Germany, sheep, and grazing. All Things Agriculture Podcast Episode 9: Niko Kochendoerfer All Things Agriculture

Listen to Niko talk about working with sheep in Germany, research at Cornell, and what she thinks the future of grazing sheep has to offer the Northeast United States.   I'm Eric Carey the host of All things Agriculture Podcast. I am a 5th generation dairy farmer in Groton NY. We milk 300 cows and practice rotational grazing.    Send me an email with any questions or comments at: allthingsagr@gmail.com   Like and follow All Things Agriculture Podcast on facebook!  https://www.facebook.com/All-Things-Agriculture-Podcast-102089605130715   You can now listen to the podcast in audio form on Spotify, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, Breaker, Castbox, Overcast, Radio Public, Anchor, and Pocket Cast! Just search "All things Agriculture"  https://anchor.fm/eric-carey?fbclid=I

Timecodes

0:00 Intro 

1:40 Niko's background 

5:20 first farm job/working with dogs 

18:00 college and working on a dairy 

20:19 How Niko discovered Cornell 

23:35 Niko's sheep research 

37:35 Technology on German farms 

40:20 More research/solar grazing  

46:14 Lewis and Niko's business 

1:01:20 Advice for those interested in sheep 

1:03:27 Pictures 

1:16:55 Occupation other than sheep/farming 

1:17:40 How Eric learned to podcast 

1:24:00 Eric's dream podcast guest  

1:27:30 Lewis and Niko in the news 

1:28:45 Cornell sheep program contact info