Lamb and sheepmeat producers in the region will be among the benefactors of a series of resolutions finalized yesterday in Tamworth to improve the standing of lamb in the United States market.

The Tri-Nations Lamb Group, which met at the Powerhouse Hotel, made a significant step forward in developing a pilot scheme to increase lamb consumption in a market where each American eats only 227 grams of lamb a year.

The group met formally for the first time in October last year in Washington and is an initiative of producer organizations in the US, New Zealand and Australia. American Sheep Industry Association president Guy Flora, from Ohio, said the market for lamb in the US needed to develop greater awareness of the nutritional and health benefits of lamb.

He said if consumption of lamb could be increased to 1.5kg a head then producers from the three nations would benefit greatly.

"The consumption of lamb [in the US] is a cultural problem," Mr. Flora said.

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Source: The Northern Daily Leader, Simon Chamberlain
November 16, 2004

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