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The Sheep Geeks

The Sheep Geeks

By: Liz Genever and Nerys Wright
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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.

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Episodes
  • Episode 7: Talking to David and Cora Cooper about sheep and nature recovery

    Episode 7: Talking to David and Cora Cooper about sheep and nature recovery
    May 25 2025

    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 inputs. They are using mob grazing to drive nature recovery on their farm.

    In this podcast we talk about the changes they had made, the focus on low input sheep and their passion for regenerating their land.


    Dr Liz Genever is a farmer, consultant and co-founder of Carbon Calling CIC.

    Dr Nerys Wright is a sheep consultant and technical lead for SCOPS.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Episode 6: Talking to Dave Cross about his farming system in Norfolk and a bit about chickens

    Episode 6: Talking to Dave Cross about his farming system in Norfolk and a bit about chickens
    Apr 20 2025

    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 use of sustainable farming incentive (SFI) to transform their arable fields into lanes of herbal leys. He has been an AHDB monitor farm for the last four years.

    In this podcast we talk about the changes he has made to his farming systems in the last few years and his plans for the future. Nerys asks a question about beef, which is very rare.

    Links

    Select tickets – Carbon Calling 2025 – Sleastonhow, Kirkby Thore, Penrith

    SCOPS | Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep

    Dr Liz Genever is a farmer, consultant and co-founder of Carbon Calling CIC.

    Dr Nerys Wright is a sheep consultant and technical lead for SCOPS.
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    54 mins
  • Episode 5: Talking to Dr Suzanne Rowe about breeding for reduced methane production

    Episode 5: Talking to Dr Suzanne Rowe about breeding for reduced methane production
    Mar 19 2025

    Dr Suzanne Rowe is a geneticist at AgResearch in New Zealand, and is passionate about improving profitability and sustainability of global livestock systems using genomic technology. She presented at Sheep Breeders Round Table in November 2024 on breeding for methane reduction in sheep.

    In this podcast she talks about the work that is being done on collecting phenotypes for methane production in the New Zealand, plus work being done in Ireland and the UK.

    Links

    Presentation from SBRT - PowerPoint Presentation

    Elanco link Are you a farmer wanting to become a star in the sheep world

    Bluetongue Virus - Ruminant Health & Welfare

    Dr Liz Genever is a farmer, consultant and co-founder of Carbon Calling CIC.

    Dr Nerys Wright is a sheep consultant and technical lead for SCOPS.
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    51 mins

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