Podcast Episodes

The key to lamb survival with Cathy Dwyer

Season 9 Episode 2

This week on the Head Shepherd Podcast, we head over to Europe to chat with Cathy Dwyer.

Cathy is based in Edinburgh and splits her time between two roles. One at Scotlands Rural College, leading a te…

Published on 3 years ago

Sub-Clover and beyond with Charlie de Fegely

Season 9 Episode 1

This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Charlie de Fegely chatting about things all things sub clover and beyond.

Charlie farms in Western Victoria in the foothills of The Grampians. They avera…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Bonus Episode. Head Shepherd Premium

Season 8 Episode 13

This week, to tide you over between seasons, we've released two of our Head Shepherd Premium podcasts for you. 

Mark recently uploaded a series on different traits that might be important for our clie…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Season 8 Q&A with Dr Mark Ferguson

We've reached the end of season 8 and we've got a great Q&A podcast for you. 

We have questions from “What's your opinion on Australia’s LEQ index compared to focusing solely on IMF and shear force fi…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Improving reproductive performance in maiden ewes, with Charlie Wootton

Season 8 Episode 12

This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Charlie Wootton.
Charlie is currently based in Adelaide but is originally from Jigsaw Farms in South West Victoria.

Charlie is doing his honours project o…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Thinking outside of the box with Duncan Humm

Season 8 Episode 11

This week on the podcast we have Duncan Humm. Duncan farms Deer for venison and velvet and is also one of the minds behind NZ Farming on Facebook.

Mark and Duncan discuss deer farming, a topic not of…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Preparing for the future Agtech innovation, with Georgia Pugh

Season 8 Episode 10

This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have our newest recruit at neXtgen Agri, Georgia Pugh.

Georgia comes from a background of farming in Western Australia on a mixed family farm farming around …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Ferg's Thoughts: EID and Replacement Ewe selection

Season 8 Episode 9

This week we have another in our "Fergs Thoughts" series. This week Dr Mark Ferguson talks us through the benefits of using EID and how it can help with replacement ewe selection.

Ferg shares his thou…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Actual to Ideal. Achieving Operational Excellence with Neville Brady

Season 8 Episode 8

 This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Neville Brady of Browsup Consulting, a consultancy company "...providing management support for groups, organisations and corporate businesses seeking …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Meeting Export Market Demands with Atkins Ranch

Season 8 Episode 7

This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Pat Maher, CEO of Atkins Ranch.

Atkins Ranch supplies premium New Zealand Lamb to Whole Foods in North America and Canada, supplying 95% of their lamb, …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago