Jeanne Joy Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Are there goats in your county? You can scroll over the second map to see the goat population by county: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/01/12/map-literally-every-goat-in-the-united-states/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smalahundur Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 Astonishingly there are goats in my country. Iceland is not a very goat friendly environment. There is an original goat population originating from the goats Norwegian settlers took along around 1000 ad. But it is in danger, especially from inbreeding, there are too few left, economically not very interesting, and frankly a pita to keep, though they are interesting and funny animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon's girl Posted January 23, 2015 Report Share Posted January 23, 2015 My goats weren't in the census, so it's not literally every goat in the country, but I did find it interesting to see which areas have heavier populations of goats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam Wolf Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Goats have definitely been on the increase around here and the goat market is very good right now. I can go to several ethnic markets and find fresh goat for sale. Too bad it is not the same for sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanne Joy Posted January 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 According to the 2014 USDA NASS Sheep and Goat Report sheep and lambs in the U. S. totaled 5.21 million head. That's 2 percent down from 2013. Smalahundur, are they dairy goats? doesn't seem like there's much for them to browse on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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