The Sheep Geeks
Episodes
Episode 18: PROFESSOR Jennifer Duncan talking about joint ill and its prevention and treatment
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Duncan is a Professor of Sheep Health and Welfare at University of Liverpool. She has been involved with a recent project exploring joint ill...
Episode 17: Anna and Ian Wilson talking about using technology to improve sheep performance
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Anna and Ian Wilson are mixed farmers (sheep and combinable crops) from North Yorkshire, and Anna also works for the National Sheep Association. They ...
Episode 16: Kate Phillips and the impact she has had on the sheep industry
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Phillips is an independent sheep consultant. She previously worked at ADAS for 30 years. She continues to be heavily involved in research within ...
Episode 15: Christmas special with the East of England Agricultural Society
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode features an experimental recording at the East of England Agricultural Society's Scholars Day. Both Liz and Nerys are schola...
Episode 14: Q&A at Christmas
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join 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 wil...
Episode 13: Talking to Richard Stanbury about his farming business and the importance of finding your support network
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard 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 an...
Episode 12: Talking to Matt Harding about producing rams off forage and the importance of being nosy
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Harding is a third generation ram breeder based in Warwickshire. He has changed from a higher input ram breeding approach to selling shearlings w...
Episode 11: Talking to Mark "Ferg" Ferguson about Optiewe and working with farmers
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark "Ferg" Ferguson is a consultant who works with sheep farmers and breeders in New Zealand and Australia. He is CEO of neXtgen Agri who r...
Episode 10: Talking to Ben Strugnell about healthy and not so healthy sheep, plus the need for applied research
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben 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 pre...
Episode 9: Talking to Kevin Harrison about getting ready for change, saxophones and sheep
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin 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 Poli...
Episode 8: Talking to Awal Fuselini about halal, education and meat consumption
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr 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...
Episode 7: Talking to David and Cora Cooper about sheep and nature recovery
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David 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 ...
Episode 6: Talking to Dave Cross about his farming system in Norfolk and a bit about chickens
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Cross is a mixed farmer in Norfolk with sheep, beef, arable and layers. He farms within a family partnership. He has been very strategic with the...
Episode 5: Talking to Dr Suzanne Rowe about breeding for reduced methane production
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Suzanne Rowe is a geneticist at AgResearch in New Zealand, and is passionate about improving profitability and sustainability of global livestock s...
Episode 4: Talking to Dr Fiona Lovatt about protecting young lambs from watery mouth
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Fiona Lovatt is a vet and consultant, and founder of Flock Health Limited. She has been heavily involved in reducing antibiotic use in the sheep se...
Episode 3: Talking to Michael Blanche about lean management, sheep and lots of random things
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Blanche is a sheep and cattle farmer from Perth in Scotland. He is also the genius behind the Pasture Pod podcast.We talk about how he is tryi...
Episode 2: Talking to Katie Evans about sheep and other things from her trip to Oz
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Evans is a sheep and beef farmer from Norfolk. She was sponsored to attended the Global Sheep Forum's Next Gen programme and has recently r...
The Sheep Geeks: Episode 1 - Launch
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the launch of the Sheep Geeks podcast with Nerys Wright and Liz Genever. There are both independent sheep consultants, and work with sheep ...