A major breakthrough for the British sheep export trade saw the new UK/USA ovine embryo export health certificate published today (8th November). This is welcome news for UK sheep breeders given the potential to re-enter the US sheep genetics market after a gap of some 26 years. It comes hot on the heels of last month’s re-opening of trade in sheep meat which saw British lamb once again in American shoppers’ baskets. Click HERE to see the new certificate. Journalist and consultant John Wilkes, a former UK sheep producer now based in Washington DC, says there is demand for a number of breeds like Suffolk, Texel, Swiss Valais Blacknose, Teeswater, Charollais, Kerry Hill and Lleyn with entrepreneurial UK pedigree sheep breeders having had an eye on the US market for some time. Now that an embryo export health certificate has been published, they are ready to engage and he notes the publication of the embryo export certificate has potential for benefits on both sides of the Atlantic.