The Australian Ag Podcast

On this week's episode The Weekly Times livestock editor Kate Dowler sits down with Victorian Western District farmer Mark Wootton, whose Jigsaw Farms business was long held up as a shining star of carbon-neutral farming. The conversation touches on a number of issues from buying and selling carbon credits to renewable energy sources. On this week's Over The Fence chat, The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff catches up with southern NSW cotton grower Joe Briggs as pickers get ready to roar across the region. 

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On today’s episode The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff checks in with leading Queensland farmer and winner of The Weekly Times Coles 2023 Farmer of the Year Nigel Corish. Nigel is part of a family operation at Condamine in Queensland’s Western Downs region that is leading the way in terms of sustainability, with its eyes firmly on the future. On this week's Over The Fence discussion, we check in with leading stud beef producer Tom Gubbins and talk across a range of topics from the season to whether beef prices are where they should be. 

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Animal activists entering farms is akin to a “home invasion”, a Victorian piggery manager with more than 35 years of experience tells The Weekly Times reporter Peter Hunt on this week's special episode of The Australian Ag Podcast. Peter also explores the hot topic of animal activism with Victorian Farmers Federation pig group president David Wright and Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell. On this week's installment of Over The Fence, The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff catches up with NSW New England beef producer Simon Wright to talk beef prices, the season and the secrets of success for a 150-year family farming operation.

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On today’s episode The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff sits down with Hugh Killen, a former chief executive of the Australian Agricultural Company who now heads up asset management company Impact Ag Partners. Based at Armidale in NSW, Impact Ag has more than $900 million invested in the agriculture space across Queensland, NSW, Western Australia as well as the United States. In this week’s Over The Fence chat, we check in with southern NSW farmer John Bruce, who runs a livestock and cropping operation near Barooga and discusses a number of issues facing the farming community, from input prices and labour to those dreaded water buybacks.

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Six months after a scathing critique of the federal government's agriculture policies in his inaugural speech, National Farmers' Federation president David Jochinke says the farm lobby’s Keep Farmers Farming campaign has tested its relationship with Canberra. The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff and news editor Natalie Kotsios sit down with David to discuss a range of issues facing the industry. On this week's Over The Fence episode, we catch up with West Australian mixed farmer Tracy Lefroy.  

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Newly elected Cattle Australia chairman Garry Edwards sits down with James Wagstaff and Fiona Myers to discuss the challenges and opportunities for the beef industry in 2024, and where the peak producer body should focus its efforts. Gavin Scurr, who runs the family-owned and operated Pinata Farms fruit business, leans in 'Over the Fence' to talk about issues affecting the horticulture space, including labour and the rising cost of living. We also check in with Market Insights Lead at Nutrien Ag Solutions, Olivia Ager as attention turns to the sheep and cropping sectors

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Leading NSW sheep producer Nigel Kerin, from Kerin Poll Merinos at Yeoval, and James Wagstaff sit down to discuss the opportunities for the sheep sector despite deflated commercial returns. Ian Arney, from the Millewa district of northwest Victoria, leans in 'Over the Fence' to talk about the opportunities for harvest 2023 in a low-rainfall environment. 

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In this week’s episode, host James Wagstaff catches up with well-known South Australian farmer John Gladigau to discuss everything from collaborative farming to addressing farmer mental health. On this week’s installment of ‘Over the Fence’ Riverina manager Magnus Aitken talks us through the season and the downturn in sheep prices. 

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In this episode, James Wagstaff and The Weekly Times livestock editor Fiona Myers delve into the intricate world of live cattle exports with Michael Patching, an agriculture consultant based in Asia. They explore the pressing challenges faced by the industry, from shifting consumer preferences to disease outbreaks like LSD and FMD. James also chats to Rodney Watt, the Principal of Felix Lambs in Greenthorpe, NSW about the future of sheep and lamb genetics.

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Market Check chief executive Nick Crundall and James Wagstaff discuss where this year’s winter crop will come from. Mungindi farmer Sam Heagney leans in Over The Fence to talk about the deteriorating season in northwest NSW.

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