Monday, August 10, 2020The heritability of hope - part 3 of 3 - Farming with the perfect animals for you?
This is the third part of this series. What exactly do you want to produce? What are the traits that you most want to improve? How do you decrease th...
Sunday, August 2, 2020Cosmo and other gene edits with Alison Van Eenennaam
This week I am joined by Dr Alison Van Eenennaam, Cooperative Extension Specialist in Animal Genomics and Biotechnology with the University of Califor...
Sunday, July 26, 2020From the city to the cows with Jo Newton
On this episode it is my pleasure to host Dr Jo Newton, Research Scientist with Agriculture Victoria. Jo has recently been awarded a Medal of the Ord...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020Tim Leeming and achieving industry leading lamb survival with precision lambing.
This week we bring you an interview with Tim Leeming. Tim and Geogie Leeming run Paradoo Prime near Pigeon Ponds in South-west Victoria. They run a ...
Sunday, July 12, 2020Sheep reproduction - the path to prosperity with Russ Davis
In this episode I interview Russ Davis from who after serving in the armed forces returned to the sheep industry to find not that much had changed. H...
Sunday, July 5, 2020Flies, worms and lifetime productivity with Geoff Lindon - AWI
In this episode we ask Geoff Lindon about the genetics portfolio at AWI. We focus on the work completed on flystrike and worm resistance and discuss ...
Sunday, June 28, 2020Fitness versus production and a journey of learning with Andrew Bouffler - Trigger Vale sheep studs
In this episode we interview Andrew Bouffler. Andrew, his wife Mandi and their three children farm near Lockhart in Southern NSW. Around 13 years ago...
Sunday, June 21, 2020Triplets, energy and everything in between with Sarah Blumer
This week we have Sarah Blumer lead us through some of the exciting research she is involved with at Murdoch University in Western Australia. Sarah e...
Sunday, June 14, 2020The story of ZQ wool with Dave Maslen
In this episode I talk to Dave Maslen who works at the New Zealand Merino Company. Dave works directly with many of the customers of NZM which are som...
Sunday, June 7, 2020The heritability of hope - part 2 of 3
This is the second in our three part series called The heritability of hope.This episode focuses on the hope that in 10 years time we will still be ab...
Sunday, May 31, 2020Breeding insights from Andrew Bendall
Andrew Bendall is a kiwi that is currently on a 2 year contract in the Falkland Islands. He has spent his career in breeding, firstly in Romney sheep...
Saturday, May 23, 2020The heritability of hope - part 1 of 3
The first Head Shepherd podcast, this one is the first of a three part series titled The Heritability of Hope. In this episode, Mark Ferguson discuss...
