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- 🇦🇺AU · Science#5830K to 100K
- 🇳🇿NZ · Science#803K to 10K
- 🇰🇪KE · Science#134500 to 3K
- 🇮🇪IE · Science#181500 to 3K
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17K to 58K🎙 ~2x weekly·283 episodes·Last published 6d ago - Monthly Reach
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34K to 116K🇦🇺86%🇳🇿9%🇰🇪3%+1 more - Active Followers
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Growing grass for sheep, stadiums and everything in between with George Fell
Jun 21, 2026
45m 54s
Turning grass into money - this time with cattle, with Joe Kerin
Jun 14, 2026
47m 00s
Forty years at Wairere Romneys with Simon Buckley
Jun 7, 2026
1h 00m 17s
Refugia, resistance testing, and the future of worm management with Chloe Frank
May 31, 2026
29m 52s
Data driven sheep breeding with James Trowbridge
May 24, 2026
17m 03s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/21/26 | Growing grass for sheep, stadiums and everything in between with George Fell | Long before performance recording became mainstream, George Fell's grandfather was building a sheep breeding programme around growth, efficiency and measured performance on pasture. Unable to find the genetics he wanted, he created them himself. Today, that same mindset runs through everything at Fell's Yorkshire farming business. Alongside the Meatlinc sheep breeding programme, the family operates a diverse farming enterprise that includes Premier League-level turf production, free-range egg... | 45m 54s | ||||||
| 6/14/26 |  Turning grass into money - this time with cattle, with Joe Kerin | What does a cow actually cost to run? At Kerin Ag, every kilogram of utilisable feed has a value attached to it. That allows Joe Kerin and the team to measure whether an animal is genuinely paying its way. In this episode, Joe joins Mark to discuss how putting a dollar value on each kilogram of grass they grow led them to choose Wagyu over Angus. As any Kerin would, Joe has done the numbers and compared Wagyu cows with larger recipient cows, based on the weaning weight of their calves relativ... | 47m 00s | ||||||
| 6/7/26 |  Forty years at Wairere Romneys with Simon Buckley✨ | sheep breedinggenetic improvement+4 | Simon Buckley | Wairere Romneys | New ZealandWhangārei+1 | sheepbreeding+6 | — | 1h 00m 17s | |
| 5/31/26 |  Refugia, resistance testing, and the future of worm management with Chloe Frank✨ | worm managementdrench resistance+3 | Chloe Frank | Central Stock Health | Australia | worm managementdrench resistance+3 | — | 29m 52s | |
| 5/24/26 | Data driven sheep breeding with James Trowbridge✨ | sheep breedingagriculture+3 | James Trowbridge | neXtgen Agri | South Australia | sheep breedinggenetics+3 | — | 17m 03s | |
| 5/17/26 |  Genomic data management and the future of breeding values with Dan Garrick✨ | genomic data managementbreeding values+4 | Dan Garrick | HelicalIowa State University | ManawatuUS | genomic databreeding values+4 | — | 55m 59s | |
| 5/10/26 |  Lessons learned from LambEx with Jane Kellock✨ | Merino operationbreeding programme+4 | Jane Kellock | — | South AustraliaMid North | Merinolamb survival+5 | — | 26m 22s | |
| 5/3/26 |  How to run a farm business your bank trusts, with Matt Hood✨ | farm successionagribusiness banking+3 | Matt Hood | — | MarlboroughNew Zealand+1 | farm businesssuccession planning+6 | — | 1h 01m 53s | |
| 4/26/26 |  Feet, finances and faster genetic gain with Chad Taylor from Mumblebone✨ | genetic gainfoot health+4 | Chad Taylor | MumbleboneGenetics of foot health in Merinos | — | genetic gainfootrot+5 | — | 43m 25s | |
| 4/19/26 |  Turning lamb data into profit with Will Barton✨ | lamb dataeating quality+3 | Will Barton | Gundagai Meat Processors | — | lambprofit+4 | — | 47m 46s | |
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| 4/12/26 |  What practical mental health support looks like in the shearing industry with Carol Mudford✨ | mental healthshearing industry+3 | Carol Mudford | rural suicide prevention programme | — | mental health supportshearing+3 | — | 44m 36s | |
| 4/5/26 |  Breeding seedstock for tough country at Hazeldean, with Bea Litchfield✨ | seedstock breedingagriculture+4 | Bea Litchfield | HazeldeanMerino+1 | — | seedstockAngus bulls+5 | — | 26m 43s | |
| 3/29/26 |  Key tips for improving the reproductive performance of your beef herd with Dr Shane Thomson✨ | cattle reproductionveterinary science+3 | Dr Shane Thomson | Holbrook Vet Centre | New South Wales | beef herdreproductive performance+4 | — | 42m 38s | |
| 3/22/26 |  Fat, fertility and the genetics of cow performance with Professor Wayne Pitchford✨ | cow conditionanimal breeding+3 | Professor Wayne Pitchford | University of AdelaideDavies Livestock Research Centre | — | cow conditionfertility+4 | — | 41m 50s | |
| 3/15/26 | ![Lifetime Ewe Management, leadership and the legacy that changed sheep farming, with Mark, Darren and Andrew [PODCASTHON] episode artwork](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/z29lsm0olgwxm9b9xk4ff0hghk1k?.jpg) Lifetime Ewe Management, leadership and the legacy that changed sheep farming, with Mark, Darren and Andrew [PODCASTHON]✨ | sheep farmingleadership+4 | Andrew KennedyDarren Gordon | Lifetime Ewe | — | sheep researchLifetime Ewe project+3 | — | 1h 02m 21s | |
| 3/8/26 |  Using Genomics to Improve Heifer Selection in Commercial Beef Herds✨ | genomicsheifer selection+3 | James Starling | — | Limestone CoastSouth Australia | genomicsheifer selection+5 | — | 37m 01s | |
| 3/1/26 |  Understanding the wool industry pipeline with Shannon Donoghue✨ | wool industryagriculture+3 | Shannon Donoghue | AWI | South Australia | woolsheep+5 | — | 27m 28s | |
| 2/22/26 |  40 years of sheep selection lessons: worm resistance, longevity and performance with Allan Richardson✨ | sheep selectionworm resistance+3 | Allan Richardson | organic farmingregenerative principles+1 | — | daggy sheepworm resistance+3 | — | 40m 06s | |
| 2/15/26 | Ferg’s thoughts on the 25/26 ram sale season, how to buy a good ram and why breeding values matter. | Tune in this week on the Head Shepherd podcast to hear Ferg discuss the 2025/2026 ram sale period across Australia and New Zealand. He explains his approach to selecting the right ram team and the decisions breeders have been facing when producing rams for sale in an increasingly data-driven market. Ferg discusses the breeding values gaining attention, as well as buyer behaviour when information is available AND when it is missing. He also explains the neXtPredict tool developed in part... | 26m 27s | ||||||
| 2/8/26 | Why you can't miss LambEx26 with Jamie Heinrich | Are you heading to LambEx26? This week on the podcast we have LambEx chair, Jamie Heinrich, on the podcast to discuss one of the sheep industry’s largest gatherings, bringing together producers, researchers, service providers and supply chain leaders from around the world. Held at the Adelaide Convention Centre, the event covers productivity, profitability, genetics, sustainability and the future direction of the sheep and lamb sector. Tune in to hear more about how you can join the con... | 20m 55s | ||||||
| 2/1/26 |  Leading The New Zealand Merino Company into its next chapter with Angus Street | Our guest this week, Angus Street, has worked across journalism, global agricultural marketing, Asian supply chains and livestock trading before stepping into the role of CEO at New Zealand Merino. In this episode, Angus reflects on taking on the role and guiding the organisation through a period of ongoing change across wool markets and supply chains. He and Mark chat about New Zealand Merinos’ role in connecting growers directly with global brands, the thinking behind ZQ and ZQRX and also t... | 58m 14s | ||||||
| 1/25/26 |  Breeding Romneys for the rain at Kaituna Ridges | How do you breed sheep that thrive in wet coastal hill country without routine drenching? What traits actually matter when you're selecting for challenging conditions? This week on the podcast, Mark is chatting to Fred Gane, who runs Kaituna Ridges, an 800-hectare farm near Havelock and the Pelorus Sound in the South Island of New Zealand, alongside his wife Nikita. Kaituna Ridges comprises a mixed grazing operation that includes over 5,000 Romney sheep and 200 head of cattle, as well as a Ro... | 59m 08s | ||||||
| 1/18/26 |  Lessons from moving sheep genetics around the world with Ian McDougall | Ever wondered about farming New Zealand sheep in the UK, or considered farming UK shedding genetics in Australia? In this episode of Head Shepherd, Ferg speaks with Ian McDougall, a veterinarian whose career - and sheep - have taken him across Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Ian grew up on marginal country on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula before moving into veterinary work and artificial breeding. Over the past four decades, his work has involved embryo transfer, semen freezing and larg... | 55m 13s | ||||||
| 1/11/26 |  How innovation is changing the wool industry with Sam Wan | Growing up in Western Sydney with no connection to agriculture, Samantha Wan’s path into the wool industry was anything but typical. In this week's episode, Sam talks with Ferg about finding agriculture through high school ag, building confidence without a family farming background, and the role mentors and community played in shaping her career. She and Mark discuss her work across the wool value chain, including auctioneering, technology and systems innovation within Elders, and the d... | 33m 00s | ||||||
| 1/4/26 |  Practical breeding strategies for commercial cattle producers with Carel Teseling | How can commercial producers use breeding values without recording full pedigrees? This week, Mark chats with Carel Teseling, Chief Operating Officer at Angus Australia, to find out. Carel's career has taken him from South Africa's regional performance recording programs to 14 years of developing genetic tools for Angus Australia, a decade leading Australian Wagyu Association's genetics, and now back to Angus again, giving him unique insight into what actually works for producers across... | 1h 00m 55s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
4 placements across 4 markets.