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.
Episodes
320 episodes
Kidding Season Wrap Up 2026!
This week Jon and Danielle discuss the end of kidding season for them. How did it go? How can they improve? What did they learn? Why does Jon's audio stink (the laptop decided to record his audio not the fancy microphone...
Qualitatively Quantitative Dairy Goats
Listen in as Danielle and Jon break down who won their kidding season bet! This episode is about being able to decipher if your goat is hitting the norm as far as body condition and growth.
Double Vision: Evaluating Nigerian and Standard Kids with Erica and Jackson Noble
Let's go on a side quest today and discuss how we should be evaluating keeper kids from this year's kid crop! But what if you have Nigerian Dwarf goats? What if you have standards? Do we evaluate them differently? Luckil...
Breeder Beware: Buyer Red Flags You Can't Afford to Miss!
You've survived the gauntlet of kidding season, congrats! But will you survive the gauntlet of tire kickers, scammers and bad homes for your baby goats? In this episode Danielle and Jon point out the red flags to be wary of when it ...
Keeping Coccidia at Bay with Dr. Casey Neal DVM
As baby goats are hitting the ground and the days get longer and warmer, goat producers start thinking about preventing coccidia in their new junior goats. What is coccidia and how do we prevent it? Listen in as Dr. Casey Neal, clin...
Buyer Beware: Breeder Red Flags You Can't Afford to Miss!
When the baby goats hit the ground all around the country that usually means people are spending money! They see new kids or adult animals up for grabs that they absolutely have to have... but do they? Listen to this week's episode ...
Managing Difficult Kiddings with Dr. Lauren Acton
It's kidding season for most dairy goat producers in the United States right now. It's a time of year where all of us are anxious and hopeful that everything turns out ok. The reality is producers can be met with easy to very diffic...
Bodywork for Your Goats with Donna Lavery
This week Danielle and Jon explore Bodywork for dairy goats. What is it? How does it work and when do your goats possibly need some work done? If your goat needs hands on work Donna Lavery is the one to get in touch with. ...
Pressing the Hot Button Yet Again!
This week Jon and Danielle take Hot Button Topics from the listeners and their own hot button ideas and weigh in on them. Does buck hoarding hurt your program? How easy is it to flood the market with your genetics? Does Conven...
Extended Lactations with Hannah Sessions of Blue Ledge Farm
It's kidding season and the barn is in full chaos at every turn. This week on Ringside, we're diving into extended lactations, what they are, why more producers are considering it and whether they truly make sense for a commercial herd.&n...
How's it Hangin? The Biomechanics of Udder Support with Dr. Kirt Schnipke
This week Danielle and Jon sit with Ringside alum Dr. Kirt Schnipke of Ober-Boerd Dairy Goats to talk about ligaments and attachments of goat udders. What makes a good udder and how does each part aid or hurt in supoorting an udder? ...
Premature Kid Care with Ashley Clement-Clark
As kidding season is starting to unfold for the majority of goat breeders in the country, we are starting to see all those premature goat kid care questions on the internet. How do I care for a kid born 10 days early? This kid was b...
Do I... or Don't I? Decisions That Impact The Herd!
This week Danielle and Jon talk about the death of the influencer! Well.. kind of? They talk about those hard questions and decisions breeders need to ask themselves that the answer of can truly impact their herds for years to come!...
Understanding Extra-Label and Illegal Drug Use in Dairy Goats with Dr. Katie Jackson DVM
On this episode we are joined by Dr. Katie Jackson to explain the difference between off-lable/extra label, legal and illegal drugs in the dairy goat world. What some of them are and what dairy goat producers can do to make sure they are ...
Understanding ADGA's Redistricting Proposal with President Dan Greene
With the redistricting proposal set to be talked about on 1/24 we sat down with Dan Greene (ADGA President) to talk about what the proposal is, how it will effect the membership if passed and what all is entailed. Listen in to what has be...
Evaluating Our 2025 Goals and Setting the Standard for 2026!
This week Danielle and Jon review their goals they set for themselves and their herds for 2025. Did they exceed them or did Jon still leave Diet Coke cans laying around everywhere? After they review their successes they set a new st...
300! Playing The Long Game: Generational Success with Krista Senn Meyers
It's Ringside's 300th Episode and to celebrate Danielle and Jon talk about the journey, Jon put together a little mantage and they kick off the celebration to talk to Krista Senn-Meyers of Kastdemur's Dairy Goats to discuss what it takes to imp...
The Real Value of a Buck with Emily DiMichele
This week is for the bucks! What value do we hold them at? Does it change for individula breeds? Find out this week as we get the Oberhasli, Nubian, Saanen and Nigerian Dwarf perspective as Jon and Danielle are joined by Emily...
Dear Santa! Creating the Perfect Wish List for the Holidays!
On this episode Danielle and Jon scour the internet for present ideas for your favorite goat person in your life! Do they need new clippers? A fancy milk machine? Collars? We have you covered! go to Ringside to fin...
Ringside Gets Judgy, Year 4!
It's the annual event you've been waiting for! It's time for Danielle and Jon to read reddit stories about goats (and thanksgiving) and judge the poster on if they are in the wrong or not. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!We are l...
Congenital Myotonia in Nigerian Dwarfs! with Stephanie Trout
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 ...
Convention Conversations: Our Takeaways from ADGA's Annual Convention
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 t...
ADGA Convention Breeder's Roundtable ft Thanh Duong and Joseph Larson
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 tal...
Ringside Live at Convention ft. Semen Collecting with Marhsall Losey
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.
Storming the Gates! Gatekeeping in Dairy Goats
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...