> anything they can get that would be local (rather than from NZ or AUS) is even more expensive This might be key. It might be that your juridiction has trade

> anything they can get that would be local (rather than from NZ or AUS) is even more expensive This might be key. It might be that your juridiction has trade agreements with other countries and impose that local lamb has cannot be sold cheaper, and if that is the case it would explain why local products are more expensive and lamb/mutton not marketed at all. Talk to local producers to confirm. I don't know about today, but this used to be an issue for lamb manu markets.