Behind the Beef Angus Australia

In the latest episode of Behind the Beef we are joined by Jake Phillips.
Jake Phillips is the Extension manager at Angus Australia, based in Naracoorte South Australia. Jake has a wealth of industry experience and knowledge and has worked across Australia in a variety of positions in the beef supply chain over the past two decades. Jake’s role is considered front line with Angus members and breeders of Angus cattle to assist them in understanding the variety of breeding and genetics selection tools and information available to them. This also includes overseeing the expansive Angus Youth scholarships, awards and bursaries offered to industry. In his spare time Jake and his wife run Phillips Cattle Company, a registered cattle business. Jake has enjoyed the opportunity to judge cattle at major events across Australia as well as helping younger people enter the cattle industry. Jake has joined the podcast to talk about the fact that he recently completed a five-week beef study tour of the United States as the 2023 Arthur Rickards Young Breed Leaders award recipient.  
During this episode, Jake shares about the scholarship experience, his take aways from his tour and more.
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In the latest episode of Behind the Beef, Angus Australia Extension Manager Jake Phillips is taking over! In March Jake had the opportunity to visit the Northern Territory and attend the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association 40th annual conference, which took place in Alice Springs.   
The episode features a series of interviews hosted by Jake with producers Ted Fogerty of Palmer Valley Station, Dylan Wall, manager of Consolidated Pastoral Company’s Bunda Station and Ley Kunoth of Waite River Station, who are utilising Angus and Angus influenced genetics in the Territory.   Chatting with Jake both on property and at the conference, each producer has given a snapshot of their use of Angus and Agus influenced genetics in northern Australia. 
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In the latest episode of Behind the Beef we were joined by our fantastic guest, Dr Peter McGilchrist, Associate Professor
in Meat Science - School of Environmental and Rural Science at the University of New England.
Peter grew up on a cattle property in NSW and has a Bachelor of Rural science from the University of New England (UNE). Following university Peter travelled and also worked at Elders Killara feedlot for a year before moving to Perth WA to complete a PhD at Murdoch University on ‘Selection for muscling affects carbohydrate and fatty acid metabolism in beef cattle’ with the Beef CRC. Peter then held a post doctorate research position at Murdoch University with Meat and Livestock Australia working on beef eating quality projects, MSA optimisation and the development of the MSA Index. Following this, he held the position of lecturer in Animal Production Science at Murdoch University and undertook research into factors along the supply chain which impact the eating quality of beef and lamb plus the measurement of carcass yield. In 2017, Peter joined the University of New England. Peter is passionate about the future of the red meat industry for the next generation.
In the chat with Pete, we covered various topics, including his beginnings in country NSW, how his career progressed to what is today, what is entailed in work that he undertakes in his role and the future of the beef industry. 
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In this episode of Behind the Beef, we are joined by Peter Collins, who hails from central Victoria. 
Peter has connection with the Angus breed that spans his entire lifetime. Peter is principal of the Merridale Angus Stud, which alongside the seedstock operation also includes a commercial cattle enterprise and a 350-cow dairy.
Peter is a current Angus Australia board member and is a member of Angus Victoria.  He has had a long affiliation with the Angus Youth program, continuing to support the Roundup annual through his Merridale Aspiring Breeder Award.  He was awarded the Stewart Award in 2023 in recognition for his contributions to the program.   
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Welcome back to Behind the Beef and Happy 2024! Although it feels we are well and truly back in the swing of things for the year, we are finally back with our first episode of 2024 and for it we were joined by Victorian producer, Brad Gilmour. 
Brad hails from South West Victoria, where he and his family run a commercial Angus operation alongside a sheep operation. Brad is a past president of Angus Australia, serving as president from 2018 – 2020.  He concluded his tenure on the Angus Australia board in 2023 and is a member of the Angus Victoria Breeders Group.    
With a decades long history within the cattle industry, Brad has joined us to share about his Angus story, sharing with us about his operations and breeding philsophies and the reasons why he breeds Angus cattle. 
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Welcome to end of year episode of Behind the Beef – where we look back in retrospect to the year that was and look forward to years to come for Angus Australia and producers around Australia. 
In this special end of year episode, we were joined by Angus Australia board chairperson and president Erica Halliday and Chief Executive Officer Scott Wright. 
Scott and Erica had their share on rounding up a massive year for Angus Australia, covering a range of topics relating to the year that was for the society and the beef industry, as well as looking for the what’s in store in 2024.  
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