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California Ranchers, Dan Macon, Dr. Rosie Busch and Ryan Mahoney, discuss all things sheep.
A lamb painted as a meat-cut chart is your way into a conversation about sheep-market timing.
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A practical, grounded look at sheep grazing, timing, and cheatgrass control in Idaho rangeland.
This episode approaches cheatgrass control through the practical overlap of sheep grazing, seasonal timing, and Idaho rangeland management. Dan Macon speaks with Dr.
A candid look at rising labor pressure on sheep grazing economics in California.
California sheep-grazing operators are shown in a tight spot where the labor squeeze reaches past payroll and into client relationships. Some clients have seen proposals with a 20 to 25 percent surcharge over last year, just as vineyard managers are looking for costs to trim.
A grounded discussion of food oversight, farm bureaucracy, and the risk of overloading large-scale systems.
Food systems face real strain when diversity thins out and one problem can travel farther than it should. Dr. Rosie Bush and Ryan Mahoney look at how federal agencies sit around livestock production, including the CDC's non-regulatory, education-focused role in monitoring…
A sheep-world catch-up turns a painted lamb and an uncertain market into a grounded, useful listen.
Sheep Stuff You Should Know settles back into the hands-on rhythm of sheep work as Dan Macon and Ryan Mahoney reconnect after time away from the mic.
A grounded sheep-care discussion about field sampling, tubing lambs, and reading the signs around struggling newborns.
Sheepstuff treats sheep-health fieldwork and lamb care as connected parts of the same practical world. Ryan Mahoney and Dr. Rosie Bush move from National Animal Health Monitoring System field samples and scrapie genotyping into the hands-on problem of tubing a lamb, including…
Particle accelerators, compost piles and Queen's guitarist, all explained.
Steven Novella and a rotating panel dissect weekly science news and debunk pseudoscience claims.
APA's Kim Mills interviews psychology researchers on tipping, crying, and extremism.
An ecologist and a rancher discuss a collaborative targeted grazing project in Idaho with applications across the West.
Brian Mahoney and Dan Macon tie California sheep labor problems to AB 1066, the 168-hours-a-week herder interpretation, and a wage structure that can exceed the value of the animals.
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Dan Macon and Ryan Mahoney compare lambing notes from Mountain Ranch, Rio Vista, and a recent Idaho trip while talking through 4,000 lambs, firewood, and Basque food.
Ryan Mahoney and Dr.
Dan Macon and Kat Herbakite discuss the severe winter conditions affecting sheep ranching in Wyoming and California.
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A discussion with Dr.
Ryan Mahoney interviews Joe Fisher from the Angus Underground podcast about sheep and cattle conventions, weather, and catching up.
Hosts discuss sheep farming topics and share personal anecdotes in a casual roundtable format.
Ranchers discuss the impact of recent rain on sheep farming and preparations for lambing season.
A group of sheep experts discuss pregnancy scanning results and sheep management during a podcast recording session.