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 
819 
14,924 
594 
7,630 
418 
56,221 
42 
579 
9,299 
1,544 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
645 
5,997 
460 
3,045 
316 
23,866 
(D) 
414 
3,330 
(D) 
25 to 99 
161 
6,613 
124 
3,181 
94 
22,702 
15 
152 
4,469 
747 
100 to 299 
12 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
137 
300 to 999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(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) 
18 
2,191 
(D) 
40 
324 
44 
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 
594 
1 1 ,454 
594 
7,630 
306 
43,770 
36 
445 
7,594 
1,249 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
530 
6,964 
530 
4,047 
259 
24,755 
12 
381 
4,081 
620 
25 to 99 
59 
3,344 
59 
2,576 
44 
12,745 
(D) 
59 
2,577 
425 
100 to 199 
4 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
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 
225 
3,470 
(X) 
(X) 
130 
14,642 
6 
174 
2,029 
339 
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 
766 
8,258 
1,067 
10,623 
398 
4,251 
562 
461 
4,711 
Angora goats and kids 
75 
307 
78 
431 
9 
26 
3 
22 
136 
Milk goats and kids 
182 
1,745 
224 
1,796 
80 
1,181 
224 
75 
537 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
581 
6,206 
866 
8,396 
329 
3,044 
334 
383 
4,038 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
20 
679 
2 
29 
2,053 
' 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 
3,068 
27,658 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
740 
1,998 
16,963 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
2,828 
17,034 
(X) 
1 to 24 
736 
1,769 
(D) 
25 to 49 
195 
6,345 
(X) 
25 to 49 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
50 to 99 
35 
2,381 
(X) 
50 to 99 
- 
100 or more 
10 
1,898 
(X) 
100 or more 
1 
(□) 
(□) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
2,817 
16,746 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
51 
97 
52 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
2,750 
14,185 
(X) 
1 to 24 
51 
97 
52 
25 to 49 
54 
1,720 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
13 
841 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
397 
981 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
395 
(D) 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
(X) 
50 or more 
2 
(D) 
(X) 
24 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
