lamb

The sheep and lamb industry saw prices reach historic levels in 2021. The year of outstanding domestic demand for lamb is summarized in the 2021 Sheep Industry Review. The report is funded by the lamb checkoff and put together by the American Sheep Industry Association ...

The American Lamb Board is working with Michigan State University to evaluate the environmental footprint of the U.S. sheep industry. The goal is to get accurate and robust data to contribute to this important issue. The initial focus of the study defines a comprehensive model of greenhouse gas emissions for the diverse array of U ...

Lamb is one of the products that's shifted its consumer promotion from dining, travel and hospitality establishments, to supermarkets and grocery stores due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pete Camino of the American Lamb Board says emphasis on expanding retail sales will continue with new and varied avenues for promotion and marketing of lamb ...

Beef, lamb, and veal producers now have resource to get real-time data on market grading, volume, and price discovery by USDA's recently introduces grading dashboard. Taylor Cox is AMS's Associate Deputy Administrators. He said data is gathered from plants and companies ...

Consumer demand for lamb increased considerably during 2020. While all meat sales grew during the year as more meals were eaten at home, lamb sales grew at a larger percentage than total meat sales overall. That’s according to the U.S. Re ...

A research project led by the University of Idaho is working on discovering the genes that determine the most desirable traits in sheep. Associate Professor Brenda Murdoch says one of the goals of the project is to help producers either develop genetic tools or make better breeding decisions ...

2020 was a year of ups-and-downs in the United States, and the sheep industry was no exception. COVID-19, major changes in processing, and changes in consumer behavior led to challenges for the U.S. sheep industry. However, there were also positives outlined in the 2020 Sheep Industry Review, a checkoff-funded report commissioned by the American Lamb Board and the American Sheep Industry Associa

According to the latest numbers from the USDA, U.S. beef exports finished 2020 lower year-over-year, down in both volume at 1.25 million metric tons, and value at $7.65 billion. But the news isn’t all bad. USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom said beef ended the year on a very strong note. ...

According to the American Lamb Board checkoff, retail sales of all lamb in the U.S. have increased. Retail sales between April 20th and July 12th increased 8.6% year over year. That comes out to 16.3 million pound of lamb sold, valued at $137 ...

The House is expected to vote on USMCA this week, sending it to the Senate for a post-Christmas vote.  Last week’s announcement that an agreement allowing a vote in the House on the updated NAFTA drew the praise of many in the Ag industry, including many livestock producers.  Dan Hals...