E-mail: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov
(518) 457-5570

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Bryon Combs
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

www.nass.usda.gov/ny



                           NEW YORK SHEEP & GOATS

The 2007 Census of Agriculture found 63,182 head of sheep on 1,799 farms
and 39,920 head of goats on 2,707 farms for the state of New York,
according to Steve Ropel, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service, New York Field Office. Sheep declined 24 percent from
the 2002 total of 83,630 head while goats increased 20 percent from the
2002 total of 33,130 head.  Sheep, goat and their products generated $10.3
million in sales for New York in 2007, up 9 percent from 2002 and
representing less than 1 percent of New York’s total agricultural sales.

The Census, which is conducted every five years, provides facts and figures
on virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture, including number and types
of farm operations, the economic aspects of farm production and the
demographics of U.S. farm operators.

Details on this and other Census data can be found on-line through the New
York NASS web site: www.nass.usda.gov/ny/. U.S., State and County tables
are available in PDF, Text, and CSV files. Printed copies will be available
along with the CD-ROMS and a searchable database. For further information
or assistance, please call the New York office at 800-821-1276 or send an
e-mail to: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov.

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