AUSTRALIA produced the most lamb on record in the 2022 calendar year, with the past quarter recording the most lamb meat ever produced in a quarter at 149,385 tonnes, according to Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) - four per cent more than the previous record set in June 2018.

Sheep slaughter for the quarter was at 2,550,700 head - the highest in nearly four years - with mutton production also seeing higher levels than previously recorded with Victoria contributing the most to the big jump in mutton slaughter.