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 
793 
18,803 
692 
10,190 
663 
92,813 
65 
423 
11,831 
2,149 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
591 
5,324 
509 
3,346 
490 
34,742 
17 
257 
2,119 
390 
25 to 99 
183 
7,362 
169 
4,590 
157 
30,731 
32 
147 
4,528 
721 
100 to 299 
7 
1,204 
7 
734 
7 
8,978 
(D) 
7 
1,274 
212 
300 to 999 
12 
4,913 
7 
1,520 
9 
18,362 
(D) 
12 
3,910 
826 
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) 
29 
8,517 
(D) 
29 
568 
128 
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 
692 
15,249 
692 
10,190 
578 
76,910 
57 
365 
8,872 
1,573 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
594 
8,126 
594 
4,874 
499 
43,890 
24 
283 
3,550 
576 
25 to 99 
88 
4,381 
88 
3,302 
71 
20,044 
20 
72 
2,999 
534 
100 to 199 
6 
1,414 
6 
834 
5 
5,976 
(D) 
6 
1,101 
200 
200 to 499 
4 
1,328 
4 
1,180 
3 
7,000 
(D) 
4 
1,222 
263 
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 
101 
3,554 
(X) 
(X) 
114 
24,420 
8 
87 
3,527 
705 
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 
457 
10,589 
421 
6,593 
175 
3,303 
546 
129 
2,728 
Angora goats and kids 
46 
401 
37 
300 
7 
102 
12 
12 
97 
Milk goats and kids 
277 
8,547 
197 
4,480 
125 
2,642 
460 
64 
1,465 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
198 
1,641 
247 
1,813 
58 
559 
73 
71 
1,166 
Mohair clipped 1 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
39 
2,519 
4 
27 
1,958 
1 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 
1,382 
11,666 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
297 
1,196 
6,316 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
1,288 
7,701 
(X) 
1 to 24 
296 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 49 
76 
2,349 
(X) 
25 to 49 
- 
50 to 99 
17 
(D) 
(X) 
50 to 99 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
100 or more 
1 
(□) 
(D) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
1,325 
9,102 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
19 
230 
215 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
1,273 
6,718 
(X) 
1 to 24 
13 
20 
11 
25 to 49 
44 
1,418 
(X) 
25 to 49 
6 
210 
204 
50 to 99 
7 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
- 
100 or more 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
160 
1,184 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
153 
(D) 
(X) 
25 to 49 
1 
(D) 
(X) 
50 or more 
6 
774 
(X) 
24 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
