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 
759 
1 1 ,925 
613 
7,374 
607 
59,938 
43 
408 
8,157 
2,045 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
656 
5,616 
515 
3,303 
525 
26,657 
19 
316 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 99 
93 
3,809 
89 
2,598 
72 
18,661 
13 
82 
1,818 
331 
1 00 to 299 
8 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
61 
300 to 999 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(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) 
47 
2,918 
(D) 
48 
346 
72 
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 
613 
10,872 
613 
7,374 
481 
54,381 
38 
344 
7,696 
1,958 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
549 
6,055 
549 
3,918 
425 
28,204 
17 
288 
2,633 
435 
25 to 99 
57 
2,649 
57 
2,068 
49 
13,017 
10 
49 
(D) 
(D) 
100 to 199 
6 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
426 
88 
200 to 499 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(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 
146 
1,053 
(X) 
(X) 
173 
8,475 
6 
112 
807 
159 
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 
595 
6,449 
656 
5,902 
229 
2,608 
411 
187 
1,922 
Angora goats and kids 
40 
130 
81 
267 
9 
45 
4 
4 
23 
Milk goats and kids 
336 
4,176 
293 
2,524 
156 
1,637 
287 
88 
799 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
305 
2,143 
431 
3,111 
77 
926 
120 
116 
1,100 
Mohair clipped' 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
22 
1,428 
2 
64 
1,783 
' 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 
1,667 
1 1 ,987 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
432 
1,738 
7,153 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
1,578 
8,758 
(X) 
1 to 24 
426 
1,504 
5,353 
25 to 49 
76 
2,525 
(X) 
25 to 49 
6 
234 
1,800 
50 to 99 
13 
704 
(X) 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
1 00 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,602 
9,753 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
11 
15 
6 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
1,537 
7,527 
(X) 
1 to 24 
11 
15 
6 
25 to 49 
52 
1,540 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
13 
686 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
189 
391 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
189 
391 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
24 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
