Increasing U.S. Lamb Competitiveness and Recapturing Market Share from Imports

The 2022 American Lamb Summit in East Lansing, Michigan addressed a lot of important topics including challenges and opportunities for the U.S. lamb industry to increase its competitiveness.

Nick Forrest is a sheep producer and past American Lamb Board member from Oxford, Ohio and says producing a high-quality and consistent product that can compete with imported lamb from Australia and New Zealand all starts at home.

"They have to learn about their breed," said Forrest. "They have to learn about opportunities in that breed like genetics. Some breeds you can't take them up to 150 pounds and some breeds stop at 110 pounds. So, you have to be educated about when those lambs are ready to go to market. And we have to do a better job of teaching producers when their lambs are ready to go and get killed at that optimal weight and there's no fat on there and get that flavor with that lamb."

For more information about the Lamb Checkoff and the American Lamb Summit, visit www.LambResourceCenter.com.