Julianna Tindall is a masters student with the University of Guelph and joins the podcast to discuss her research project, looking at how grazing cover crops with sheep or beef cattle effects soil health and the yield of the following crop on Ontario farms. Julianna shares some surprise findings in her research and reveals some of the biggest opportunities for sheep farmers using this system. Julianna talks about situations where grazing cover crops works well and when it doesn't and gives producers strategies to convince crop farms of the benefits of grazing cover crops. Julianna shares what she's learned working with producers and what has challenged her assumptions going into the project plus so much more!

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Bill Costanzo is an extension program specialist for The Livestock Guardian Dog Program at Texas A&M and joins Flock Talk to discuss livestock guardian dogs and tracking devices. Bill talks about his research with GPS collars, how they work, their effectiveness and shares some of his biggest insights gained from GPS E-fence and tracking collars that producers may not expect. Bill also discusses limitations, battery life, and the difference between a GPS collar versus an E Collar. Bill shares common mistakes producers make using the GPS collars, software and interpreting the data plus so much more!

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Richard Ehrhardt joins Flock Talk to discuss replacement ewe lambs and reproductive success in accelerated flocks. Richard shares some of his background career history, what an accelerated production is, and why more producers are interested in this model. Richard shares some of the biggest factors to evaluate before deciding whether or not to breed replacement ewe lambs, what separates ewe lambs that succeed reproductively versus the ones that struggle during an accelerated production system, and criteria producers should be using when selecting potential flock replacements plus much more!

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