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Hosts: Jon Kain and Danielle Carolei

Ringside: An American Dairy Goat Podcast brings you expert insights, real talk and barnyard banter on all thing's dairy goats, from breeding and showing to management and milk production, Jon Kain and Danielle Carolei guide you on your journey with dairy goats.

Ringside: An American Dairy Goat Podcast

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One of the biggest hot button topics in dairy goat land especially on social media the past few weeks after convention has been congenital myotonia or CM. CM is the gene that can effect a nigerian dwarf by making them show signs of stiff legged or even fainting when spooked. Don't be spooked by this gene though, be educated in this week's episode of Ringside featuring Stephanie Trout of Three Hearts Farm and Starbound Nigerian Dwarfs!

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Congenital Myotonia in Nigerian Dwarfs! with Stephanie Trout

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Jon and Danielle return to talk to you the listener about this year's Annual Convention. How their one day experience went and the news from the board meeting. Has the ADGA Annual Convention run it's course and it's time to lay it to rest? Or is it as vibrant and popular and well attended as ever? Listen in to find out why that last sentence is absolutely ridiculous 

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Convention Conversations: Our Takeaways from ADGA's Annual Convention

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This week you listen in as Danielle and Jon interview Thanh Duong of CA Blackberry's and Joseph Larson of Harmody Dairy Goats as they talk about some of the things they focus on to keep their herds above average in the show ring and milk bucket! It was a fun time guiding this conversation at the 2025 ADGA Annual Convention!

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ADGA Convention Breeder's Roundtable ft Thanh Duong and Joseph Larson

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This week Jon and Danielle are live in Danvers Mass to talk about semen collecting for the purpose of using down the road or preserving semen of those good bucks from years past. 

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Ringside Live at Convention ft. Semen Collecting with Marhsall Losey

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Have you ever tried to talk to a breeder about their genetics and what they like and don't like about them? Tried to purchase one of their best only to get left on read? How about the secrets about how they get their does to look so good in the ring but they only say we feed them every day and milk them as well.... well its time we push the Gatekeepers aside and bust down the gates to get to those coveted "secrets of the industry"

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Storming the Gates! Gatekeeping in Dairy Goats

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This week Jon turns the tables on Danielle and continue their Breeding Season Playbook series by asking Danielle how she approaches breeding season and how she decides what doe gets what buck and what breeding could produce her next junior herd sire. 

King's Rock Farm

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The Breeding Season Playbook with Danielle Carolei (King's Rock Farm)

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This week Danielle turns the tables on Jon and interviews him asking him how he approaches breeding season and what measures he takes to breed the best Oberhasli he can. Before that, find out who the bigger Swifty is as Jon and Danielle discuss The Life of a Showgirl in this week's "what we're listening to"

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The Breeding Season Playbook with Jon Kain (Hillaire Farm of Scott's Circle)

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This week Danielle and Jon continue to crack open the breeding season playbook by welcoming Paul Fox of Foxwood Dairy Goats to talk about how he attacks breeding season to create those pairings that could possibly result in a touchdown or maybe a field goal and hopefully not a punt! listen in as your faithful hosts ask Paul the questions you may be afraid to ask!

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Foxwood Dairy Goats

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The Breeding Season Playbook with Paul Fox (Foxwood Dairy Goats)

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Jon and Danielle finally have a second to decompress and reflect on Ringside's first Repro Day on the Farm and it was hopefully a successful one! They are joined by Dr. Melissa Holahan and Dr. Melanie Richards to talk about how the weekend went for them and the people attending the event!

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Bluebird Creek Farm

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Repro Day on the Farm Recap with Dr. Holahan and Dr. Richards!

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This week Jon and Danielle sit with Garrett Moorse to uncover his strategy to get his does bred. What kind of planning takes place, how much does he rely on repro work outside live cover and what kind of strategy does he use based on age of animals? Find out his answers to these questions and more on this week's Ringside!

Moorse Goats

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The Breeding Season Playbook with Garrett Moorse

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On this week's episode, Nate and Jon welcome Julie Matthys of Mint*Leaf and Kirt Schnipke of Ober-Boerd Dairy Goats! We take some time to discuss ADGA news and move right on to Showmanship. What is showmanship and how is it used in the ring? Julie and Kirt are here to explain it to you and who better than two ADGA judges that happen to have judged showmanship at national show!

Showmanship With Julie Matthys and Kirt Schnipke

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