The Sheep Geeks
The Sheep Geeks
Podcast Description
Nerys Wright is an independent sheep consultant who loves talking about parasites and body condition score.Liz Genever is an independent sheep consultant who loves talking about grass, forage and soil, and body condition score.Together they are the sheep geeks. This podcast series launched October 2024. Liz and Nerys will be interviewing a range of sheep farmers, consultants, vets and academics from the UK and any other countries who have sheep.
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The podcast focuses on topics related to sheep farming, including parasite management, body condition scoring, grazing systems, and low input agricultural practices. Episodes feature concrete examples such as Michael Blanche discussing lean management and functional sheep selection, and Katie Evans sharing insights from her experience at the Global Sheep Forum's Next Gen programme.
Nerys Wright is an independent sheep consultant who loves talking about parasites and body condition score.
Liz Genever is an independent sheep consultant who loves talking about grass, forage and soil, and body condition score.
Together they are the sheep geeks. This podcast series launched October 2024. Liz and Nerys will be interviewing a range of sheep farmers, consultants, vets and academics from the UK and any other countries who have sheep.
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 Sheep Breeders Round Table in November 2024 on breeding for methane reduction in sheep.
In this podcast she talks about the work that is being done on collecting phenotypes for methane production in the New Zealand, plus work being done in Ireland and the UK.
Links
Presentation from SBRT – PowerPoint Presentation
Elanco link Are you a farmer wanting to become a star in the sheep world
Bluetongue Virus – Ruminant Health & Welfare
Dr Liz Genever is a farmer, consultant and co-founder of Carbon Calling CIC.
Dr Nerys Wright is a sheep consultant and technical lead for SCOPS.
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