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Latest Episodes

Meat Vending Machine
January 17, 2024

We have a chat with Jacob Wolki (@jakewolki), who has set up a direct-to-customer meat retailing business. We chat about how this works with no retail staff. In our conversation we also learn about ho

#205 The end of 2023
December 30, 2023

We had a quick chat about what we found interesting about 2023.

#204 Thinking outside, or on the box.
December 18, 2023

We had a chat with livestock market analyst Tim McRae, head of markets at On the Box. On the box is a new addition to the online auction space.We find out about the new start-up, but also have a lot o

#203 It’s all smoke and clear mirrors.
December 13, 2023

"I used to have a job cleaning mirrors. It's something I could really see myself doing."We have a chat with Trent Smoker, General Manager at Clear Grain. Trent talks about his biggest career achieveme

#202 Love me tender, love me inputs.
December 06, 2023

Inputs have been an issue in recent years; they have increased dramatically in price, and there have been supposed shortages. We hard about a new start-up called iinputs.com, which wants to be the web

#201 The king of black pudding.
November 29, 2023

In this episode, we have a hero of the agwatchers hosts - Jim Arrowsmith of Pacdon Park. Pacdon Park are a supplier of British smallgoods from pork pies to black pudding.We chat about setting up a s

#200 Grabrielle sounds the trumpet.
November 22, 2023

It is judgement day at AgWatchers. After a couple of years, we hit episode 200. Gabrielle Chan, author of 'Why you should give a F$#k about farming' and 'Rusted off', and well-known rural journalist,

#199 Raising the steaks.
November 13, 2023

We have a chat with Adam Coffey, the interim CEO of the newly(ish) formed Cattle Australia organisation. As usual, we cover a range of topics, from advocacy to emissions in the livestock industry.

#198 It’s just not cricket with Brad Hogg.
November 07, 2023

We have a chat with elite cricket player Brad Hogg. We delve a little into his cricketing, but have a much bigger focus on his post-retirement work in mental health awareness.This discussion covers

#197 Urea, you gotta see her with Chris Lawson
October 31, 2023

Chris is the head of fertilizers for CRU Group, and has been a regular on the podcast over the past two years. He joins us from his New York City penthouse apartment to talk about the fertilizer marke