The Australian Ag Podcast

On today’s episode, The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff catches up with West Australian farmer and Grain Growers Limited chairman Rhys Turton as crops take shape across Australia’s major grain growing regions.
In this week’s Over The Fence chat, The Weekly Times reporter Alex Sinnott checks in on Victorian Farmers Federation vice-president Danyel Cucinotta, as the avian influenza crisis spreads across Victoria and NSW.

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On today’s episode, The Weekly Times livestock editor Kate Dowler catches up with
Stone X livestock and commodities manager Ripley Atkinson as cattle prices continue to bounce around due to a range of factors, from the poor season in parts of southeast Australia to global market forces.
In this week’s Over The Fence chat, The Weekly Times reporter Fiona Myers checks in with NSW western Riverina farmer Sandra Ireson, as the season in that region continues to deliver the goods.

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Today, we bring you a series of interviews, conducted with key industry stakeholders at the Hort Connections conference in Melbourne last week.

The annual event attracted a huge crowd of local and international delegates, who gathered to learn more about the opportunities and challenges for the horticulture sector.

The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff and reporter Conor Fowler caught up for chats with ag investment specialist David Williams, federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt and Rabobank analyst Pia Piggott.

In this week’s Over The Fence chat The Weekly Times reporter Alex Sinnott catches up with Victorian dairy farmer Ben Bennett for a washup of opening milk prices.

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On today's episode The Weekly Times reporter Fiona Myers catches up with Mark Harvey-Sutton, chief executive of the Australian Livestock Exporters' Association, as farmers in Western Australia ramp up their opposition to the federal government’s decision to ban live sheep exports from May 2028. In this week’s Over The Fence chat, The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff sits down with southwest Victorian dairy farmer, Mark Billing, for his take on opening milk prices unveiled by processors this week.

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On today's episode, The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff catches up with Bega Group chief executive Pete Findlay, as dairy farmers across the nation await signs of new season opening milk prices from processors.
Bega Group was founded as a dairy farmer co-operative in 1899 and listed on the ASX in 2011.
In this week’s Over The Fence chat, The Weekly Times reporter Fiona Myers checks in with southern NSW farmer, Robert Reid, from Howlong, as parts of southeast Australia reel from a dry autumn.

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On today's episode The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff catches up with Liam Lenaghan, the founder and chief executive of GO.FARM, which has more than $1 billion invested in the agriculture space and this week launched a $300 million capital raise to grow the business even more. On this week's instalment of Over The Fence, West Australian sheep farmer Allan Hobley provides an insight into the fallout from the federal government's recent decision to ban live sheep exports from May 2028. 

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On today's episode we bring you a second set of interviews conducted at Beef Australia in Rockhampton, Queensland, last week, where upwards of 100,000 people gathered for Beef Australia 2024. The event is held only every three years and provides a huge opportunity to hear from the best of the agriculture industry.
Today we bring to you interviews with:

• Sustainability guru Dr Terry McCosker
• AgForce president Georgie Somerset
• Twynam Agricultural Company’s Johnny Kahlbetzer, and
• American Hereford Association chief operating officer Shane Bedwell.

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Today, we are coming to you from Beef Australia in Rockhampton, where upwards of 100,000 people are expected to gather this to celebrate the best of the beef industry. You can’t go far without running into a dignitary or 20, and on today’s episode we are going to hear from leading industry players such as Australian Meat Industry Council chief executive Patrick Hutchinson, Rabobank US senior beef analyst Lance Zimmerman, Cattle Australia director David Foote, and Nutrien Ag Solutions boss Kelly Freeman.

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On today's episode, we bring to you a number of interviews conducted during the recent FutureAg expo in Melbourne, where we explore the future of the Australian agricultural industry with three key stakeholders. We hear from Farmers for Climate Action chief executive Natalie Collard, Australian Farm Institute executive director Katie McRobert and farmer and Clayton Utz lawyer Caitlin McConnel, and their expert opinions on a range of issues. In this week’s Over The Fence chat we catch up with Episode 3 analysts Matt Dalgleish and Andrew Whitelaw, for their insights on the red meat and grains industries.

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In this week's episode, The Weekly Times senior reporter Peter Hunt chats with Victorian farmer Alan Bennett, who has experienced significant losses from wild dogs and dingoes in recent times, as well as National Wild Dog Management Controller Greg Mif-sed and conservationist Dr Barry Traill, from Landholders for Dingoes. In this week’s Over The Fence chat, brought to you by Ram Trucks Australia, The Weekly Times reporter Madeleine Stuchbery catches up with Tasmanian farmer Ian Sauer as the island states reels from one of its worst droughts in memory.

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