Sheep Industry News May 2022
ALB's Lamb Quality Video Series Releases Live Lamb Evaluation
AMERICAN LAMB BOARD A wareness of lamb live animal and carcass evaluation crite ria can help producers make production decisions aimed at meeting lean meat yield and quality expectations. Live Lamb Evaluation is the topic of the latest video released by the American Lamb Board. It is the third installment in a five-part series sponsored by ALB and Premier 1 Supplies. Using the theme of Beginning with the End in Mind, the purpose of the series is to help the American lamb industry provide a consistently high-quali ty product to consumers. Travis Hoffman, Ph.D., North Dakota State University and Uni versity of Minnesota Extension sheep specialist, is spearheading the project. NDSU Extension Service is producing the video series. “As sheep producers, we are tasked to provide enjoyable eating
Grade 1, 2 or 3. Age, breed type, size and body composition all play a part in grading and carcass cutability. The video series takes into account the wide variety of production systems used by American lamb producers, as each strives to work with their own specific produc tion factors. “Different crosses such as Suffolk-Rambouillet lambs do well in our area of West Texas, mainly because of conversion, cost of gain and the overall performance of the lamb; and then at harvest time, the yield that we see back from that animal,” said David Quam, ALB representative from 2015 to 2021. Live Lamb Evaluation is available at LambResourceCenter.com. Previous videos can also be found there. Two more videos are planned for the series, as well as Q&A webinars.
experiences and meet pal atability expectations for the dinner plate of Ameri can lamb consumers,” said Peter Camino, ALB chair from Buffalo, Wyo. A key part of raising sheep that meet yield and quality parameters for pre mium American lamb is determining when the ani mal is marketed. In Live Lamb Evaluation , produc ers learn how harvesting at compositionally correct end points produces carcasses that grade USDA Choice or better and Yield
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