Episode 15: Christmas special with the East of England Agricultural Society
This special episode features an experimental recording at the East of England Agricultural Society's Scholars Day. Both Liz and Nerys are scholars and were invited to join the training day. The recor...
27 Dec 202531min
Episode 14: Q&A at Christmas
Join Liz and Nerys for a catch-up before Christmas and our first Q&A. We almost talk about books more than sheep in this one. The guest format will be back in January. Dr Liz Genever is a farmer, c...
20 Dec 202558min
Episode 13: Talking to Richard Stanbury about his farming business and the importance of finding your support network
Richard Stanbury is a fourth generation beef and sheep farmer from near the edge of Exmoor in Devon. He has changed his system towards a high grass and forge system, with a focus on reducing inputs an...
18 Nov 20251h 18min
Episode 12: Talking to Matt Harding about producing rams off forage and the importance of being nosy
Matt Harding is a third generation ram breeder based in Warwickshire. He has changed from a higher input ram breeding approach to selling shearlings who have been raised on grass and forage. He breeds...
19 Okt 202554min
Episode 11: Talking to Mark "Ferg" Ferguson about Optiewe and working with farmers
Mark "Ferg" Ferguson is a consultant who works with sheep farmers and breeders in New Zealand and Australia. He is CEO of neXtgen Agri who runs consultants in most places with sheep in New Zealand and...
13 Sep 202556min
Episode 10: Talking to Ben Strugnell about healthy and not so healthy sheep, plus the need for applied research
Ben Strugnell is a vet with an obsession of learning as much as possible from dead animals. He runs Farm Post Mortems up in County Durham and also presents at various events around the country. This i...
14 Aug 20251h 24min
Episode 9: Talking to Kevin Harrison about getting ready for change, saxophones and sheep
Kevin Harrison is a farm manager on a sheep and arable farm near Bath. He spends time representing the UK sheep industry through the positions of Policy and Technical Chairman for the National Sheep A...
13 Juli 20251h 3min
Episode 8: Talking to Awal Fuselini about halal, education and meat consumption
Dr Awal Fuselini is AHDB's Halal sector senior manager and also a 2025 Nuffield Scholar. He shares his knowledge about the Halal market in the UK and in other countries. We discuss stun and non-stun o...
19 Juni 202550min
