Flock Talk

This week Erin & Tom talk with Colin Yates about his company VetsOn and their advanced AI-powered virtual healthcare app that helps veterinarians provide optimal care to their farm clients, all while ensuring reliable and traceable records of their interactions. Listen to this episode to learn more.

In this educational episode, Kim Schneider of 4S Maple Lane Farm shares her practices in improving meat quality, including their breeding program and the incorporation of loin scanning on the farm. Kim also discusses the cost benefits of loin scanning and much much more! Stick around to the end because Erin & Tom will be sharing some updates at OSF!

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Romy Schill of Revolution Wool Company talks about how her and her family got into making wool products, tips for producers who want to make their own wool, the company's marketing strategy and much more! Don't miss this episode and check out their website: https://revolutionwoolco.com/

For this research episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Bassim Abbassi PhD., P.Eng. regarding the Comprehensive Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Assessment of Ontario's Sheep Industry Project. He discusses the main objective of this project and his findings plus much more. Enjoy!

From pattern to pasture, predation to parasites, Grand Valley farmer Bill McCutcheon goes in depth about his grazing operation offering decades of experience.

This week, the topic is Education! We had Courtney Vriens from Vriens Nutritional Consulting in-studio for an informative conversation. Courtney specializes in dairy and commercial sheep nutrition and discusses different nutritional requirements, dietary options, and gives some advice to anyone starting out in production.

For this Marketing episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Jay Akras of Ovino Sheep Farm Dairy based in Acton, Ontario. Jay discusses how he and the company got started in sheep dairy, some challenges he's faced along the way and future market growth opportunities. To learn more visit the Ovino website https://ovino.ca

This week the topic is research, and we will be interviewing Dr. Emma Borkowski, a researcher ​and assistant professor at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph. Dr. ​​Borkowski’s research interests include Veterinary parasitology, particularly parasites of ​​livestock, immune responses to ​parasites andsustainable parasite control.

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