Ep 39 What a year looks like on our farms
Today Cam and Tom talk about what their own schedules look like on their own farms and why they use those schedules.
Nov 07, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 18
The Grazing Sheep Podcast
A podcast with Big Tom Perkins and Dr. Camren Maierle. We are just two guys who raise Katahdin sheep and love to talk about anything that has to do with raising sheep. We hope that you will find this educational, informative and bit fun.
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Ep 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.
Oct 31, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Ep 37 Rations for Winter Feeding
Today Cam and Tom talking about winter feeding and what that might look like.
Oct 24, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Ep 36 Should She Stay or Should She Go
Today Cam and Tom talk about retaining ewes and what we look for in our future ewes.
Oct 17, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Ep 35 A Review of Advantage Feeders
Today Cam and Tom talk about the Advantage feeders that they both use in their operations. The good, the bad and the ugly.
Oct 10, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Ep 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.
Oct 03, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Ep 33 Discussing the index EBVs
Today 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.
Sep 26, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Ep 32 MWWT, NLB and NLW EBV's
Today 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.
Sep 19, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Ep 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.
Sep 12, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Ep 30 How Does Parasite Resistance Work
Today 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.
Sep 05, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Ep 29 A Recap of the Center of the Nation Sale
Today 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.
Aug 29, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Ep 28 Grazing, PreBreeding and Rams
Today Cam and Tom talk about the grazing season so far and the upcoming breeding season.
Aug 22, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Ep 27 Continuing the discussion of the WFEC and PWFEC EBVs
Today Cam, Tom and Dr. Weaver discuss in more detail the WFEC and PWFEC EBVs and how they use them in their own flocks.
Aug 15, 2023•34 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Ep 26 Discussing WFEC and PWFEC EBVs
Today Cam and Tom are joined by Dr. Andrew Weaver to talk about the parasite resistant EBV's and what those numbers actually determine.
Aug 08, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Ep 25 Discussing WWT and PWWT EBVs
Today 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.
Aug 01, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Ep 24 What's an EBV
Today Cam and Tom are joined by Dr Andrew Weaver to discuss EBVs and how they can help you improve your flock.
Jul 25, 2023•28 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Ep 23 A recap of our weekend at the EAPK symposium
Today Cam and Tom talk about their adventures at the EAPK symposium and what they learned from attending.
Jul 18, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Ep 22 Livestock Guardian Animals
Today Cam and Tom discuss the guardian animals they use on their farms
Jul 11, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Ep 21 Questions From Our Listeners
Today Cam and Tom celebrate their 20th episode by answering listener's questions.
Jul 04, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Ep 20 Ram Selection
Today Cam and Tom talk about selecting rams for their flocks and what they look for in rams.
Jun 27, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Ep 19 Bonus Episode...EAPK
Today in this bonus episode Cam and Tom talk about the benefits of joining the EAPK and discuss the upcoming symposium.
Jun 26, 2023•11 min
Ep 18 How we combat the Barber Pole worm
Today Tom and Cam discuss different options for controlling the Barber Pole worm.
Jun 20, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Ep 17 More discussion about the barber pole worm
Today Cam and Tom continue their discussion about the barber pole worm and some of the ways to combat it.
Jun 13, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Ep 16 The Barber Pole Worm
Today Cam and Tom talk about the dreaded barber pole worm, it's life cycle and it's environment.
Jun 06, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Ep 15 Grazing rye grass and crab grass
Today Cam and Tom visit with Dr Andrew Weaver to discuss the grazing program at North Carolina State University.
May 30, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Ep 14 Temporary fencing supplies
Today we talk about what we use for temporary fencing. Reels, wire, posts and more.
May 23, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Ep 13 Water
Today Cam and Tom talk about how they get water to their sheep while on pasture.
May 16, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Ep 12 How we Graze
Today Cam and Tom talk about the upcoming grazing season and some of the practices that they use.
May 09, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Ep 11 Grazing.......finally!
Today Cam and Tom talk about rotational grazing and Tom's grazing plan for the first rotation.
May 02, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Ep 10 Grass Tetany
Today we discuss Cam's recent adventure with grass tetany. How he diagnosed it and then how he treated it.
Apr 25, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 10
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