What's Your Beef

One of the hallmarks of the Beef Australia program is the international program and agenda, featuring the Handshakes Program. With international visitation hampered in 2021, they were back with

Every time the Beef event rolls around you can get tricked into thinking you’ll have all the time in the world to get to all the events, catch up with all your mates, potential clients and head to all the seminars. The truth is, you won’t. A week barely seems long enough to engage with the event and take in all it has to offer. In this episode, we’re doing a whip around of not just the Centre Ring, but the cattle yards, catching up with everyone from young George Streeter- the 10 year old who took the top gong in the young paraders, to seed stock producers, to some of the winners of the highly competitive commercial cattle competition.

Imagine being able to know exactly how long a particular paddock will carry a particular number of cattle for a given amount of time? It’s one of the projects by the Queensland Government dealing with climate resilience.

In this episode we’ll hear from some of the scientists involved in the groundbreaking, collaborative study including Giselle Whish, Chris Holloway, Jason Bartnetson and Raj Hemant Pandeya.

You’ll also meet Geoff Bahnisch the head of the farm business resilience program working right across ag sector to ensure producers are sustainable no matter what the weather. As part of the Queensland Government’s commitment to the State’s beef industry, chief lender for the Queensland Rural Industry and Development Authority or QRIDA, Brooke Irwin will talk about the $750 million approved in First Start and Sustainability Loans to help aspiring producers enter the beef industry and for existing producers to invest in sustainable and profitable production practices.

For more information on any of the projects, research or programs they mentioned- visit the Queensland Gov website.

If there’s one thing for certain, the consumption of beef worldwide is on the rise, and we’re only going to need more of it. So with droughts plaguing the United States and Australians stretched across a number of markets- where is it going to come from? In this episode we’re hearing from Olivia Agar who is Nutrien Ag’s market insights lead and she says there’s some big opportunities for Australia’s export markets.

For three generations, the Teys family have been cornerstones of the Australian beef industry. Starting with a single butcher shop in 1946, the four Teys brothers steadily made their mark on the broader industry by first establishing more shops, then a processing plant and now being supplied by 7000 producers and exporting to 60 countries. At the heart of their operation is a commitment to their customers demonstrated by one of their flagship programs, Grasslands. The Grasslands product was established for customers who preferred a 100% grass fed beef product. In this episode of What’s Your Beef we will hear from Hannah Brodie in Teys’ livestock strategic operations and Ethan Mooney group livestock support.