Data driven sheep breeding with James Trowbridge

About this episode

Mark Ferguson introduces James Trowbridge, a consultant at neXtgen Agri with a background in sheep production and genetics.

This week on the podcast, Ferg introduces James Trowbridge, the newest consultant to join the neXtgen Agri team. James grew up in South Australia working alongside his parents, Margie and Bill Trowbridge, in both Merinos and the family artificial breeding business. After working across a range of farming and agribusiness roles around Australia, James now joins the neXtgen Agri team, bringing with him a strong practical background in sheep production and genetics. If you want to get James on y...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Ferguson

Guest: James Trowbridge

Topics covered

• sheep breeding
• agriculture
• genetics
• consulting
• farming

Keywords

• sheep breeding
• genetics
• agriculture
• neXtgen Agri
• South Australia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: neXtgen Agri

Places: South Australia

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