About this podcast
Nerys Wright is an independent sheep consultant who loves talking about parasites and body condition score.
Liz Genever is an independent sheep consultant who loves talking about grass, forage and soil, and body condition score.
Together they are the sheep geeks. This podcast series launched October 2024. Liz and Nerys will be interviewing a range of sheep farmers, consultants, vets and academics from the UK and any other countries who have sheep.
Episodes
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- Episode 26: The importance of bringing in a range of opinions with Siân and Llion Jones · 57 minNerys and Liz talk with Siân and Llion Jones about their upland beef and sheep farm in Wales. They are the first Welsh farmers to be on the podcast - Nerys is very excited. They…
- Episode 25: Out-of-season lambing and weather watch with Dave Rendle · 1 h 3 minNerys and Liz talk with Dave Rendle, who is an equine vet by training but a sheep farmer by desire. He talks through his system of Dorsets lambing in September and October, and…
- Episode 24 - Catch up with Bryce MacKellar · 58 minNerys and Liz talk with Bryce MacKellar, a sheep and arable farmer from Staffordshire. Bryce has Lleyn ewes and talks through his breeding plans and culling approaches, and how…
- Episode 23: "How to have a conversation" with Amy Hughes ****a bit sweary**** · 1 h 10 minNerys and Liz catch up with Amy about how this year in farming has challenged a lot of farmers' mental health and approaches to use to check in with people and ourselves. It is a…
- Episode 22: Trying to not scare people about bluetongue with Jonathan Hobbs · 1 h 18 minNerys and Liz talks to Jonathan who is a vet working in the Bluetongue outbreak in Devon. He shares his experiences and provide background to the virus. We also talk about next…
- Episode 21: Tick facts with Matt Colston · 1 h 2 minMatt Colston is a vet and works for Elanco. He is heavily involved with Sheep Veterinary Society and Moredun Foundation. He was previously in practice in Scotland and Cumbria. He…
- Episode 20: Parasite Q&A with Nerys and Liz · 1 h 0 minNerys finally gets her dream to talk about parasites for an entire episode. We answered submitted questions and talk through some of our client work. Links mentioned: Support the…
- Episode 19: Tom Bird talking about his high input, high output system and being FW Sheep Farmer of the Year · 59 minTom Bird farms with his dad in south Derbyshire. They run sheep and also have combinable crops. He is the current Farmers Weekly Sheep Farmer of the Year and also involved in the…
- Episode 18: PROFESSOR Jennifer Duncan talking about joint ill and its prevention and treatment · 54 minJennifer Duncan is a Professor of Sheep Health and Welfare at University of Liverpool. She has been involved with a recent project exploring joint ill in young lambs in more…
- Episode 17: Anna and Ian Wilson talking about using technology to improve sheep performance · 1 h 6 minAnna and Ian Wilson are mixed farmers (sheep and combinable crops) from North Yorkshire, and Anna also works for the National Sheep Association. They talk about their experience…
- Episode 16: Kate Phillips and the impact she has had on the sheep industry · 1 h 0 minKate Phillips is an independent sheep consultant. She previously worked at ADAS for 30 years. She continues to be heavily involved in research within the sheep sector. She is…
- Episode 15: Christmas special with the East of England Agricultural Society · 32 minThis special episode features an experimental recording at the East of England Agricultural Society's Scholars Day. Both Liz and Nerys are scholars and were invited to join the…
- Episode 14: Q&A at Christmas · 59 minJoin 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…
- Episode 13: Talking to Richard Stanbury about his farming business and the importance of finding your support network · 1 h 18 minRichard 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…
- Episode 12: Talking to Matt Harding about producing rams off forage and the importance of being nosy · 54 minMatt 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…
- Episode 11: Talking to Mark "Ferg" Ferguson about Optiewe and working with farmers · 56 minMark "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…
- Episode 10: Talking to Ben Strugnell about healthy and not so healthy sheep, plus the need for applied research · 1 h 24 minBen 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…
- Episode 9: Talking to Kevin Harrison about getting ready for change, saxophones and sheep · 1 h 3 minKevin 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…
- Episode 8: Talking to Awal Fuselini about halal, education and meat consumption · 50 minDr 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…
- Episode 7: Talking to David and Cora Cooper about sheep and nature recovery · 1 h 12 minDavid 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…
