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U.S. Goat Numbers Increase on YearWASHINGTON - Jul 21/06 - SNS -- All goat inventory on July 1, 2006 totaled 3.47 million head, up 3% from the previous July, according to the USDA. Breeding goat inventory totaled 2.58 million head, up 3% from July 2005. All market goats and kids totaled 890,000 head, up 5% from the previous July. On July 1, 2006 meat and all other goats totaled 2.86 million head, up 4% from July 2005. Milk goat inventory remained steady at 320,000 head while angora goat numbers fell 2% to 285,000 head. The 2006 kid crop is expected to total 1.97 million head, up 7% from the 2005 kid crop of 1.84 million head. Subscribers can read the full text of the article by Clicking here
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