Marcus Oldham AgTalk

By Marcus Oldham College

What's Marcus Oldham AgTalk about?

Join Dave Cornish, Director of the Centre for Professional Development at Marcus Oldham, as he talks with the movers and shakers of the Ag world about the issues affecting the agribusiness sector for Marcus Oldham's AgTalk.

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Marcus Oldham AgTalk episodes:

04.15.2024
AgTalk S4E5 - The Importance of Food Security to Australia’s National Security With Andrew Henderson
Join us this episode as we chat with Andrew Henderson, Principal of Agsecure, on the importance of food security to Australia’s national security. Andrew is a leading strategic policy specialist with a passion for building the sustainability and prosperity of rural...
03.27.2024
AgTalk S4E4 - Creating a Resilient Business with Joanne Stevenson
Join us this week as we talk with Joanne Stevenson, Principal Consultant at Resilient Organisations as she chats to David Cornish about how we can create Resilient Businesses. Over the past decade, Joanne has accumulated post-disaster research and consulting experience...
02.13.2024
AgTalk S4E3 - Back to Basics - Focussing on Farm Profit Drivers with Agrista Director John Francis
Join us this episode as we chat with Agrista Director and consultant, John Francis, about getting back to basics and looking at Farm Profit Drivers. Agrista is an agricultural consultancy focused on improving farm business performance based in Wagga Wagga in...
12.14.2023
AgTalk S4E2 - AI and Agriculture - What’s the potential? With Dr Nici Sweaney
Dr Nicole (Nici) Sweaney grew up with a fascination for animals and science, and always knew it was something she wanted to pursue. But after completing a PhD in which she studied how native butterfly species interact with farmlands and pine plantations. From this...
11.14.2023
AgTalk S4E1 - Commodity Market Update with Robert Herrmann
Join us for the first episode of season four of the AgTalk podcast as we discuss meat and wool commodity markets with Robert Herrmann. Robert is a founder of Mecardo, a specialist in agricultural advisory with a focus firmly on the...
08.12.2022
AgTalk S3E6 - Buy or Lease? The Crucial Question with John Francis
Join us this week as we chat with Director and consultant at Agrista, John Francis. Agrista is an agricultural consultancy focused on improving farm business performance based in Wagga Wagga in Southern New South Wales. Agrista provides consulting services to corporate and family...
07.19.2022
AgTalk S3E5 - Triple Bottom Line with Lucinda Corrigan
Join us this week as we chat with Rennylea Angus Director, Lucinda Corrigan. Lucinda Corrigan joined Rennylea Angus in 1986. Rennylea Angus is a performance recorded Angus stud of 3.500 head. The ‘head office’ is situated in the South West Slopes...
06.30.2022
AgTalk S3E4 - Commodity Market Update with Robert Herrmann
Join us this week as we discuss commodity markets with Robert Herrmann. Robert is the Managing Director of Mecardo, a specialist in agricultural advisory with a focus firmly on the financial enhancement of primary production and price risk management. The company was...
03.13.2022
AgTalk S3E3 - Australian Farm Land Values in 2022 With Elders Analyst Matt Ough
My guest today Matt Ough who grew up in Edenhope in the West Wimmera region of Victoria. He worked on the family’s sheep farm in his teens learning about animal husbandry and pasture management. When he finished his VCE at Edenhope...
03.09.2022
AgTalk S3E2 - Success is a Very Poor Teacher with Nigel Kerin
Nigel Kerin is the founder and director of Kerin Poll Merino Stud. Kerin Poll Merino stud was established in 2009 with the goal to build the traits that made the terminal industry a success into the Merino breed, “fast early growth”,...
02.14.2022
AgTalk S3E1 - 2022 Ag Industry Update With NAB Economist Phin Ziebell
This week we are lucky enough to have Phin Ziebell join us for another AgTalk episode to discuss what may lie ahead for 2022. Phin is NAB's Agribusiness Economist. He is responsible for analysing and reporting on the trends and developments...
12.20.2021
AgTalk S2E14 - What does 2022 have in store for us? Wrapping up 2021 and looking at the year ahead with Robert Herrmann
Join us this week as we recap 2021 and look at what 2022 may have in store for us with Robert Herrmann. Robert is the Managing Director of Mecardo, a specialist in agricultural advisory with a focus firmly on the financial...
12.06.2021
AgTalk S2E13 - 2021 Marcus Oldham Flock Leader Award Winner – Jennifer Medway
It is our pleasure to welcome Jennifer Medway to the Marcus Oldham AgTalk podcast. Jennifer Medway is a fifth generation farmer from Gunning , NSW. Together with her Husband and parents run a 17,000 head self-replacing merino flock. As well as being...
11.18.2021
AgTalk S2E12 - Soil Carbon - Sorting the wheat from the chaff with Professor Richard Eckard
It is our pleasure to welcome Professor Richard Eckard to the Marcus Oldham AgTalk podcast. Richard is Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, a research centre addressing the impacts...
11.07.2021
AgTalk S2E11 - Culture - The Key to a Successful Farm Business with Danielle England
It is our pleasure to welcome Danielle England to the Marcus Oldham AgTalk podcast. Danielle England is a recognised leader within Australian agriculture based in the South East of South Australia. Over the past 20 years, Danielle has built a strong reputation...
10.24.2021
AgTalk S2E10 - Lets talk about Regenerative Agriculture with Dr Ken Giller
It is our pleasure to welcome Dr Ken Giller to the Marcus Oldham AgTalk podcast. Dr Ken Giller is Professor of Plant Production Systems at Wageningen University. His research focuses on smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa, and in particular problems...
10.10.2021
AgTalk S2E9 - Future Leader Series - Making a Career in the Live Export Market with Kari Moffat
It is our pleasure to welcome Kari Moffat to the Marcus Oldham AgTalk podcast. Kari is the first of a series of ex-Marcus Oldham students who I will be profiling on this podcast from time to time as part of the...
09.26.2021
AgTalk S2E8 - The Carbon Market and what it means to Australian farmers with Oscar Pearse
It is a pleasure to welcome Oscar Pearse to the Marcus Oldham AgTalk podcast to talk Carbon Trading. Oscar and Susannah Pearse operate a 2800ha grain and beef farm at Moree, New South Wales. Prior to coming back to the family farm...
09.13.2021
AgTalk S2E7 - The Story of the Roaring Forties Lamb with James Madden
It is my pleasure to welcome James Madden, CEO of Flinders + Co to the Marcus Oldham AgTalk Podcast. Flinders + Co is a premium food production and distribution company founded in 2010 by James father David Madden. As the name...
08.29.2021
AgTalk S2E6 - Making Money in the Northern Beef Industry With Ian McLean
Ian established Bush AgriBusiness in 2009, combining his enthusiasm for agriculture and business. He grew up in the bush, doing primary school through Charleville School of the Air before going to boarding school in Toowoomba. He studied accounting at University before...
08.12.2021
AgTalk S2E5 - Is this as good as it gets for Australian Agriculture? With Phin Ziebell
This week we are lucky enough to have Phin Ziebell join us for another AgTalk episode to discuss whether it currently is as good as gets for Australian Agriculture. Phin is NAB's Agribusiness Economist. He is responsible for analysing and reporting...
06.10.2021
AgTalk S2E4 - The business of running a business with Nigel Kerin
Nigel Kerin is the founder and director of Kerin Poll Merino Stud. Kerin Poll Merino stud was established in 2009 with the goal to build the traits that made the terminal industry a success into the Merino breed, “fast early growth”,...
05.30.2021
AgTalk S2E3 - Crops People Money & You with Dr Kate Burke
Kate Burke founded Think Agri after identifying a need for corporate and institutional investors to have access to astute experience based advice when considering key agri-investment decisions. Knowing the right questions to ask is fundamental to sound decision making. Kate’s...
05.18.2021
AgTalk S2E2 - Driving Profitability in the Northern Cropping Zones with Simon Fritsch
Founder of Agripath, Simon has over 20 years experience in agriculture with his client base encompassing irrigation, dry land farming and grazing operations. He has Southern, Central, and Northern NSW farming systems experience. Simon’s particular strengths have been in financial analysis...
04.26.2021
AgTalk S2E1 - Commodity Market Update with Robert Herrmann
Join us this week as we discuss meat and wool commodity markets with Robert Herrmann. Robert is the Managing Director of Mecardo, a specialist in agricultural advisory with a focus firmly on the financial enhancement of primary production and price risk...
12.10.2020
AgTalk Episode 32 - Why farmers should be excited about science with Professor Kevin Folta
Kevin M. Folta is a Professor in the Horticultural Sciences Department at the University of Florida. His research program examines how light signals are sensed in plants and how different parts of the spectrum can change shelf life and high-value...
12.03.2020
AgTalk Episode 31 - What Drives Farmland Values? With Rural Bank Analyst Matt Ough
My guest today Matt Ough who grew up in Edenhope in the West Wimmera region of Victoria. He worked on the family’s sheep farm in his teens learning about animal husbandry and pasture management. When he finished his VCE at Edenhope...
11.26.2020
AgTalk Episode 30 - Profit Drivers in the Dairy Industry with Neil Lane
One of the biggest lesson I leant when working as a banker was that I can learn hell of a lot about my own farm performance by looking outside the industry I grew up in. I was very fortunate as...
11.19.2020
AgTalk Episode 29 - Food 5.0 - The future of Agriculture with Robert Saik
ROBERT SAIK has had forty years of experience as a Professional Agrologist, entrepreneur and an international consultant who's worked with a wide variety of agriculturalists from Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture to Bill Gates on implementation of ag tech to help...
11.12.2020
AgTalk Episode 28 - Grain market update - What's happening and where is it heading? With Brett Stevenson
Join us this week as we check in with the Founder and Managing Director of Market Check, Brett Stevenson, for a grain market update. Brett Stevenson, comes from a pioneer farming family in the Central West of NSW, founded AgRisk Management...
11.05.2020
AgTalk Episode 27 - The Modern Merino and Sustainability; a farmers view with Andrew Bouffler
My guest this week is someone who I probably first bumped into at the back bar of the Tatts Hotel in Armidale over 30 years ago. At that stage we where both on a road to completing a Bachelor of...
10.29.2020
AgTalk Episode 26 - A farmer's take on what makes a profitable and sustainable farm. With Andrew Freshwater
It is our pleasure to have Andrew Freshwater CEO of Clear Creek Pastoral Co Pty Ltd join us on AgTalk this week. Andrew is a seventh-generation Australian farmer who operates a climatically diverse farming business in Australia, his business ranges from...
10.09.2020
AgTalk Episode 25 - Budget, Pandemic and Recession - What does it mean for Ag? With Phin Ziebell
Nearly six months ago to the day, David Cornish sat down with NAB Agribusiness Economist, Phin Ziebell, to discuss what current world events meant for farmers and how it may impact them for our first episode of AgTalk. With the recent...
10.01.2020
Episode 24 - How sustainable are Australian cropping systems? With Professor Tim Reeves
Professor Reeves is a distinguished international leader in agricultural research, development and extension. He was a pioneer of no-till and sustainable agriculture at the Rutherglen Research Institute in north-eastern Victoria and has held a high number of senior international roles...
09.24.2020
AgTalk Episode 23 - Asking the Right Questions with Kate Burke
Kate Burke is a highly experienced independent farm consultant with a PhD in agronomy. Kate has also spent time in the corporate sector as commercial manager of one of the largest grain producers in Australia and knows what it takes...
09.17.2020
AgTalk Episode 22 - Leadership, vision and making a difference with NFF President Fiona Simson
In 2015 Fiona Simson became the first female president of the Australia’s peak farmer group. Fiona hails from a farming operation near Gunnedah on NSW’s Liverpool Plains, running a farming enterprise with her husband Ed and family including broad acre farming...
09.10.2020
AgTalk Episode 21 - Collaborative Farming with John Gladigau
It was, I think, 2007 when on a typically cold Ballarat day I had the pleasure of sitting down with John Gladigau for a coffee and chat about corporate investing in agriculture. John was in the process of completing his...
09.03.2020
AgTalk Episode 20 - Why do farmers need to care about social license With Robbie Sefton
This week I had the pleasure of Robbie Sefton joining me on AgTalk. Robbie is the founder and managing director of Seftons, a communication agency providing services in corporate affairs, government and media relations, strategic communications and marketing, digital and social...
08.27.2020
AgTalk Episode 19 - Dealing with Banks with Ian Robinson
Today we are joined by Ian Robinson, director and co-founder of Robinson and Sewell partners. Ian grew up on a 28,000 acre sheep station near Hay running 15,000 merino sheep and 1,000 acres of irrigated cereal and oil-seed cropping. Ian has...
08.20.2020
AgTalk Episode 18 - Livestock production and Greenhouse gases - The Facts with Dr Frank Mitloehner
In this weeks episode we speak with Dr Frank Mitloehner Dr. Frank Mitloehner is a professor and air quality specialist in cooperative extension in the Department of Animal Science at the University of California, Davis. As such, he shares his knowledge...
08.13.2020
AgTalk Episode 17 - Communication and Science - The keys to successful farming with Jason Trompf
It is my pleasure today to introduce to you Jason Trompf. Jason is the inaugural winner of the Marcus Oldham Flock Leader award, part of the Lambition awards that were kick of this year Jason grew up on sheep properties and...
08.06.2020
AgTalk Episode 16 - Leadership lessons from the Cotton Industry
My guest speaker this week has had a very long and illustrious career in agriculture. Mike's ag management journey started out in Narrabri NSW where for thirty years He managed a cotton operation. In that time he was instrumental in...
07.31.2020
AgTalk - Decision Making with the Rule of Thumbs with guest Zoe Creelman
One of the main themes running through this podcast series is the concept around good decision making. In this podcast episode, I want to explore decision making in a little bit more depth. To help me with this I am...
07.24.2020
AgTalk - The Leadership Challenge with Debbie Nicol
The issue of leadership is an ever-increasing topic of discussion around the world especially in these times of covid. You often here someone say ‘All we need is better leadership and we wouldn’t be in this situation’. But what is leadership?...
07.10.2020
AgTalk - Decision Making in the Southern Cropping System
Welcome to the Marcus Oldham AgTalk podcast. My guest this week is Dr Harm Van Rees. In the early 1990s Harm began consulting to growers across the Victorian Wimmera and Mallee. He became well known and highly regarded throughout the farming industry...
07.03.2020
AgTalk - Commodity Markets - Meat and Wool Part 4
Join us this week as we discuss meat and wool commodity markets with Robert Herrmann . Robert is the Managing Director of Mecardo, a specialist in agricultural advisory with a focus firmly on the financial enhancement of primary production and price...
06.25.2020
AgTalk - Commodity Markets - Meat and Wool Part 3
Join us this week as we discuss meat and wool commodity markets with Robert Herrmann . Robert is the Managing Director of Mecardo, a specialist in agricultural advisory with a focus firmly on the financial enhancement of primary production and price...
06.19.2020
AgTalk - Commodity Pricing - Grain and Oil Seeds Part 2
Join us this week as we discuss commodity price grain and oil seed forecasting with the Founder and Managing Director of Market Check, Brett Stevenson. Brett Stevenson, comes from a pioneer farming family in the Central West of NSW, founded AgRisk...
06.12.2020
AgTalk - Commodity Pricing - Grains Part 1
Join us this week as we discuss commodity price forecasting with the Founder and Managing Director of Market Check, Brett Stevenson. Brett Stevenson, comes from a pioneer farming family in the Central West of NSW, founded AgRisk Management Pty to provide...
06.05.2020
AgTalk - Succession Planning Part 3.2 - Smart Group Properties
Succession planing in Agriculture often can be a highly emotive issue and one that can have a significant impact on the ongoing success of a family farming operation. This week's podcast is final episode in a series that has looked closely...

What's Marcus Oldham AgTalk about?

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Marcus Oldham AgTalk episodes:

AgTalk S4E5 - The Importance of Food Security to Australia’s National Security With Andrew Henderson

AgTalk S4E4 - Creating a Resilient Business with Joanne Stevenson

AgTalk S4E3 - Back to Basics - Focussing on Farm Profit Drivers with Agrista Director John Francis

AgTalk S4E2 - AI and Agriculture - What’s the potential? With Dr Nici Sweaney

AgTalk S4E1 - Commodity Market Update with Robert Herrmann

AgTalk S3E6 - Buy or Lease? The Crucial Question with John Francis

AgTalk S3E5 - Triple Bottom Line with Lucinda Corrigan

AgTalk S3E4 - Commodity Market Update with Robert Herrmann

AgTalk S3E3 - Australian Farm Land Values in 2022 With Elders Analyst Matt Ough

AgTalk S3E2 - Success is a Very Poor Teacher with Nigel Kerin

AgTalk S3E1 - 2022 Ag Industry Update With NAB Economist Phin Ziebell

AgTalk S2E14 - What does 2022 have in store for us? Wrapping up 2021 and looking at the year ahead with Robert Herrmann

AgTalk S2E13 - 2021 Marcus Oldham Flock Leader Award Winner – Jennifer Medway

AgTalk S2E12 - Soil Carbon - Sorting the wheat from the chaff with Professor Richard Eckard

AgTalk S2E11 - Culture - The Key to a Successful Farm Business with Danielle England

AgTalk S2E10 - Lets talk about Regenerative Agriculture with Dr Ken Giller

AgTalk S2E9 - Future Leader Series - Making a Career in the Live Export Market with Kari Moffat

AgTalk S2E8 - The Carbon Market and what it means to Australian farmers with Oscar Pearse

AgTalk S2E7 - The Story of the Roaring Forties Lamb with James Madden

AgTalk S2E6 - Making Money in the Northern Beef Industry With Ian McLean

AgTalk S2E5 - Is this as good as it gets for Australian Agriculture? With Phin Ziebell

AgTalk S2E4 - The business of running a business with Nigel Kerin

AgTalk S2E3 - Crops People Money & You with Dr Kate Burke

AgTalk S2E2 - Driving Profitability in the Northern Cropping Zones with Simon Fritsch

AgTalk S2E1 - Commodity Market Update with Robert Herrmann

AgTalk Episode 32 - Why farmers should be excited about science with Professor Kevin Folta

AgTalk Episode 31 - What Drives Farmland Values? With Rural Bank Analyst Matt Ough

AgTalk Episode 30 - Profit Drivers in the Dairy Industry with Neil Lane

AgTalk Episode 29 - Food 5.0 - The future of Agriculture with Robert Saik

AgTalk Episode 28 - Grain market update - What's happening and where is it heading? With Brett Stevenson

AgTalk Episode 27 - The Modern Merino and Sustainability; a farmers view with Andrew Bouffler

AgTalk Episode 26 - A farmer's take on what makes a profitable and sustainable farm. With Andrew Freshwater

AgTalk Episode 25 - Budget, Pandemic and Recession - What does it mean for Ag? With Phin Ziebell

Episode 24 - How sustainable are Australian cropping systems? With Professor Tim Reeves

AgTalk Episode 23 - Asking the Right Questions with Kate Burke

AgTalk Episode 22 - Leadership, vision and making a difference with NFF President Fiona Simson

AgTalk Episode 21 - Collaborative Farming with John Gladigau

AgTalk Episode 20 - Why do farmers need to care about social license With Robbie Sefton

AgTalk Episode 19 - Dealing with Banks with Ian Robinson

AgTalk Episode 18 - Livestock production and Greenhouse gases - The Facts with Dr Frank Mitloehner

AgTalk Episode 17 - Communication and Science - The keys to successful farming with Jason Trompf

AgTalk Episode 16 - Leadership lessons from the Cotton Industry

AgTalk - Decision Making with the Rule of Thumbs with guest Zoe Creelman

AgTalk - The Leadership Challenge with Debbie Nicol

AgTalk - Decision Making in the Southern Cropping System

AgTalk - Commodity Markets - Meat and Wool Part 4

AgTalk - Commodity Markets - Meat and Wool Part 3

AgTalk - Commodity Pricing - Grain and Oil Seeds Part 2

AgTalk - Commodity Pricing - Grains Part 1

AgTalk - Succession Planning Part 3.2 - Smart Group Properties