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 spread...

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 fa...

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 chat...

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 Vic...

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 sou...

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 f...

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...

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...

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 , a...

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...

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 Ja...

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...

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 . O...

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 Ove...

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....

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, incl...

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.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

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.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 G...

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As sheep prices continue to slump market analyst Robert Herrmann discusses with James Wagstaff and Fiona Myers the way forward and when producers can expect to see a return to profitability. In this week’s instalment of Over the Fence, looking at issues affecting farmers at the grassroots level, we catch up with Wellington NSW wool grower Norm Smith as the season continues to tighten.  See omnystu...

LAWD rural property expert Danny Thomas and James Wagstaff discuss what’s hot, and what’s not, in the world of agricultural investments as we enter the spring rural property selling season. We lean in ‘Over the Fence’ with Victorian grain grower Brett Hosking who talks about how crops are faring as the countdown to harvest begins.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Queensland Investment Corporation’s Tom Murphy discusses with James Wagstaff what the future of Australia’s rural property market might look like as investors snap up farmland for its production potential along with its environmental value. We lean in ‘Over The Fence’ with leading cropping farmer Xavier Martin as the season in his part of NSW starts to bite.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

South Australian Yorke Peninsula farmer Mark Schilling and James Wagstaff raise a glass to the opportunities for grain growers in the beer and whiskey space. Victorian farmer Chris Nixon leans in ‘Over The Fence’ to provide an update on tough seasonal conditions in East Gippsland.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gundagai Meat Processors boss Will Barton and James Wagstaff discuss where to extract the best returns from lamb in a tough market. Victorian farmer Scott Young leans in ‘Over The Fence’ to give a farmer perspective on deflated sheep prices.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.