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Marketing Meat Lambs

Managing Newly Purchased Lambs

Meet the EAPK Board of Directors Candidates

Getting Started with Sheep: Part II – Now That You’re a Shepherd

Survey Results

Creep Feeding: Is it the Right Choice for your Operation?

Preventing Lamb Losses: 30 Days Through Weaning

Not all sheep ailments are common ones

Getting Started with Sheep: Part I – Things to Consider

Preventing Lamb Losses: The first 30 days

Eastern Alliance September 3, 2026

Whether you’re a commercial producer selling good quality meat lambs or a seedstock producer with excess lambs that just don’t make the cut as breeding

Eastern Alliance August 8, 2026

If you’re a new shepherd buying your first breeding lambs, the following are a few tips to make the transition easier and to keep them

Eastern Alliance June 8, 2026

Meet the four candidates that have stepped up and are running for the two seats that are opening up on the EAPK Board in July.

Eastern Alliance April 11, 2026

Congratulations if you’ve recently purchased sheep or are making plans to acquire your own flock. Now that you are officially a shepherd, the following information

Eastern Alliance March 11, 2026

A big THANK YOU! to everyone who participated in our survey. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your thoughts and ideas.

Eastern Alliance March 4, 2026

Creep feeding is a means of providing supplemental nutrition to lambs before weaning. Not all producers creep feed their lambs since most can easily thrive

Eastern Alliance March 4, 2026

For the purposes of this article, we assume that lambs will be weaned around 60-90 days of age. At 30 days old, lambs’ rumens are

Eastern Alliance February 1, 2026

In August we euthanized a Katahdin yearling ewe that was later diagnosed with large cell lymphoma (LCL), a cancer of the blood that leads to

Eastern Alliance January 22, 2026

So, you’ve decided that sheep might be a nice addition to your existing farm, or a good place to start your farming adventures. You may

Eastern Alliance January 12, 2026

Lambing is an exciting time of year, especially when everything goes well. It’s also an economically important time; after all, you can’t sell lambs that

13 2:00 pm: NSIP Data Run 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm November 13, 2026 Read more

24 7:00 pm: EAPK Monthly Open Forum 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm November 24, 2026 Join Zoom Meeting Read more