Record demand for lamb isn’t slowing down in 2022 and an extension educator says more producers are taking a closer look at adding flocks.

Richard Ehrhardt at Michigan State University tells Brownfield increased consumer demand throughout the pandemic and limited imports have led to amazingly high prices.

“More than half of the lamb consumed in the United States is imported, so as those supplies get tighter, the domestic supply can’t expand necessarily to meet that demand—so that’s also had an influence on price,” he explains.

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