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 
776 
12,504 
622 
7,110 
607 
68,440 
49 
361 
5,764 
1,095 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
657 
5,862 
512 
3,355 
521 
34,349 
22 
265 
2,481 
453 
25 to 99 
109 
4,522 
100 
2,339 
78 
20,134 
10 
86 
1,876 
357 
100 to 299 
8 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
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) 
37 
1,687 
- 
44 
499 
113 
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 
622 
11,177 
622 
7,110 
485 
62,805 
45 
321 
5,398 
1,030 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
569 
7,004 
569 
4,240 
448 
39,506 
21 
278 
3,419 
637 
25 to 99 
49 
2,808 
49 
1,869 
33 
12,499 
(D) 
39 
1,189 
(D) 
100 to 199 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
200 to 499 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
(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 
154 
1,327 
(X) 
(X) 
159 
7,322 
5 
84 
865 
178 
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 
813 
8,599 
808 
8,226 
322 
4,342 
582 
197 
3,411 
Angora goats and kids 
83 
306 
76 
411 
15 
50 
6 
10 
34 
Milk goats and kids 
343 
3,094 
271 
2,467 
140 
1,512 
209 
81 
870 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
462 
5,199 
579 
5,348 
188 
2,780 
367 
126 
2,507 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
33 
1,343 
1 
44 
2,624 
' 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 
1,804 
20,337 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
520 
2,883 
11,588 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
1,560 
1 1 ,324 
(X) 
1 to 24 
503 
1,250 
8,751 
25 to 49 
206 
6,612 
(X) 
25 to 49 
4 
192 
161 
50 to 99 
37 
(D) 
(X) 
50 to 99 
6 
366 
307 
100 or more 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
100 or more 
7 
1,075 
2,368 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,739 
12,663 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
35 
44 
12 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
1,668 
10,214 
(X) 
1 to 24 
35 
44 
12 
25 to 49 
70 
(D) 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
- 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
301 
667 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
301 
667 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
- 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
(X) 
24 Massachusetts 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
