Bigger Crops, Bigger Budgets. How GRDC Spends Your Levy
Bigger crops mean bigger levy collections for GRDC, and farmers want to know how GRDC spends that money. This week, Nigel Hart, GRDC's Manag...
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Dive into the what, why and how of agricultural markets. Join Andrew Whitelaw, Matt Dalgleish and guests, as they breakdown the market. Expect a lighthearted, sardonic and irreverent discuss...
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Andrew is on holiday. Matt has been travelling - but here is the only update on ag markets that you need.
AgWatchersX EP16: Wheat Rallies, Beef Tariffs and a Sheepmeat Threat
Markets are moving, and there is plenty to unpack in this AgWatchers X update. We look at the sharp rally in global wheat markets as Black S...
What do future farmers need to know?
What does AI actually mean for the future of Australian agriculture? Andrew and Matt are joined by grain and pork producer Sharon Starick, C...
AI, innovation and the return of the country banker
AI, agtech and automation are changing agriculture fast, but are relationships becoming more valuable, not less? This week on AgWatchers, Ma...
AgWatchersX EP15: Beef, Grain and the Geopolitical Squeeze
Ag Watchers X: Market Moves That Matter to Your Farm Tariffs are reshaping export markets. Geopolitical tension is pushing input costs aroun...
Beyond the Hype: Which Farm Energy Solutions Actually Make Money?
Forget the ideology. Australian farmers don't need to believe in climate change to care about one thing: their bottom line. This week on AgW...
Better Call Saul
Veteran economist Saul Eslake joins Matt and Andrew to unpack tariffs, free trade and the increasingly difficult position Australia occupies...
AgWatchers Hosts History: Inside the Australian Agricultural Awards
Episode Three is thrilled to announce we'll be hosting the inaugural Australian Agricultural Awards, a groundbreaking national celebration o...
Future Flock and the Search for New Export Markets
Jo Hall, CEO of WoolProducers Australia, joins the podcast to discuss efforts to diversify Australian wool exports beyond China, including e...
Farming without paddocks: AI, robots and the next productivity leap
Tim Neale from DataFarming joins AgWatchers for a wide-ranging chat on where ag technology is heading next. The big question: what happens w...
AgWatchersX EP14: Sheep, Cattle & the Shifting Global Game
This episode breaks down how the Middle East conflict, US-China tensions, and extreme weather are reshaping Australian red meat exports. She...
AgWatchersX EP13: Ceasefires, beef quotas, El Niño and World Cup fever
This week on AgWatchersX, Matt and Andrew cover a fairly hectic mix of global politics, red meat trade and football hope. The pair unpack th...
Is Canberra Distorting the Fertiliser Market?
In this episode of AgWatchers, we speak with Mark Been from Marnco, our first fertiliser industry guest in more than 300 episodes. The conve...
Rates, Risks & Resilience: Australia's Economic Reality Check
Andrew and Matt are joined by Sian Fenner, Senior Economist at Westpac, for a wide-ranging discussion on the Australian economic outlook. To...
How to Talk Ag Without Boring Everyone Senseless
Shannon Beattie, founder of Bush and Beyond Media, joins Ag Watchers to talk all things agricultural communication, storytelling and media....
AgWatchersX EP12: What is happening with grain, fert and livestock
We cover off on the big news in grains, fert and livestock.
AgWatchersX Ep12: Grain, fert, livestock - what is happening?
We are back for another AgWatchersX. This week we will be covering off on the tentitive peace in the middle east. We give our views on futur...
Fuel, Fertiliser and Foreign Affairs: A Conversation with Minister Julie Collins
On this episode of the AgWatchers Podcast, we’re joined by Julie Collins to unpack the forces shaping Australian agriculture. From Canberra...
Eggonomics 101
We have a chat with Melinda Hashimoto, CEO of Egg Farmers of Australia. In this podcast, we talk about a wide range of issues from biosecuri...