Table 13. Sheep and Lambs - Inventory, Wool Production, and Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Minnesota 
Aitkin 
Anoka 
Becker 
Beltrami 
Benton 
Sheep and lambs inventory .. 
farms, 2012 
2,171 
14 
20 
31 
26 
23 
2007 
2,522 
13 
28 
19 
18 
22 
number, 2012 
126,506 
181 
273 
1,371 
1,336 
484 
2007 
144,557 
157 
487 
386 
815 
557 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 24 
farms 
1,142 
12 
19 
24 
18 
19 
number 
12,448 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
219 
25 to 99 
farms 
773 
2 
1 
2 
6 
4 
number 
36,657 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
361 
265 
100 to 299 
farms 
195 
5 
1 
- 
number 
32,533 
- 
- 
1,017 
(D) 
- 
300 to 999 
farms 
50 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
number 
25,091 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
1 ,000 or more 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
19,777 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older ... 
farms, 2012 
1,919 
12 
15 
23 
25 
19 
2007 
2,225 
12 
21 
15 
13 
19 
number, 2012 
76,178 
91 
166 
1,133 
708 
328 
2007 
85,049 
120 
310 
292 
413 
339 
Wool production 
farms, 2012 
1,985 
15 
20 
28 
25 
20 
2007 
1,750 
6 
15 
13 
11 
16 
pounds, 2012 
765,654 
771 
2,439 
10,335 
5,528 
4,828 
2007 
908,434 
842 
2,500 
2,641 
4,267 
3,322 
$1,000, 2012 
446 
(Z) 
2 
13 
2 
2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms, 2012 
1,691 
10 
14 
17 
18 
16 
2007 
2,021 
6 
9 
13 
12 
17 
number, 2012 
112,558 
99 
176 
1,258 
1,139 
340 
2007 
144,116 
186 
314 
416 
839 
376 
$1,000, 2012 
19,806 
19 
21 
249 
245 
55 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Item 
Big Stone 
Blue Earth 
Brown 
Carlton 
Carver 
Cass 
Sheep and lambs inventory .. 
farms, 2012 
6 
35 
21 
26 
36 
21 
2007 
13 
49 
19 
26 
34 
18 
number, 2012 
496 
2,017 
1,317 
409 
1,738 
521 
2007 
1,832 
3,972 
1,151 
529 
870 
382 
2012 farms by inventory: 
1 to 24 
farms 
- 
17 
8 
18 
19 
12 
number 
- 
(D) 
86 
135 
250 
89 
25 to 99 
farms 
3 
11 
10 
8 
13 
9 
number 
196 
730 
427 
274 
688 
432 
100 to 299 
farms 
3 
6 
2 
- 
4 
- 
number 
300 
800 
(D) 
- 
800 
- 
300 to 999 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ewes 1 year old or older ... 
farms, 2012 
6 
32 
16 
14 
35 
20 
2007 
13 
44 
16 
23 
32 
14 
number, 2012 
402 
1,587 
962 
134 
1,010 
403 
2007 
1,497 
2,338 
824 
408 
657 
206 
Wool production 
farms, 2012 
6 
19 
22 
28 
29 
22 
2007 
11 
35 
14 
22 
30 
7 
pounds, 2012 
3,152 
10,670 
9,610 
2,478 
19,837 
4,180 
2007 
12,708 
13,475 
8,945 
3,856 
6,688 
1,057 
$1,000, 2012 
1 
8 
5 
1 
27 
2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms, 2012 
6 
28 
20 
19 
25 
16 
2007 
17 
39 
14 
20 
28 
8 
number, 2012 
354 
1,731 
1,461 
210 
1,313 
253 
2007 
2,465 
4,795 
1,280 
416 
756 
228 
$1,000, 2012 
65 
294 
357 
25 
144 
31 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
-continued 
426 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
