On this podcast, we chat with Alison Meagher, the butcher girl. We have a chat about being a butcher, the meat industry, access to offal and fake meat. 

A great chat and will make you feel hungry. 

We have a massive labour shortage in Australia - what are the solutions?

We are joined by Ronald Recinos, the Guatemalan Ambassador to Australia. Guatemala has a temporary guest worker program with Canada. Thousands of Guatemalans travel to Canada every year to work on agricultural and horticultural properties. 

Guatemala would like to offer the same to Australia. Would this work? Let's have a chat and see. 

A quick update on markets with Matt and Andrew. Grains, livestock and the wider macro environment. 

We have Adam Clarke, a trade grain broker and high school friend of Matt, on the podcast this week. 

In this discussion, we chat about the impact of wet weather on grain, how the market is performing and try and get some dirt on Matt from his high school days. 

In the first of our collaborations with the Global Sheep Forum. In this episode, we have a chat with Ben Galloway from New Zealand. 

We chat about the issues facing agriculture in New Zealand, including carbon, labour and much more. 

You can find more about the global sheep forum at www.globalsheepforum.com

We have a chat with R Kelly, also known as Rob Kelly. Rob is an old mate of the AgWatchers team and is the managing director of Agora Livestock, a new price discovery tool for the livestock industry. 

He used to work in the grain industry and was one of the designers of 'Daily Grain' on the west coast. As always we cover a huge range of topics. 

We were joined to launch our collaboration with the Global Sheep Forum by Bonnie Skinner of Sheep Producers Australia and Nicholas Jolly of Beef + Lamb New Zealand. 

We have a chat with Marius Cuming about the recent AWI campaign about man made fibres. We also provide AWI with solutions to assist the wool industry grow and make more $

We have a quick chat about the volatility of the grain market, issues with livestock and the purpose of the fertilizer census. 

We have a chat with Elena Neroba, a grains professional from Ukraine. We found out about how Elena has been going since the war started, what the feeling on the ground is, and the impacts on the grain industry. 

We also discussed the #GRAIN4UKRAINE campaign and why you should donate grain using NGR 15004442.