Ringside: An American Dairy Goat Podcast

Send us a textIt's every goat person's dream, having a cool milking parlor or cheese room or milk tank room or all of those in one... but have you ever thought about making one out of a shipping container?  Brooke White of Don's Dairy Supply has and does just that.  They custom make shipping containers to fit the needs of their customers.  Find out how the process works from start to finish.Don's Dairy Supplyhttps://www.facebook.com/DonsDairySupplyhttp://www.donsdairysupply.comwe have merchhttps://www.dairygoatpodcast.com/merch

Send us a textIt's December... if you're still breeding those hard to get bred does, this is the episode for you.  The Ringside crew is joined by Levi Campbell, owner of CryoCaprine and co-owner of Panacea Dairy Goats.  Levi has spent his life enjoying dairy goats on a national level and professionally with his career.  If there's one person in the country to talk about identifying issues with does or bucks its Levi Campbell and you won't want to miss out on this episode!CryoCaprinePanacea Dairy GoatsRingsides Christmas Shopping List For YOU!Our Website

Send us a textThis week Danielle and Jon welcome Taylor Swift!  Well Danielle rocked a Merry Swiftmas ugly sweater... does that count?  Due to technical difficulties with our guest, Danielle and Jon shoot the breeze and talk about their favorite things... goats. We have merch!https://www.dairygoatpodcast.com/merchOur Websitehttp://www.dairygoatpodcast.comWe have an affiliated shopping list! https://www.dairygoatpodcast.com/merch

Send us a textEvery year we at Ringside bring forth a list of items goat people may find helpful.  This year we built an amazon affiliate program list listeners may find helpful and also a list of some small businesses listeners may want to support.  We provide everything from heated water buckets to extension chords, show boxes and many other goat related stuff.The listhttp://www.dairygoatpodcast.com/santaslist2023we have merchhttps://www.dairygoatpodcast.com/merch

Send us a textThis episode of Ringside was sponsored by DurafermHappy Thanksgiving everyone!  This week we continue the tradition of reading Reddit stories and decide if the people that wrote them were the A-Holes or if they weren't.  There's a few goat stories and a couple Thanksgiving stories to celebrate the Holiday!  Travel safe everyone and enjoy!This episode was sponsored by DurafermWe have merch!our website

Send us a textOn this week's episode Danielle and Jon navigate the question of what makes a good farm page or social media page(s).  It's not a cut and dry easy answer but they do their best to formulate what makes them happy when visiting a farm page.Ringside's WebsiteWe Have Merch!

Send us a textWhat means do you use to keep data about your herd?  Do you use a napkin?  Piece of paper and manilla folder?  Do you use your phone, computer or maybe a rolladex?  Listen in as Jon and Danielle talk about the methods they use to keep data on their herd and where they store it.  This episode was sponsored by DurafermWe Have MerchOur Website

Send us a textWhen breeding dairy goats, of course we all look at the unified scorecard as a guide... but what about those traits that aren't on the scorecard?  The mean girls, the tiny teat does, the big eared swiss breed and everything else you can imagine.  Listen in as Jon and Danielle talk about those traits they breed for that can't be quantified on the score card.We Have MerchOur WebsiteNG Road Map

Send us a textAfter years and years of breeding dairy goats as a family, Wingwood Farm Ara D'Artagnan may be the perfect culmination of the Smith family's labor of love.  Join us as Dr. Fauna Smith talks about her spotlight sale consignment D'Artagnan and discover what makes him so special.Wingwood Farm Wingwood Farm Ara D'ArtagnanLeave us a review on your favorite podcast app.Our WebsiteWe Have Merch

Send us a textThis pit stop on the road to Tulsa is brought to you by some heavy hitting Nigerian Dwarf breeders!  Both of these Nigerians come from amazing genetics that anyone would be happy to add to their herd!  You're going to have to fork over a lot of hard-earned money to be the winning bidder of these goats!  The best part?  They'd be well worth it!  Listen in as Mark Weir and Renee Wolf talk about the Nigerian Dwarf Goats they have available in this year's ADGA Spotlight Sale.Mark WeirHilltop Farms- Agape's Prize Nigerian Dwarf Dairy GoatsAgape's Prize Gold FrenchmanRenee WolfWolfivan RanchWolfivan Wayfaring Stranger