Episode 7: Talking to David and Cora Cooper about sheep and nature recovery
David and Cora Cooper are sheep farmers from Ayrshire. They have made significant changes to their system over the last few years to reduce costs and inputs. They are using mob grazing to drive nature...
25 Mai 20251h 12min
Episode 6: Talking to Dave Cross about his farming system in Norfolk and a bit about chickens
Dave Cross is a mixed farmer in Norfolk with sheep, beef, arable and layers. He farms within a family partnership. He has been very strategic with the use of sustainable farming incentive (SFI) to tra...
20 Apr 202553min
Episode 5: Talking to Dr Suzanne Rowe about breeding for reduced methane production
Dr Suzanne Rowe is a geneticist at AgResearch in New Zealand, and is passionate about improving profitability and sustainability of global livestock systems using genomic technology. She presented at ...
19 Mar 202551min
Episode 4: Talking to Dr Fiona Lovatt about protecting young lambs from watery mouth
Dr Fiona Lovatt is a vet and consultant, and founder of Flock Health Limited. She has been heavily involved in reducing antibiotic use in the sheep sector. She is passionate about improving the relati...
19 Feb 202551min
Episode 3: Talking to Michael Blanche about lean management, sheep and lots of random things
Michael Blanche is a sheep and cattle farmer from Perth in Scotland. He is also the genius behind the Pasture Pod podcast. We talk about how he is trying to build lean management techniques into his ...
20 Jan 20251h 19min
Episode 2: Talking to Katie Evans about sheep and other things from her trip to Oz
Katie Evans is a sheep and beef farmer from Norfolk. She was sponsored to attended the Global Sheep Forum's Next Gen programme and has recently returned from a trip to Australia. We talked through th...
26 Nov 202440min
The Sheep Geeks: Episode 1 - Launch
Welcome to the launch of the Sheep Geeks podcast with Nerys Wright and Liz Genever. There are both independent sheep consultants, and work with sheep farmers in the UK. Nerys likes talking about paras...
31 Okt 202414min
