Sheep farmers petition USTR for lamb import limits on Australia and New Zealand

U.S. sheep producers are petitioning the U.S. Trade Representative to initiate an investigation into lamb and mutton imports from Australia and New Zealand and to adopt import restrictions to help the ailing industry. R-CALF USA, a trade group representing U.S. cattle and sheep producers, appealed to USTR Katherine Tai in an Aug. 3 letter for “immediate action to protect America’s lamb producers” against “unrestrained and ever-increasing importation of foreign lamb and mutton that do not meet the United States more...