3,393 
221 
22,380 
14 
192 
3,883 
804 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
331 
3,085 
331 
(D) 
201 
(D) 
(D) 
163 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 99 
36 
(D) 
36 
1,186 
19 
5,636 
(D) 
28 
2,501 
533 
100 to 199 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
130 
934 
(X) 
(X) 
85 
4,484 
5 
39 
283 
49 
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 
606 
4,393 
496 
4,578 
176 
2,903 
365 
153 
1,729 
Angora goats and kids 
61 
227 
38 
221 
5 
13 
1 
5 
42 
Milk goats and kids 
182 
1,933 
210 
1,501 
71 
1,067 
166 
60 
577 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
417 
2,233 
327 
2,856 
116 
1,823 
198 
105 
1,110 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
18 
510 
1 
20 
1,547 
' 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 
1,617 
17,424 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
418 
1,471 
8,021 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
1,439 
10,517 
(X) 
1 to 24 
413 
1,090 
6,207 
25 to 49 
155 
5,306 
(X) 
25 to 49 
3 
(D) 
(□) 
50 to 99 
21 
(D) 
(X) 
50 to 99 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
100 or more 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
100 or more 
1 
(□) 
(D) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,540 
10,655 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
47 
155 
68 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
1,486 
8,509 
(X) 
1 to 24 
47 
155 
68 
25 to 49 
47 
1,524 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
5 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
305 
803 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
305 
803 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
(X) 
24 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
