Ep 196 Dr. Drew Conroy: It Takes a Village to Do More Tillage

07/13/23 • 45 min

Today we have a (Elara-has-had-too-much-coffee-and-dirt) podcast interview with Andrew Conroy, B.S., M.S., PhD, who is a two-time Fulbright Scholar, professor at the University of New Hampshire, and man who can claim way too many other accomplishments to mention here.

Dr. Conroy has wrote the book on oxen (Really. He wrote more than one, and you can follow the link below to buy them for yourself). On more than one continent, he is the guy that everyone mentions when someone wants to know more about how to hitch draft animals up to do something.

Please join Elara and Dr. Conroy as they talk about the good doctor’s journey through a life in oxenland, and the joys of different breeds and places. You’ll have to imagine them surrounded by shady green pastures, with two curious Kerry Cattle and a very energetic young dog providing the background excitement.

Links:
https://colsa.unh.edu/person/andrew-conroy
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=drew+conroy&crid=7QKW74K109WD&sprefix=drew+conroy%2Caps%2C162&ref=nb_sb_noss
https://fulbrightscholars.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chianina
https://extension.umn.edu/planting-forages/alfalfa-establishment-steps-maximize-yield#field-selection-703010
http://milkingdevons.org/

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Ep 195 Anne DeRousie: Row, Row, Your Red Cattle Ashore

So first...today you'll be hearing from Anne DeRousie, a board member of the breed organization known as Red Devon USA, who also happens to be the resident history buff. We love those. Our conversation took place on a beautiful balmy and slightly breezy day, straight from the lush green pastures of her Adventureland Farm, in the Fingerlakes region of New York State.
You'll hear more from other members of Red Devon USA this year, and more about their Bowman Left, in terms of breeding selection. You'll hear about how members from all over the world are meeting up together next year on a whirlwind tour to celebrate the beefy side of the Devon genealogy; and how they've invited their Milking Devon brethren along at the end of the trail for a big meetup in Plymouth, Massachusetts next Spring. They've invited us, too, and we're planning on taking them up on the kind offer.
Links:
https://reddevonusa.com/node/10
https://reddevonusa.com
https://reddevonusa.com/node/89
https://www.advdevoncattle.com
https://plimoth.org
https://m.facebook.com/people/World-Devon-Congress-and-400-year-American-Devon-celebration/100078195616690/
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Ep 197 Audra Hall: Brave(ly) Flowing Lochs

The big UK trip is almost here, and we’re prepping for the Edinburgh Castle Tattoo with a visit to the National Western Stock Show, and the Scottish Highland Cattle show. Those bagpipes and tartans get us every time, no matter what the event.

In today’s podcast, we grabbed a moment in the cattle barns with Audra Hall of Clearwater Spring Highlands in Brighton, Colorado. Audra was somewhere between the fluff and fold cycle that goes on in a mad rush before the annual show and sale. Elara was mesmerized by the flow of Highland Cattle hair in the big barn fans (Have you ever seen the winds moving over a lush grassy plain a few months after a generous rainy season? It was like that.). And then bagpipes, too. With all of that glorious color, culture and sound – well,, a more fitting preparation for next month’s visit we couldn’t imagine.

We’ll be posting all along on the trip, and we hope you join us on our adventure back to the homeland of many of our most important agricultural breeds. What do we call it? Tartan and Tweed Tour 2023. The Rose and Thistle Tour. The Borderland Bonanza.

The possibilities are endless, and we hope you send in suggestions for naming our adventure!

Links:
https://www.cshnaturalbeef.com/
https://www.highlandcattleusa.org/default.aspx
https://www.mshca.org/
https://www.edintattoo.co.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_breeds
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112573/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
https://nationalwestern.com/