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The Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 116 A Visit From CamToday Tom and Cam talk about Cam's recent visit to Tom's farm.2025-04-2938 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 103 The Ohio Grazing ConferenceToday Cam and Tom talk about Tom's visit to the Ohio Grazing Conference.
2025-01-2838 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 102 2025 ASI Convention UpdateToday Cam and Tom talk about Cam's recent trip to the 2025 ASI convention.2025-01-2135 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 101 Lambing PrepToday Tom and Cam talk about preparing for the upcoming lambing season.2025-01-1335 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 100 Celebrating Our 100th EpisodeToday Cam and Tom talk about what it's been like recording 100 episodes.2025-01-0737 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 99 What Is The Value Of NSIPToday Cam and Tom talk about the National Sheep Improvement Program and how much value they place on NSIP.2024-12-3136 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 98 More Q and AToday Cam and Tom spend some time catching up with listener questions.2024-12-2436 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 97 A Recap Of The Ohio Shepherds SymposiumToday Cam and Tom talk about their weekend at the Ohio Shepherds Symposium.2024-12-1734 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 96 Catching Up With Cam and TomSince Cam and Tom have been doing a lot of speaking and traveling, today they spend some time catching up.2024-12-1034 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 95 Winter Weather and SheepToday Cam and Tom talk about how they handle the cold weather with their sheep.2024-12-0336 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 94 An Interview With Coleman Club LambsToday Cam and Tom talk with Adam Coleman of Coleman Club Lambs2024-11-2639 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 93 Some Q and AToday Cam and Tom answer some question from their listeners. 2024-11-1938 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 92 The Water Line Is Done!Today Cam and Tom talk about the new water line that was installed on Tom's farm.2024-11-1238 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 91 When Should Ewe Lambs Be BredToday Cam and Tom talk about breeding ewe lambs.2024-11-0537 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 90 Catching Up With Dr. WeaverToday Cam and Tom catch up with Dr. Andrew Weaver to discuss the National Ram Sale and NC State's cover crop update.2024-10-2935 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 89 Grazing Winter StockpileToday Cam and Tom talk about their winter stockpiled forages and how they intend to graze them.2024-10-2236 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp. 88 Can We Breed For Fescue ResistanceToday Cam and Tom are again joined by Dr. Poole to discuss the possibility of breeding in resistance to fescue toxicity 2024-10-1536 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 87 Fescue ToxicityToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dr, Dan Poole to discuss fescue toxicity and how animals are affected by it.2024-10-0836 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 86 Drought DecisionsToday Cam and Tom talk about some of the decisions that they have had to make due to the recent drought.2024-10-0137 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 85 Using CIDRS in SheepToday Cam and Tom are joined again by Dr Dan Poole to discuss using CDRS in sheep reproduction.2024-09-2433 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 84 Sheep Reproduction With Dr Daniel PooleToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Daniel Poole of North Carolina Sate University to discuss reproduction in sheep.2024-09-1736 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 83 American Lamb Board NewsToday Cam and Tom talk about the climate smart grant from the American Lamb Board and an update from the Va. ram test.2024-09-1035 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 82 Breeding DecisionsToday Cam and Tom talk about what makes up their breeding choices and how they come up with those choices.2024-09-0335 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 81 Border Collies and EducationToday Cam and Tom talk about their border collies and some fun education events they have recently attended.2024-08-2734 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 80 An Update From The Center Of The Nation SaleToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Andrew Weaver to discuss the recent center of the nation sale.2024-08-2033 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 79 An Update From The KHSI ExpoToday Cam and Tom are joined again by Daniel Ulry as they talk about the KHSI annual Expo.2024-08-1333 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 78 Plans?Today Cam and Tom catch up while talking about up coming plans.2024-08-0636 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 77 An Update From the Va. Ram TestToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Andrew Weaver as well as Nicole Valliere as Nicole gives us an update about the SWARC ram test.2024-07-3036 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 76 Pasture Walk and Summer BreedingToday Cam and Tom talk about the recent pasture walk and how Tom's breeding has been going.2024-07-2338 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 75 A Fun Filled WeekendToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dan Ulry to discuss the past weekend at the Annual EAPK symposium. 2024-07-1638 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 74 Puppies Parasites and PastureToday Cam and Tom discuss the new pups they bought and continue to discuss their pastures as well as the parasite challenges they are facing in those pastures 2024-07-0938 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 73 Drought and Ray's Crazy MixToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Andrew Weaver to discuss drought and grazing Ray's Crazy mix.2024-07-0237 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 72 Pasture WeaningToday Tom and Cam talk about how they are weaning lambs on pasture.2024-06-2535 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 71 It's Hay SeasonToday Cam and Tom talk about putting up hay.2024-06-1837 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 70 Catching UpToday Cam and Tom spend some time catching up on what they have been up to on their own farms.2024-06-1136 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 69 Seedstock Vs. Commercial Production CostsToday Cam and Tom talk about the costs associated with seedstock production2024-06-0435 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 68 Early Season PasturesToday Cam and Tom talk about how they are managing their pastures early in the season.2024-05-2834 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 67 More On Line BreedingToday Cam and Tom are joined again by Dr. Andrew Weaver to continue their discussion on line breeding.2024-05-2137 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 66 Let's Talk Line BreedingToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Andrew Weaver to discuss the ins and outs of line breeding.2024-05-1436 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 65 Cross Bred LambsToday Tom and Cam talk about the lambs as well as how Tom's cross bred lambs are doing.2024-05-0737 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 64 Let's Talk About MarketingToday Cam and Tom talk marketing lambs and what to look for when making those choices. 2024-04-3031 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 63 Pasture LambingToday Cam and Tom discuss pasture lambing and the challenges that can occur with it.2024-04-2324 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 62 The Eclipse, Flooding and Border ColliesToday Cam and Tom talk about the past week on their farms.2024-04-1638 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 61 Catching Up With Dr. WeaverToday Cam and Tom spend some time talking with Dr. Weaver.2024-04-0936 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 60 Accelerated BreedingToday Cam and Tom talk about accelerated breeding programs and how that might work on your farm.2024-04-0233 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 59 Let's Talk About CIDRsToday Cam and Tom talk about CIDRs and how they use them on their own farms.2024-03-2637 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 58 Spring SeedingsToday Cam and Tom talk about some of the seedings that they hope to do on their farms this spring.2024-03-1933 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 57 Let's Talk About Creep FeedingToday Cam and Tom talk about creep feeding and how they creep feed lambs on their own farms.2024-03-1237 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 56 Let's Talk MarketingToday Cam and Tom talk a bit about how Tom markets his lambs.2024-03-0538 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 55 Barn Layouts and JugsToday Cam and Tom talk about how they use jugs and also how their barns are laid out.2024-02-2735 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 54 Celebrating Our First YearToday Cam and Tom talk about their first year of bringing you the podcast.2024-02-2037 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 53 Record KeepingToday Cam and Tom talk a bit about record keeping and what they like to keep track of.2024-02-1338 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 52 Recap of the Ohio Grazing ConferenceToday Cam and Tom talk about the Ohio Grazing Conference and some of what Tom learned while attending.2024-02-0635 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 51 Feeding Hay For Late Gestation EwesToday Cam and Tom talk about the challenges of feeding hay during late gestation to meet the nutritional requirements of the ewe.2024-01-3035 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 50 More From The ASI ConventionToday Cam and Tom are joined again by Dr Andrew Weaver to continue the discussion about last weeks ASI convention. 2024-01-2334 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 49 An Update From The ASI ConventionToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Andrew Weaver to discuss what they learned this year at ASI.2024-01-1633 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 48 Let's Talk Frost SeedingToday Cam and Tom talk about the benefits of frost seeding clovers and others seeds as well.2024-01-0933 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 47 Soil Disturbance, Context and Animal ImpactToday Cam and Tom talk about the remaining soil health principles and they interact with soil health on our farms. 2024-01-0233 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 46 Soil Health, Diversity and a Living RootToday Cam and Tom talk about more about soil health and the importance of diversity and keeping a living root in the soil.2023-12-2636 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 45 Soil Health, Soil Armor, Keep That Ground CoveredToday Cam and Tom talk about the first of the 5 soil health principles, soil armor and how beneficial keeping that ground covered really is. 2023-12-1936 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 44 Winter GrazingToday Cam and Tom talk about winter grazing and how this can impact next years grazing.2023-12-1238 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 43 Discussing the Upcoming Lambing SeasonToday Cam and Tom continue the discussion about prepping for the upcoming lambing season.2023-12-0534 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 42 Lambing Season Prep and Using Pasture MapToday Cam and Tom talk about prepping for the upcoming lambing season and how Tom uses the Pasture Map app to get his ewes close to the barn before they lamb.2023-11-2834 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 41 Listener Questions From Season 2Today Cam and Tom wrap up season two with some questions from our listeners.2023-11-2137 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 40 How We Preg Check Our EwesToday Cam and Tom talk about the different methods they use to preg check their ewes and how they use that info.2023-11-1433 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 39 What a year looks like on our farmsToday Cam and Tom talk about what their own schedules look like on their own farms and why they use those schedules.2023-11-0733 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 38 The Fence is Done!!!Today Cam and Tom talk about Tom's new fence and discuss the build, the building supplies and the cost to do build it.2023-10-3136 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 37 Rations for Winter FeedingToday Cam and Tom talking about winter feeding and what that might look like. 2023-10-2435 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 36 Should She Stay or Should She GoToday Cam and Tom talk about retaining ewes and what we look for in our future ewes.2023-10-1736 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 35 A Review of Advantage FeedersToday Cam and Tom talk about the Advantage feeders that they both use in their operations. The good, the bad and the ugly.2023-10-1035 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 34 Winter Stockpile and the Breeding Season So Far.Today Cam and Tom catch up a bit and talk about winter stockpiles and how they intend to feed them. They also talk a little about how breeding is going.2023-10-0332 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 33 Discussing the index EBVsToday Cam and Tom are again joined by Rusty Burgett of the National Sheep Improvement Program to go over a few of the indexes that are available in NSIP. 2023-09-2634 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 32 MWWT, NLB and NLW EBV'sToday Cam and Tom are joined by Rusty Burgett of the National Sheep Improvement Program to discuss the MWWT, NLB and the NLW breeding values and how you can use these in your flocks.2023-09-1932 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 31 Are Parasite Resistant Sheep Healthier Sheep....Yes!Today Cam and Tom are again joined by Dr. Scott Bowdridge as they continue to discuss the exciting possibilities coming from the research being done on the immune response in parasite resistant sheep.2023-09-1235 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 30 How Does Parasite Resistance WorkToday Cam and Tom talk with Dr Scott Bowdridge and discuss the research that he and his team have done on what makes certain sheep resistant to the barber pole worm.2023-09-0534 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 29 A Recap of the Center of the Nation SaleToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Weaver as they discuss the highlights of the Center of the Nation Sale and the events that took place there. 2023-08-2930 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 28 Grazing, PreBreeding and RamsToday Cam and Tom talk about the grazing season so far and the upcoming breeding season.2023-08-2233 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 27 Continuing the discussion of the WFEC and PWFEC EBVsToday Cam, Tom and Dr. Weaver discuss in more detail the WFEC and PWFEC EBVs and how they use them in their own flocks.2023-08-1534 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 26 Discussing WFEC and PWFEC EBVsToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Andrew Weaver to talk about the parasite resistant EBV's and what those numbers actually determine. 2023-08-0836 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 25 Discussing WWT and PWWT EBVsToday Tom catches up with Cam and Dr. Weaver at the Center of the Nation sale to discuss the weaning weight and post weaning weight EBVs and how they can be used in your flock.2023-08-0134 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 24 What's an EBVToday Cam and Tom are joined by Dr Andrew Weaver to discuss EBVs and how they can help you improve your flock.2023-07-2528 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 23 A recap of our weekend at the EAPK symposiumToday Cam and Tom talk about their adventures at the EAPK symposium and what they learned from attending. 2023-07-1832 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 22 Livestock Guardian AnimalsToday Cam and Tom discuss the guardian animals they use on their farms2023-07-1131 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 21 Questions From Our ListenersToday Cam and Tom celebrate their 20th episode by answering listener's questions.2023-07-0435 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 20 Ram SelectionToday Cam and Tom talk about selecting rams for their flocks and what they look for in rams.2023-06-2731 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 19 Bonus Episode...EAPKToday in this bonus episode Cam and Tom talk about the benefits of joining the EAPK and discuss the upcoming symposium.2023-06-2610 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 18 How we combat the Barber Pole wormToday Tom and Cam discuss different options for controlling the Barber Pole worm.2023-06-2033 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 17 More discussion about the barber pole wormToday Cam and Tom continue their discussion about the barber pole worm and some of the ways to combat it. 2023-06-1335 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 16 The Barber Pole WormToday Cam and Tom talk about the dreaded barber pole worm, it's life cycle and it's environment. 2023-06-0635 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 15 Grazing rye grass and crab grassToday Cam and Tom visit with Dr Andrew Weaver to discuss the grazing program at North Carolina State University. 2023-05-3031 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 13 WaterToday Cam and Tom talk about how they get water to their sheep while on pasture.2023-05-1627 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 12 How we GrazeToday Cam and Tom talk about the upcoming grazing season and some of the practices that they use.2023-05-0934 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 11 Grazing.......finally!Today Cam and Tom talk about rotational grazing and Tom's grazing plan for the first rotation. 2023-05-0234 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 8 Alternative ForagesToday Cam and Tom talk about their experiences of planting, harvesting and grazing alternative forages.2023-04-1132 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 7 How do you market your lambsToday Camren and Tom talk about the different options in marketing and what might best work for you.2023-04-0433 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 6 How do you wean lambsCam and Tom talk about weaning lambs and how they go about it.2023-03-2830 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 4 Camren's JourneyToday we discuss Camren's journey to becoming a Penn State county agent and a Katahdin sheep breeder.2023-03-1438 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 3 Tom's journey into raising sheepToday Tom and Camren discuss a little bit of how Tom started out on his home farm and how he decided to raise sheep instead of cattle.2023-03-0833 minThe Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 2 How do you process your new lambs?Today Camren and Tom talk about how they process new lambs and dig deep into what ear tags they use.2023-02-2628 min
The Grazing Sheep PodcastEp 1 Let's talk about lambingCamren and Tom talk about how their lambing season is going and some of the must haves at lambing.2023-02-2233 min