Ringside: An American Dairy Goat Podcast
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.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 291
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Elite Lists and Type Evals with Taylor Swift?!
This 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 …
Santa's Little Helpers (Cyber Monday Edition)
Every 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 so…
Ringside Gets Judgy, Year 2!!
This episode of Ringside was sponsored by Duraferm
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This week we continue the tradition of reading Reddit stories and decide if the people that wrote them we…
What Makes a Good Farm Website?
On 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 formu…
Record Keeping Methods For Your Herd
What 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…
Well...That's Not on The Scorecard
When 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, th…
A Labor of Love ft. Dr. Fauna Smith of Wingwood Farm (Spotlight Special)
After 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 t…
The Road to Tulsa- Mark Weir and Renee Wolf (Spotlight Special)
This 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…
The Road to Tulsa- Craig Koopman and Nancy Boling (Spotlight Special)
The ADGA Annual Convention is ready to launch next week! On this Spotlight Special Episode we highlight two awesome animals consigned in the sale. First up is Craig Koopman of Pleasen…
Small Herd, Big Dreams! Featuring Amanda and Jon Hanson of Hanson's Hideaway Farm (Spotlight Special)
Every breeder that shows dairy goats has a dream of winning at the big dance with one of their animals at the ADGA National Show. Amanda and Jon Hanson did just that. What makes their…
The Road to Tulsa- Trinity Malmanis and Evie Harry (Spotlight Special)
On this special ADGA Spotlight Sale episode of Ringside, Jon and Danielle are joined by Trinity Malmanis of Goat San Dairy Goats to talk about her LaMancha Consignment for the sale. Jo…
The Road to Tulsa- Ed Jodlowski and Jena Williams (Spotlight Special)
If you're a Sable breeder or Nubian breeder you won't want to miss this detailed episode about Ed Jodlowski's (Kickapoo Valley Dairy Goats) and Jena Williams' (Urban Acres Farm) consign…
A Living Legacy- Tempo Aquila Frozen in Time ET with Dr. Acton (Spotlight Sale Feature)
Imagine having to make the difficult decision to make a terminal harvest of eggs on a once in a lifetime doe. Imagine that doe creating a beautiful buck named Tempo Aquila Frozen in Ti…
Thinking Ahead And Setting Goals!
What an episode! Maybe that should read, "what was that episode"? Danielle and Jon look ahead to 2024 and breathe their goals for their herds into the stratosphere to hold themselves …
Dairy Goat Adventures in Alaska with Kelli Foreman
A farm right on the Pacific Ocean sounds like a dream come true and our guest Kelli Foreman of Kodiak Goat Dairy of Kodiak, Alaska is living that dream every day. But being a dairy goa…
Another Year, Another Breeding Season!!
All the cool kids are doing it! Breeders all across the country are getting ready for or are already breeding goats! Yep, it's breeding season. Listen in as Jon and Danielle give the…
Retirement Homes with Tyler Ramirez
Jon is joined by Tyler Ramirez of Casa Ram Nigerians to discuss when to apply for a doe's AARP card or if that doe still has some life left in your program. When to breed em and when t…
Oops All Tangents.... Ringside At The Dutchess County Fair
This week Danielle and Jon sit ringside at the dutchess county fair, recapping their week and the fun they had along the way!
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Build It And They Will Come with Melissa Holahan and Sam Stokes
The goat wives? Again?! YEP! We're talking with the goat wives today about how they decided to build a new barn to their liking and the process in doing so. We all want custom barns a…
What Had Happened Was..... with Sam Stokes and Melissa Holahan
What happens when you go on an adventure to Redmond, Oregon to sell products at a booth and enjoy dairy goats for a week? If you said "buy two spotlight sale goats" you would have a lo…