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 
2,590 
80,081 
2,169 
50,763 
1,578 
407,862 
436 
1,681 
76,207 
10,867 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,753 
16,888 
1,363 
10,003 
922 
79,618 
55 
916 
29,637 
3,278 
25 to 99 
676 
29,957 
646 
20,403 
515 
175,988 
262 
604 
22,332 
3,265 
1 00 to 299 
134 
21,268 
134 
13,777 
120 
98,262 
98 
134 
14,418 
2,656 
300 to 999 
27 
1 1 ,968 
26 
6,580 
21 
53,994 
20 
27 
9,820 
1,668 
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) 
44 
6,280 
(D) 
124 
1,869 
345 
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 
2,169 
76,059 
2,169 
50,763 
1,386 
383,134 
430 
1,532 
72,951 
10,164 
Farms with inventory of- 
1 to 24 
1,602 
22,397 
1,602 
13,855 
935 
108,526 
149 
990 
33,158 
3,777 
25 to 99 
474 
30,737 
474 
21,429 
369 
166,865 
182 
449 
23,518 
3,594 
100 to 199 
77 
15,731 
77 
10,464 
71 
78,832 
91 
77 
10,159 
1,934 
200 to 499 
15 
(D) 
15 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
9 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
500 to 999 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
1 
(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 
421 
4,022 
(X) 
(X) 
236 
31,008 
75 
273 
5,125 
1,048 
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 
2,419 
61,111 
3,202 
55,941 
948 
29,984 
4,962 
901 
17,375 
Angora goats and kids 
158 
754 
179 
790 
15 
76 
5 
25 
123 
Milk goats and kids 
994 
44,543 
1,088 
36,367 
479 
18,271 
3,357 
372 
8,872 
Meat goats and other goats and kids 
1,518 
15,814 
2,354 
18,784 
504 
1 1 ,637 
1,599 
599 
8,380 
Mohair clipped' 
pounds 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
(X) 
38 
3,562 
111 
69 
4,107 
' 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 
17,054 
103,481 
(X) 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
2,285 
7,081 
1 1 ,404 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
16,600 
85,231 
(X) 
1 to 24 
2,262 
6,117 
10,837 
25 to 49 
366 
1 1 ,874 
(X) 
25 to 49 
19 
709 
411 
50 to 99 
72 
4,596 
(X) 
50 to 99 
4 
255 
156 
1 00 or more 
16 
1,780 
(X) 
1 00 or more 
- 
- 
- 
Owned horses and ponies (see text) 
16,315 
87,546 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
179 
356 
109 
Farms with- 
Farms by number sold- 
1 to 24 
16,078 
77,942 
(X) 
1 to 24 
178 
(D) 
(D) 
25 to 49 
193 
6,224 
(X) 
25 to 49 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
50 to 99 
32 
2,085 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
100 or more 
12 
1,295 
(X) 
Total mules, burros, and donkeys 
2,385 
5,745 
(X) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
2,381 
5,598 
(X) 
25 to 49 
4 
147 
(X) 
50 or more 
- 
- 
(X) 
24 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
