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Latest Episodes

#126 The Presidents views on the industry.
June 26, 2022

In this episode, we recorded live from the stage of the VFF livestock and grains conference in Ballarat. We had a chat Steve Harrison (Livestock President) and Ashley Fraser (Grains President) about t

#125 Flowing through the big topics.
June 17, 2022

This week we did a joint episode with FlowFM, a South Australian radio channel. In this episode, we chat about food inflation, labour, government protectionism and a whole lot more. 

#124 Getting our meat trade back
June 13, 2022

We have a chat with Andrew Henderson, consultant and chair of the SAFEMEAT advisory group.If FMD hits Australia, the impact could be $300m per week in lost trade, and your sheep/cattle will lose their

#123 Restocking livestock, China barley ban and ’opening’ of Ukraine.
June 06, 2022

Just the two of us, as we talk about livestock and grain markets.    The restock in Australia, the destocking in the USA - what could this mean in the future?. We talk about FMD, as a risk factor to t

#122 Day Zero for Water?
June 01, 2022

“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” – Benjamin FranklinIn this podcast, we chat with Jay Famiglietti, a professor from the University of Saskatchewan, and former NASA chief scientist. T

#121 Carbon Dating
May 30, 2022

There are a lot of misconceptions out there about carbon markets, we wanted to chat with someone about it from a market point of view. So we had a yarn with Andrew Glass, of Viridios AI about carbon a

#120 Be profitable in agriculture
May 25, 2022

We have a chat with Kate Burke, the principal of Think Agri and author of 'Crops People Money & You'.This is a huge conversation covering a range of topics around one of our favourite topics - profita

#119 We take on diversity.
May 18, 2022

When everyone thinks the same, nobody is thinking.  At AgWatchers we are a diverse pair, at least from our backgrounds. Diversity has been a big talking point when we have been at events in recent wee

#118 Wheat to the moon
May 16, 2022

A very quick update. Wheat prices are up 13% since last week, or A$80. It's been a big week. We have a quick chat about some of the major drivers of the market and what to think about it. French wheat

#117 Livestock in sheep shape.
May 09, 2022

We have a chat with the newly minted CEO of Sheep Producers Australia, Bonnie Skinner. A lot is happening in the livestock space which has an impact on sheep (and cattle). We cover off on sheep live e