The Australian Ag Podcast The Weekly Times

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 farmer Sandra Ireson, as the season in that region continues to deliver the goods.
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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 chats with ag investment specialist David Williams, federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt and Rabobank analyst Pia Piggott.
In this week’s Over The Fence chat The Weekly Times reporter Alex Sinnott catches up with Victorian dairy farmer Ben Bennett for a washup of opening milk prices.
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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 Victorian dairy farmer, Mark Billing, for his take on opening milk prices unveiled by processors this week.
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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 southern NSW farmer, Robert Reid, from Howlong, as parts of southeast Australia reel from a dry autumn.
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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 fallout from the federal government's recent decision to ban live sheep exports from May 2028. 
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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 president Georgie Somerset Twynam Agricultural Company’s Johnny Kahlbetzer, and American Hereford Association chief operating officer Shane Bedwell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.