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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Bryan Combs
Monday, February 2, 2009

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                     NEW YORK GOAT INVENTORY INCREASES

New York total goat inventory on January 1, 2009 increased from a year
earlier, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of USDA’s National
Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office.  Milk goats totaled
13,550 head for January 1, 2009, a 13 percent increase from the pervious
year.  Meat goats totaled 27,000 head for 2009, 2,000 head above the 2008
total.

All goat inventory in the United States on January 1, 2008, totaled 3.07
million head, down 2 percent from 2008.  Breeding goat inventory totaled
2.54 million head down 2 percent from 2008. All market goats and kids
totaled 528,000 head, up 1 percent from a year ago. On January 1, 2009 meat
and all other goats totaled 2.55 million head, down 2 percent from 2008.
Milk goat inventory increased 4 percent to 335,000 head while angora goats
were down 10 percent totaling 185,000 head. The 2008 kid crop totaled 1.96
million head for all goats, down 2 percent from 2007.

Mohair production in the United States during 2008 was 1.18 million pounds.
Goats and kids clipped totaled 193,500 head. Average weight per clip was
6.10 pounds. Mohair price was $3.31 per pound with a value of 3.91 million
dollars.  The information in this release is available by free email
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