Head Shepherd
247 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -Mark Ferguson from neXtgen Agri brings you the latest in livestock, genetics, innovation and technology. We focus on sheep and beef farming in Australia and New Zealand and the people doing great things in those industries.
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Sheep Genetics, a wealth of knowledge with Bronwyn Clarke
January 31, 2022 03:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Bronwyn Clarke chatting to Mark about the research she's currently involved in, and the wealth of knowledge that she has around sheep genetics. Bronwyn is an expert in genetics focused R&D and project management and has over 20 years of experience in the New Zealand and Australian Merino industry. Bronwyn did not grow up around sheep, spending her childhood growing up in Papa New Guinea. Fast forward a few years, and Bronwyn completed her Bac...
Sheep Genetics, a wealth of knowledge with Bronwyn Clarke
January 31, 2022 03:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Bronwyn Clarke chatting to Mark about the research she's currently involved in, and the wealth of knowledge that she has around sheep genetics. Bronwyn is an expert in genetics focused R&D and project management and has over 20 years of experience in the New Zealand and Australian Merino industry. Bronwyn did not grow up around sheep, spending her childhood growing up in Papa New Guinea. Fast forward a few years, and Bronwyn completed her Bac...
Young livestock manager on a path to success.
January 23, 2022 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Jack Devlin, 2IC of Bonavaree, Marlborough NZ. Jack spent several years working around New Zealand working on several notable stations after completing his degree- and putting it into practice was something he really enjoyed. In 2020 he headed over to Japan to work as a ski instructor, which Covid quickly put a halt to. Jack decided to give Fraser Avery a ring to see if he could help with tailing for a while. Roll forward two years and Jack is...
Young livestock manager on a path to success.
January 23, 2022 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Jack Devlin, 2IC of Bonavaree, Marlborough NZ. Jack spent several years working around New Zealand working on several notable stations after completing his degree- and putting it into practice was something he really enjoyed. In 2020 he headed over to Japan to work as a ski instructor, which Covid quickly put a halt to. Jack decided to give Fraser Avery a ring to see if he could help with tailing for a while. Roll forward two years and Jack is...
Farmer, shearer and entrepreneur, with Karol Devaney
January 16, 2022 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBWelcome back to Season 6 of the Head Shepherd podcast. We have a fantastic line up of guests for you this season and we can't wait to share their stories over the coming 13 weeks. Today, we have 27 year old Karol Devaney of Drumcliff, a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Shearing from a young age, Karol used his skill early on in life to travel around the worlds sheep farms. At the age of 27 Karol has travelled to New Zealand and Australia multiple times. The income from shearing paid for...
Farmer, shearer and entrepreneur, with Karol Devaney
January 16, 2022 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBWelcome back to Season 6 of the Head Shepherd podcast. We have a fantastic line up of guests for you this season and we can't wait to share their stories over the coming 13 weeks. Today, we have 27 year old Karol Devaney of Drumcliff, a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Shearing from a young age, Karol used his skill early on in life to travel around the worlds sheep farms. At the age of 27 Karol has travelled to New Zealand and Australia multiple times. The income from shearing paid for...
Season 5 Q&A with Dr Mark Ferguson.
December 19, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBAs with our previous seasons of Head Shepherd, we're finishing season 5 out with a Q&A with Mark Ferguson. Mark answers questions received from social media- from economic indexes, whole body energy and it's importance, first steps establishing a pedigree flock and the process of hiring staff. Thank you to everyone who has listened to season 5 of Head Shepherd, we will be back on the 17th of January with some more fantastic guests. The team here at neXtgen Agri wish you all the best for...
Season 5 Q&A with Dr Mark Ferguson.
December 19, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBAs with our previous seasons of Head Shepherd, we're finishing season 5 out with a Q&A with Mark Ferguson. Mark answers questions received from social media- from economic indexes, whole body energy and it's importance, first steps establishing a pedigree flock and the process of hiring staff. Thank you to everyone who has listened to season 5 of Head Shepherd, we will be back on the 17th of January with some more fantastic guests. The team here at neXtgen Agri wish you all the best for...
A young leader in livestock. A conversation with Rozzie O'Reilly of LambPro.
December 12, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast, we have the wonderful Rozzie O'Reilly. Rozzie is from Narrandera, NSW, Australia, and currently works as Operations Manager at the largest prime lamb seedstock business, LambPro. Bought up on a farm, after completing her Bachelor of Animal Science at the University of New England, Rozzie went on to complete a graduate program on a beef cattle feedlot in Queensland. She then went on to work as a supervisor at the mill at 23 years old which meant she ...
A young leader in livestock. A conversation with Rozzie O'Reilly of LambPro.
December 12, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast, we have the wonderful Rozzie O'Reilly. Rozzie is from Narrandera, NSW, Australia, and currently works as Operations Manager at the largest prime lamb seedstock business, LambPro. Bought up on a farm, after completing her Bachelor of Animal Science at the University of New England, Rozzie went on to complete a graduate program on a beef cattle feedlot in Queensland. She then went on to work as a supervisor at the mill at 23 years old which meant she ...
Farming kiwi sheep in the UK with Robert Hodgkins.
December 05, 2021 23:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Robert Hodgkins, a British sheep and arable farmer. Robert and his partner Jo farm about 45 minutes north of London in the UK. Roberts father was a first generation farmer, and Robert worked on the farm from a young age. At 16, he decided farming wasn't for him and completed a degree in Engineering and Mathematics. He then went on to work for Caterpillar and Ford, but 7 years on he realised he hated office life- he just wanted to crack on with...
From Merinos, to Dairy Cows, to Oysters and Shrimp- with Emeritus Professor Herman Raadsma
November 30, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThis week we have Emeritus Professor Herman Raadsma on the podcast. Herman's career started by accident- after training, he received a job opportunity to work at Trangie, the Agricultural Research Center run by the NSW Department of Agriculture, known as one of the best sheep breeding centres in the world. The rest, as they say, was history. Herman worked on pivotal research revolving around fleece rot, body strike and breech strike, which was the founding of the current Australian breed...
From Merinos to Shrimp with Emeritus Professor Herman Raadsma
November 30, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThis week we have Emeritus Professor Herman Raadsma on the podcast. Herman's career started by accident- after training, he received a job opportunity to work at Trangie, the Agricultural Research Center run by the NSW Department of Agriculture, known as one of the best sheep breeding centres in the world. The rest, as they say, was history. Herman worked on pivotal research revolving around fleece rot, body strike and breech strike, which was the founding of the current Australian breed...
From Merinos, to Dairy Cows, to Oysters and Shrimp- with Emeritus Professor Herman Raadsma
November 30, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThis week we have Emeritus Professor Herman Raadsma on the podcast. Herman's career started by accident- after training, he received a job opportunity to work at Trangie, the Agricultural Research Center run by the NSW Department of Agriculture, known as one of the best sheep breeding centres in the world. The rest, as they say, was history. Herman worked on pivotal research revolving around fleece rot, body strike and breech strike, which was the founding of the current Australian breed...
Components of a Thriving farm business, with Andrew Kennedy
November 22, 2021 03:00 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast, Mark catches up with long-time friend, Andrew Kennedy. Mark and Andrew worked together back in 2001 at the start of the Lifetime Ewe Management project, and have kept in touch ever since. Andrew completed a PhD at the University of Western Australia and has an undergraduate degree in agriculture from the University of Melbourne. Andrews career and experience with farm systems, pasture agronomy, animal nutrition and farm economics/management means ...
Components of a Thriving farm business, with Andrew Kennedy
November 22, 2021 03:00 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast, Mark catches up with long-time friend, Andrew Kennedy. Mark and Andrew worked together back in 2001 at the start of the Lifetime Ewe Management project, and have kept in touch ever since. Andrew completed a PhD at the University of Western Australia and has an undergraduate degree in agriculture from the University of Melbourne. Andrews career and experience with farm systems, pasture agronomy, animal nutrition and farm economics/management means ...
Insights of a sheep pregnancy scanner, with Daniel Wheeler.
November 15, 2021 01:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBThis week Mark chats with Daniel Wheeler, sheep scanner and sheep fanatic. Daniel has scanned over 6.5 million sheep in his time as a scanner, a career path Daniel was never intending on taking. After getting off at the wrong tube stop on his OE in London, Daniel decided to take up a position of sheep scanning assistant up in Scotland. The rest is history. Scanning so many sheep across the world has given Daniel a chance to see many different farming systems and notice patterns in success. ...
Why, or better still, why not? Farming at Waikaka with Ross Paterson.
November 08, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBOn the Head Shepherd podcast this week, we have Ross Paterson of Waikaka Genetics, Southland NZ. Ross is fifth generation at Waikaka Station. The family farm 200 Hereford Stud cows and run 4,000 ewes which includes a Texel, Romney, Romtex and Romdale studs. The Patersons are well known for their Hereford stud, and breeding a functional cow that their buyers want is priority. Ross highlights it's important to ask your buyers what they want, not to try to tell them what they need. As a 're...
Why, or better still, why not? Farming at Waikaka with Ross Paterson.
November 08, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBOn the Head Shepherd podcast this week, we have Ross Paterson of Waikaka Genetics, Southland NZ. Ross is fifth generation at Waikaka Station. The family farm 200 Hereford Stud cows and run 4,000 ewes which includes a Texel, Romney, Romtex and Romdale studs. The Patersons are well known for their Hereford stud, and breeding a functional cow that their buyers want is priority. Ross highlights it's important to ask your buyers what they want, not to try to tell them what they need. As a 're...
Farming for the future at Bog Roy Station
October 31, 2021 22:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBThis week on the podcast, Mark Ferguson chats with Gundy (David) Anderson and Angus Fraser, of Bog Roy Station. Gundy and Lisa Anderson are fourth generation owners of Bog Roy station, farming just under 3,000 Ha with 4,000 merino ewes and 140 Hereford cows on the shores of Lake Benmore, Omarama, New Zealand. Gundy and Angus go through the past, present and future of Bog Roy. When they arrived in 1980, Bog Roy farmed Corriedales but changed to Merinos in the mid 90's based on the wool p...
Farming for the future at Bog Roy Station
October 31, 2021 22:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBThis week on the podcast, Mark Ferguson chats with Gundy (David) Anderson and Angus Fraser, of Bog Roy Station. Gundy and Lisa Anderson are fourth generation owners of Bog Roy station, farming just under 3,000 Ha with 4,000 merino ewes and 140 Hereford cows on the shores of Lake Benmore, Omarama, New Zealand. Gundy and Angus go through the past, present and future of Bog Roy. When they arrived in 1980, Bog Roy farmed Corriedales but changed to Merinos in the mid 90's based on the wool p...
Talking Teasing- and the role of the brain in sheep reproduction, with Graeme Martin.
October 25, 2021 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBThis week Mark Ferguson chats with Emeritus Professor Graeme Martin about the role of the brain in sheep reproduction and how teasing works. Graeme has a long and distinguished career in sheep reproduction. Raised on a sheep and cereal farm in Western Australia, after studying at university, Graeme went on to complete a phD in the area of sheep reproduction. He then worked in France and Scotland, and returned to WA, Australia, in the mid 80's as Lecturer in Animal Science (The University ...
Talking Teasing- and the role of the brain in sheep reproduction, with Graeme Martin.
October 25, 2021 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBThis week Mark Ferguson chats with Emeritus Professor Graeme Martin about the role of the brain in sheep reproduction and how teasing works. Graeme has a long and distinguished career in sheep reproduction. Raised on a sheep and cereal farm in Western Australia, after studying at university, Graeme went on to complete a phD in the area of sheep reproduction. He then worked in France and Scotland, and returned to WA, Australia, in the mid 80's as Lecturer in Animal Science (The University ...
Breeding sturdy sheep, with Kate Broadbent.
October 17, 2021 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week Mark catches up with Kate Broadbent, president of Coopworth Genetics and is stud farming in the Waikato, NZ. Kate spent 20 years chasing sheep filled summers around the world, and finally settled in New Zealand 12 years ago. At this point she purchased Nikau Coopworth sheep stud, and has been passionate about the breed ever since. Facial Eczema is a serious concern in the North Island of New Zealand, and Kate explains to Mark how the stud, and the Coopworth breed, have been bree...
Breeding sturdy sheep, with Kate Broadbent.
October 17, 2021 21:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBThis week Mark catches up with Kate Broadbent, president of Coopworth Genetics and is stud farming in the Waikato, NZ. Kate spent 20 years chasing sheep filled summers around the world, and finally settled in New Zealand 12 years ago. At this point she purchased Nikau Coopworth sheep stud, and has been passionate about the breed ever since. Facial Eczema is a serious concern in the North Island of New Zealand, and Kate explains to Mark how the stud, and the Coopworth breed, have been bree...
How does your farm work? with Dr Richard Shephard of Herd Health
October 11, 2021 03:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBThis week we change tracks a little and catch up with Dr Richard Shephard of Herd Health, a specialist animal health company which Richard founded in 1998 to address multi-disciplinary problems of animal and human health and animal production. Richards started as a clinical dairy veterinarian, who then went on to do post-grad training in epidemiology, whilst also working as a farm management consultant. This career path made him step back and view the dairy farm very, very differently. T...
How does your farm work? with Dr Richard Shephard of Herd Health
October 11, 2021 03:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBThis week we change tracks a little and catch up with Dr Richard Shephard of Herd Health, a specialist animal health company which Richard founded in 1998 to address multi-disciplinary problems of animal and human health and animal production. Richards started as a clinical dairy veterinarian, who then went on to do post-grad training in epidemiology, whilst also working as a farm management consultant. This career path made him step back and view the dairy farm very, very differently. T...
A lifetime's agri-business experience with Shane McManaway.
October 03, 2021 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBThis week we have the fantastic Shane McManaway. Shane is Chair of PPP, Chair of the Wiararapa Development Group, among many other things. From spraying ragwort with a knapsack as a teen around the Wairarapa, to 17 years as CEO of Allflex in the Asia/Pacific region, Shane shares his story of how he got to lead some of Australasia's biggest operations. Mark and Shane discuss the evolution of data during Shane's time at Allflex, and also the importance of recognising leaders in the Agricul...
A lifetime's agri-business experience with Shane McManaway.
October 03, 2021 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBThis week we have the fantastic Shane McManaway. Shane is Chair of PPP, Chair of the Wiararapa Development Group, among many other things. From spraying ragwort with a knapsack as a teen around the Wairarapa, to 17 years as CEO of Allflex in the Asia/Pacific region, Shane shares his story of how he got to lead some of Australasia's biggest operations. Mark and Shane discuss the evolution of data during Shane's time at Allflex, and also the importance of recognising leaders in the Agricul...
The future of Australasian Ag Tech with Sarah Nolet.
September 27, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBWelcome back to Season 5 of the Head Shepherd podcast. We have a fantastic season lined up for you, and we're starting with a bang! Sarah Nolet is an internationally recognised food systems innovation expert, the CEO and Founder of AgThentic, a global food and agriculture strategy firm, and co-founder of Tenacious Ventures, Australia’s first dedicated agrifood tech VC firm AND podcast host of "Ag Tech So What?". But, before all that, Sarah grew up in California, quite literally in the cent...
The future of Australasian Ag Tech with Sarah Nolet.
September 27, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBWelcome back to Season 5 of the Head Shepherd podcast. We have a fantastic season lined up for you, and we're starting with a bang! Sarah Nolet is an internationally recognised food systems innovation expert, the CEO and Founder of AgThentic, a global food and agriculture strategy firm, and co-founder of Tenacious Ventures, Australia’s first dedicated agrifood tech VC firm AND podcast host of "Ag Tech So What?". But, before all that, Sarah grew up in California, quite literally in the cent...
How is "AgTech" going to change your business? with Sarah Nolet.
September 27, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBWelcome back to Season 5 of the Head Shepherd podcast. We have a fantastic season lined up for you, and we're starting with a bang! Sarah Nolet is an internationally recognised food systems innovation expert, the CEO and Founder of AgThentic, a global food and agriculture strategy firm, and co-founder of Tenacious Ventures, Australia’s first dedicated agrifood tech VC firm AND podcast host of "Ag Tech So What?". But, before all that, Sarah grew up in California, quite literally in the cent...
Head Shepherd Live: Q&A with Dr Mark Ferguson (Recording)
September 12, 2021 21:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBWelcome back to the 50th episode of Head Shepherd! This week we hosted a live Q&A where Mark answered your questions. This is a recording of that live stream. Mark answers questions about the polled gene and the variations that exist there, about breeding for lamb growth without ending up with excess adult weight and more. Thank you to everyone who has listened so far, we have thoroughly enjoyed producing the past 50 episodes for you and can't wait to bring you the next 50. We will be t...
Breeding for twins in cattle with Leo Cummins
September 05, 2021 22:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBThis week Mark chats with Dr Leo Cummins of Byaduk North, Aus. With the world favouring environmental efficiency, why is it that we don't breed cattle to have twins? Mark and Leo go through the ins and outs of Beef Twinners, a composite from Nebraska that Leo has been working with for the past 17 years. During Leos research career, he investigated high fecundity beef and sheep livestock systems including Booroola sheep. During this time he became aware of a twinning herd in Nebraska ran by...
Breeding for twins in cattle with Leo Cummings
September 05, 2021 22:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBThis week Mark chats with Dr Leo Cummings of Byaduk North, Aus. With the world favouring environmental efficiency, why is it that we don't breed cattle to have twins? Mark and Leo go through the ins and outs of Beef Twinners, a composite from Nebraska that Leo has been working with for the past 17 years. During Leos research career, he investigated high fecundity beef and sheep livestock systems including Booroola sheep. During this time he became aware of a twinning herd in Nebraska ran b...
Combining data and joining forces at Black Box Co.
August 30, 2021 04:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBBlack Box Co is the brain child of Shannon Speight and Emma Black who both have backgrounds in the beef industry and have both won the Zanda McDonald award. After seeing how little data was utilised at all levels in the industry, Shannon was inspired to find a way to capture and standardise the data that potentially existed all along the value chain. She met Emmathrough the Zanda McDonald award, Emma shared her passion and frustrations around data and convinced her to join her on the Black...
Scaling Success with Richard Scholefield
August 23, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBMark chats with Richard Scholefield of Whangara Farms, Gisborne NZ on this weeks Head Shepherd podcast. Whangara Farms comprises of 7 farms, making up 9,500 Ha overall. Across the seven farms, there are 20 staff to manage the 37,000 breeding ewes (all of which are EID tagged), 10,000 replacement hoggets and 3,500 breeding cows. They regularly scan over 200% and mark over 50,000 lambs a year, an event the whole team is bought together for. This opportunity of scale allows them to make the ...
Breeding for success with Dawson Bradford.
August 16, 2021 02:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBThis week Mark catches up with long-time friend, Dawson Bradford. Dawson started off in pigs, and bought some sheep to 'keep himself entertained' whilst he waited around to feed twice a day. What started off as a hobby, led to Dawson becoming one of Australia's most successful performance breeders. The Hillcroft Farms name can be found in many high performance Poll Dorset and White Suffolk pedigrees. Mark and Dawson discuss a little about breeding pigs, and then onto how Dawson got his shee...
Cropping and livestock enterprise south of Marnoo
August 09, 2021 04:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBWallaloo Park is a family-owned and managed business located south of Marnoo in the Wimmera district of Victoria. The business operates a 3500ha mixed enterprise farming system, including cropping and livestock enterprises. Wallaloo Park merino stud was founded in 1978, currently running 2500 ewes. Utilizing the latest technology to enhance genetic gain, through both ASBV’s and stringent visual classing, Wallaloo Park is at the forefront of the merino and poll merino industry. A renowned l...
Global networking in Agriculture.
August 02, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBWe are delighted to have had the chance to catch up with Laura Ryan. Laura is the founder and global Chair of Meat Business Women which launched in 2015. With a first-class Honours in Marketing and a Masters in Management, Laura joined the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in 2007. Successfully launching premium beef & lamb brands within a large butchery business in the North East of England. Working her way through the ranks she was appointed as Sector Strategy Director...
Meat Business Women
August 02, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBWe are delighted to have had the chance to catch up with Laura Ryan. Laura is the founder and global Chair of Meat Business Women which launched in 2015. With a first-class Honours in Marketing and a Masters in Management, Laura joined the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in 2007. Successfully launching premium beef & lamb brands within a large butchery business in the North East of England. Working her way through the ranks she was appointed as Sector Strategy Director...
Global networking in Agriculture.
August 02, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBWe are delighted to have had the chance to catch up with Laura Ryan. Laura is the founder and global Chair of Meat Business Women which launched in 2015. With a first-class Honours in Marketing and a Masters in Management, Laura joined the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in 2007. Successfully launching premium beef & lamb brands within a large butchery business in the North East of England. Working her way through the ranks she was appointed as Sector Strategy Director...
Former All Blacks player with a passion for livestock
July 26, 2021 04:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBRichard Loe, a former All Blacks player with a passion for livestock joined us this week on the Head Shepherd Podcast. Loe's family farm, Glenloe is based near Oxford in Canterbury in the centre of the South Island of New Zealand. Richard is farming Dohne Merino Sheep and Santa Gertrudis Cattle. Richard is a co-host of Magic Radio's Rural Exchange program which airs every Saturday and Sunday morning from 6 til 8am. Listen in to hear the latest on all things rural New Zealand. Rural Exchan...
Former All Blacks player with a passion for livestock
July 26, 2021 04:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBRichard Loe, a former All Blacks player with a passion for livestock joined us this week on the Head Shepherd Podcast. Loe's family farm, Glenloe is based near Oxford in Canterbury in the centre of the South Island of New Zealand. Richard is farming Dohne Merino Sheep and Santa Gertrudis Cattle. Richard is a co-host of Magic Radio's Rural Exchange program which airs every Saturday and Sunday morning from 6 til 8am. Listen in to hear the latest on all things rural New Zealand. Rural Exchan...
Farm to fork, brought to you by Middlehurst Delivered
July 19, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBSophie and Lucy, who grew up at Middlehurst Station for the past 20 years, have had the absolute privilege of bringing Middlehurst Delivered to life. Bringing a premium product that you can enjoy at home, knowing exactly where it came from. Middlehurst Delivered aims to have consistency with their meat and to always give that "great experience". It doesn't stop there, Middlehurst is on a mission to ensure that they are bringing you an innovative product and packaging that is sustainable. T...
Diversifying your farm business with Middlehurst Delivered
July 19, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBSophie and Lucy, who grew up at Middlehurst Station for the past 20 years, have had the absolute privilege of bringing Middlehurst Delivered to life. Bringing a premium product that you can enjoy at home, knowing exactly where it came from. Middlehurst Delivered aims to have consistency with their meat and to always give that "great experience". It doesn't stop there, Middlehurst is on a mission to ensure that they are bringing you an innovative product and packaging that is sustainable. T...
Running up the learning curve with Russell and Ricky Luhrs
July 06, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBThe Luhrs family farm near Cavendish in Western Victoria. Ricky and his wife Marni farm with Russell, Ricky's dad. They have two speeds, flat out and asleep. They are always thinking about extracting the next few percent out of the business through strategic management, pasture performance and genetics. If what they need doesn't exist on the market they build it. I'm sure you'll enjoy the banter, openness and energy of this episode. Check out The Hub below https://thehub.nextgenagri.c...
Taking the highs and lows out of agriculture, with Brendon Savage
June 27, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast Mark speaks with Brendon Savage from Western Australia. Brendon has a great insight on soils and pasture after spending the past few years improving his pastures via various, slightly different methods with the goal of producing the same, with less. Brendon also upped his sheep numbers to take his business to 50:50 crop to sheep which isn't common in the area in which Brendon lives. This is to take the typical highs and lows out of his farming system....
Taking the highs and lows out of agriculture, with Brendon Savage
June 27, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBThis week on the Head Shepherd podcast Mark speaks with Brendon Savage from Western Australia. Brendon has a great insight on soils and pasture after spending the past few years improving his pastures via various, slightly different methods with the goal of producing the same, with less. Brendon also upped his sheep numbers to take his business to 50:50 crop to sheep which isn't common in the area in which Brendon lives. This is to take the typical highs and lows out of his farming system....
Trial and change with Todd Burger.
June 21, 2021 04:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBWelcome back to the Head Shepherd podcast. This week we have Todd Burger from the Western Districts of Victoria. Todd farms his merino sheep a little differently. After being frustrated with the lack of maternal behavior in his ewes, he decided to do something different. Todd intensively manages around 700 of his 7,000 ewes around lambing time. This means shedding up at night, temporary shelters and more. Mark and Todd cover the new genetics and AI that has been implemented recently, and ...