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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Joseph Morse
Monday, January 31, 2011

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                              NEW YORK MEAT GOAT INVENTORY UNCHANGED

New York meat goats totaled 30,000 head for 2011, unchanged from the 2010 total, according to 
King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field 
Office.  Milk goats totaled 13,000 head for January 1, 2011, also unchanged from the pervious 
year.  

All goat inventory in the United States on January 1, 2011, totaled 3.00 million head, down 1 
percent from 2010. Breeding goat inventory totaled 2.49 million head, down 1 percent from 2010. 
Does one year old and older, at 1.84 million head, were 1 percent below last year’s number. 
Market goats and kids totaled 514,000 head, down 1 percent from a year ago.

Mohair production in the United States during 2010 was 1.09 million pounds. Goats and kids 
clipped totaled 181,000 head. Average weight per clip was 6.0 pounds. Mohair price was $3.49 
per pound with a value of 3.79 million dollars.   The information in this release is available by free 
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