The R-CALF USA Sheep Committee is asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate the sheep industry. This investigation would determine if imported lamb and mutton is causing serious injury to the U.S. sheep business. The petition claims lower cost imports from Australia and New Zealand have taken nearly 75 percent of the U.S. lamb and mutton market. “We see the sheep industry as the canary in the coal mine for the cattle industry,” said Bill Bullard, CEO. R-CALF. “As we see the sheep industry being decimated by imports, we know for a fact, imports can destroy a domestic supply chain.”
