ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Mark Ferguson from neXtgen Agri brings you the latest in livestock, genetics, innovation and technology. We focus on sheep and beef farming in Australia and New Zealand, and the people doing great things in those industries. To learn more about neXtgen Agri, visit www.nextgenagri.com.
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Average audio length:
37 minutes
Guest interviews
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English
New Zealand
308 episodes
since May 23, 2020
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~44.11% of listeners are from Australia.
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AU
44.11%
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IE
22.05%
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US
20.58%
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GB
5.51%
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NZ
3.67%
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CA
1.83%
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IN
0.73%
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PH
0.36%
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UY
0.36%
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KE
0.36%
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SE
0.36%
Others
0.08%
* Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. real-time
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
neXtResist can tell you which sheep are fighting off worms, even when worm numbers are low. Emma Noble-Campbell has been running the test for New Zealand breeders since she joined us in February.
Emma grew up on a sheep and beef farm in the North Island, studied agricultural science at Lincoln and …
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Join us to celebrate our 300th episode!
For anyone lucky enough to attend LambEx this year, Gus Balbontin was one of our favourite speakers. So, when he agreed to come on for our special 300th episode, we were beyond excited.
The messages Gus shared during his talk have stuck with many. He challen…
John Yates has spent the past 18 years helping develop the British Texel Sheep Society, including bringing performance recording in house and building the iTexel database. Rather than relying on an external system, the Society has developed an evaluation around the information its breeders are coll…
Our newest consultant, Reece Michelle, took a slightly roundabout route into his new role with neXtgen Agri, from studying agricultural science at Lincoln and working with Headwaters to shearing and fencing before moving across the Tasman.
Now splitting his time between neXtgen Agri and Murdoch Un…
This episode comes from our Productivity & Profitability podcast, produced in partnership with Meat & Livestock Australia.
How do you breed a lamb that consistently delivers a better eating experience?
For decades, sheep producers have been selecting for traits they could easily measure, in…
Most breeders pick one thing to improve. Peter Blackwood picked several. When he and his wife Claire took over a Corriedale stud in 2006, they committed to lifting fertility, carcass shape and wool fineness - all at once - by using ASBVs.
Two decades later, they've lifted lambing from 110% to …
Looking to change your Merino genetics? What actually happens when you switch types? For our guest this week, Dom Hallam, it started with his parents.
Coming from a traditional fine wool background, they began looking for something different, eventually bringing sheep from New England into their fl…
What is a trait actually worth to a farming business?
Ferg has spent much of his career talking about the value of genetics, but it hasn't always been easy to put that value into real dollar terms that apply to individual farming businesses.
In this episode, Ferg explains how we plan to work o…
What's the difference between a sheep that looks "right" and a sheep that breeds "right"? Jonno Hicks from Hannaton Poll Merinos and White Suffolks, reckons he's finally found the answer.
In this week's episode, Jonno talks through his shift from visual assessment…
Ever wondered what's actually happening inside an overgrown hoof? And can you fix it once the damage is done?
Our guest this week looked into just that. Dr Laura Deeming did her PhD with Massey University and AgResearch on dairy goat hoof health. Many dairy goats are not hoof trimmed until the…
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