Podcast Episodes
Back to Search50 years of breeding seedstock at Lawson Angus with Harry Lawson
Season 8 Episode 6
This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Harry Lawson of Lawson Angus.
Harry goes through the progression of the Lawson Angus business, a pioneering family for performance recording cattle. His …
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Building successful farm teams with Drover Ag.
Season 8 Episode 5
This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we are discussing employment in the Ag sector. Mark chats with John Boote, CEO of Drover Ag, specialists in Ag recruitment.
John has been involved in Agriculture…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
What does success look like to you? with Nathan Scott
Season 8 Episode 4
This week on the podcast we have Nathan Scott.
With a background in Prime Lamb production, Nathan started his own consultancy firm, Achieve Ag Solutions, eight years ago.
"We work with a range of p…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Profit from pasture allocation with Tom Fraser
Season 8 Episode 3
This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have a guest from our recent event, the neXtgen Agri Muster. Tom Fraser is a scientist at AgResearch.
Tom spoke at the Muster about pasture allocation and ma…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Successful weaning practices with Rob Bell
Season 8 Episode 2
This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Rob Bell, co-founder and CTO at ProAgni and CEO and Principal Consultant at Formula Ag. In this episode, we're focusing on weaning, a process not too fa…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
The factors of success in a large scale farming enterprise with Julie McDonald
Season 8 Episode 1
Welcome back to season 8 of the Head Shepherd podcast. As ever, we're starting off with a bang and have the fantastic Julie McDonald as our first guest.
Julie is the CFO of McDonalds Holdings- 3.36 m…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
BONUS Episode - Genetics of Reproduction
We are currently busily recording season 8 of the podcast. While we do that we thought we would share with you one of the podcasts from the private podcast we run within The Hub - Head Shepherd Radi…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Season 7 Q&A with Dr Mark Ferguson
Season 7 Episode 13
This week is our season finale of Season 7 of the Head Shepherd podcast. As ever, we asked our listeners if they had any questions for Mark Ferguson to answer.
Mark covers questions such as:
"Are the…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Chasing sheep around the world with Sophie Barnes
Season 7 Episode 12
This week on the podcast we have Sophie Barnes- sheep fan and producer of the Head Shepherd Podcast.
Sophie isn't from a farming background but is now one of the biggest fans of sheep you could find.…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Culture is the baling twine that keeps a business together, with Sally Murfet
Season 7 Episode 11
This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Sally Murfet of Inspire Ag.
Sally is a farmer's daughter born and raised in northwest Tasmania on a farm producing beef cattle and seed potatoes.
Sally e…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago