Podcast Episodes

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, con…

Published on 1 day, 10 hours ago

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 a…

Published on 1 month ago

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 breed…

Published on 2 months ago

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 an…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

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 …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

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 …

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

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 …

Published on 6 months ago

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 natur…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

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 tr…

Published on 8 months ago

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…

Published on 9 months ago