The Weekly Grill

The Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on new Federal Agriculture Minister, Murray Watt.   In a wide-ranging discussion, the pair discuss jobs and the industry's underlying labour shortage, biosecurity challenges including FMD and Lumpy Skin Disease, energy prices, livestock export trade and carbon emissions. Sen Watt was a solicitor before entering the Queensland...

The Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on young NSW Wagyu beef producer, Charlie Perry. Mr Perry, who lives and works on his family-owned and operated Trent Bridge Wagyu beef property near Guyra, returned to his passion for agriculture after a successful career in business consulting, and hasn’t looked back. Since taking over management of his family enterprise in...

Host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on StockCo's Chris Howie and Thomas Elder Markets' Matt Dalgleish, in our second markets wrap for the year. The pair explore the current drivers for young cattle, breeding cattle and slaughter cattle prices and where the markets may head in coming months

The Weekly Grill host Kerry Lonergan this week talks with northern Australian cattleman Peter Hughes, who has forged a vast grazing empire across Queensland and the Northern Territory over the past 40 years. Last month he was inducted into the Australian Wagyu Association's Hall of Fame

The Weekly Grill host Kerry Lonergan this week talks with Barb Madden from Smithfield Cattle Co, president of the Australian Lot Feeders Association. In a wide ranging discussion the pair explore current record high feedgrain prices, cost to operate for lotfeeders, challenges and opportunities for grainfed beef in the carbon space and more.  

The Weekly Grill host Kerry Lonergan this week talks with Sally Warriner, who recently published her memoirs, having spent nearly 25 years living in the outback on cattle stations with her former husband, Ken. Sally left cattle station life when her children were in boarding school. Her sons are spread across the country and most are still involved in agribusiness. She originally trained as a nurs...

The Weekly Grill host Kerry Lonergan this week talks with Ian McConnell, the Australian-born president of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. From a well-known Queensland grazing family, Ian studied animal science at UQ Gatton and then meat science at Colorado State University. He worked as a DPI livestock extension officer for almost a decade, during which time he was named Australian Rur...

The Weekly Grill host Kerry Lonergan this week talks with Australia's chief veterinary officer Dr Mark Schipp, discussing latest biosecurity issues of relevance to the beef industry - and in in particular, the looming threat of Lumpy Skin Disease. Now appearing on Australia's doorstep in Indonesia, LSD presents an enormous biosecurity threat to Australian livestock - and not just the beef industry...

Rural property: what’s happening, and where are values headed? Weekly Grill host Kerry Lonergan this week talks with Herron Todd White’s Tim Lane, discussing some of the key messages from HTW’s recent annual rural property briefings held in Brisbane and Melbourne.   Will land prices and demand come under pressure from rising interest rates? Will the momentum in interest in land for carbon projects...

The Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on RCS's Terry McCosker, aiming to better understand the increasingly complex carbon sequestion and trading market. In a wide-ranging conversation, the pair touch on a range of topics from carbon offsets, likely future price trends in the carbon market, tax implications for carbon projects and what a change of government migh...

On the eve of the 150th Royal Easter Show in Sydney next week, the Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on two prominent people involved in cattle showing and competition in Royal shows in Sydney and Brisbane. Sydney show chief beef cattle steward Al Rayner and Brisbane show's chief beef cattle steward Gary Noller have seen stud show rings and led steer judging evol...

The Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on Wagyu industry pioneer, David Blackmore, who has been a key player in Wagyu's extraordinary trajectory in Australia since the mid-1990s. In a wide-ranging conversation, the pair touch on  topics including how Wagyu got a foothold in the Australian beef industry, the quest for quality over quantity, the extraordinary prices...

The Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on beef processing plant manager Wasa Mudannayake. Sri Lankan born Wasa has experienced an extraordinary career path, starting in the casual labour queue at Beenleigh, before rising through the ranks to become general manager at Teys Lakes Creek - one of the largest meat plants in Australia. In a wide-ranging conversation, th...

Host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on grazing industry identity Jock Whittle, the head of asset performance for MIRA Agriculture for the Macquarie Group, who spent 12 years as chief executive officer of Paraway Pastoral Co.  In a wide ranging interview, the pair touch on topics including the grazing industry (and Paraway's) approach to sustainability, carbon farming, and the critical...

Host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on veteran red meat industry leader David Crombie. After forging his career as a director of Gunn Rural Management (GRM) and live exporter Austrex, Mr Crombie later became the chairman of the steering committee that moulded the formation of  the Meat Standards Australia tenderness guarantee scheme, sat as chairman of Meat & Livestock Australia for si...

In today's episode, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Beef Central's regular live export market commentator and columnist, Dr Ross Ainsworth. Ross has spent a lifetime working in the Australian live cattle export industry, including lengthy periods living and working in-market. In this episode he explores prospects for live export cattle prices for 2022, how major markets like Indonesia and...

Beef Central's ever popular podcast series, The Weekly Grill, has returned from its summer recess with today's second episode of a new series. Host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on StockCo's Chris Howie and Thomas Elder Markets' Matt Dalgleish, in our first markets wrap for the year. The pair explore the current drivers for young cattle, breeding cattle and slaughter cattle prices and...

Beef Central's ever popular podcast series, The Weekly Grill, returns from summer recess this week with the first episode of a new series. Kicking off this year's program, host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on Australian Meat Industry Council chief executive, Patrick Hutchinson. In a wide ranging interview, the pair explore the challenges ahead for red meat processors and retailers, i...

Marking National Agriculture Day today, this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series sees host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud. In a wide ranging interview, the pair explore the road to zero net emissions for Australian farmers and graziers, description of plant based proteins purporting to be ‘meat’, and industry representation. Today's...

In this week’s episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat again on StockCo’s Chris Howie and Thomas Elder Markets’ Matt Dalgleish, as the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator continues to surge to new record highs and torrential rain blankets large parts of eastern Australia. Have we yet seen the peak in young cattle prices? Will the spring flush cattle turnoff in...

In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Garry Edwards, founder and managing director of AAM Investment Group. Garry has over 20 years’ experience in investments and management within the Australian agribusiness sector. As an equity investor, he has developed assets and opportunities in livestock production, livestock marketing, value adde...

In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Angus Australia’s chief executive officer Peter Parnell, who retires in February next year, having managed the nation's largest breed society for the past twelve and a half years.   Dr Parnell has presided over a period of dramatic growth for the Angus breed in Australia, driven in part by relentles...

In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns the clock back to the 1970s, to take a look at the Great Aussie Cattle Slump. The years 1974-78 were without question the toughest that the Australian beef cattle industry has ever seen. In the lead-up to the slump, the national beef herd had built up to unprecedented levels above 31 million head.  Meat market pri...

In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Meat & Livestock Australia chief executive, Jason Strong.   The head of the industry's service delivery company covers wide topics including the 2030 carbon neutral target, the industry's response to plant based proteins - especially those masquerading as 'meat', and the growing emphasis on extensio...

In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on feedlot industry and grainfed branded beef pioneer Robin Hart, founder of Stockyard Beef. From humble beginnings in 1965 feeding a few hundred cattle for local butchers at his Berwick property near Jondaryan on southern Queensland's Darling Downs, Robin's Stockyard Beef business rose in parallel wit...