Dollars and cents
U.S. Sheep Industry
According to the 2012 Census of Agriculture, there are 84,338 sheep farms in the United States. Large sheep operations, which own 80 percent of the sheep, are located primarily in the Western United States. Texas and California have the most sheep. Small producers, those owning less than 100 sheep, comprise the majority of sheep operations, but own only 17 percent of the sheep...
read more at