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Archives
Category: The #1 Katahdin Sheep Blog - Page 4 of 13 - Eastern Alliance for Production Katahdins
How do Parasites Affect Production?
Sheep GEMS News Brief 11 – Late February 2025 Gastrointestinal parasites are one of the main health concerns for grazing sheep because available dewormers are
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Identifying Your Fastest Growing Lambs
It’s easy to look at your lambs and pick out those that are bigger than the rest. But is that the best way to identify
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Preparing for the Storm
As many are aware, and many experienced, extreme weather devastated the southeast region last fall. These storms caused significant loss of life and billions of
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Management Intensive Grazing
I realized the benefits of grazing early on in my livestock career. Most everybody that I knew had animals on grass; it was the confinement
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Genetic Aspects of Udder Health
Sheep GEMS News Brief 10 – February 2025 In the last Sheep GEMS news brief, we presented the economics of subclinical mastitis in meat and
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Fall Lambing Considerations
Experienced Polypay producer, John Anderson of Lambshire Polypays in Ohio, shares some sage advice and techniques on how he successfully lambs in the fall without
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Using CIDRs for Precision Management
The use of estrus synchronization has many benefits. The timing and length of the breeding season is directly related to the timing and length of
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Economic Impacts of Udder Diseases
Sheep GEMS News Brief 9 – January 2025 A nationwide survey conducted in 2011 by the USDA APHIS estimated that 14% of U.S. ewes (402,000
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Size Matters
From the perspective of a long-time, full-time farmer, this article will address the topic of mature ewe size. As we seek to improve the growth
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Producer Profile: Tom Perkins, Con-O-Creek Farm, PA
“I do what is best for the grass and that is good for the sheep too.” says Tom Perkins, who grazes his sheep 365 days
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