The Australian Ag Podcast
The Australian Ag Podcast
The Weekly Times
The Australian Ag Podcast is an indepth look at the major agriculture stories that matter to farmers and food producers, with a new episode published every week taking you into issues that shape Australia's farming landscape.
When you mandate the COVID-19 vaccine to all staff
Robert Giles the Managing Director of SPC discusses being the first Australian company to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for it's staff, and what's life like being an Australian manufacturer in a competitive market full of cheap imports?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 14, 2021
30 min
How to manage $2 billion in Ag investments
In this episode Adrian Goonan Head of Cropping & Diversified Agriculture at Warakirri Asset Management discusses the strong performance across their funds through scale and diversification. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 7, 2021
22 min
Anthony Di Pietro discusses labour shortage impacts
Anthony Di Pietro Chair of the Australian Fresh Produce Alliance, the peak body for the horticulture industry joins Jackson Hewett and James Wagstaff to discuss the impact labour shortages are having on food supply and how technology is transforming the supply chain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 30, 2021
32 min
Mixing malt barley with big data
In this episode Stuart Tighe the founder of Pure Grain, who represent about a third of the barley market in Australia, discusses why he wants to shake up the industry using big data See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 23, 2021
20 min
How to turn a 50 cow stud into one of the largest herds in Australia
The special guest in this episode is Prue Bondfield, a doyenne of the beef industry, who pioneered the development of the charolais breed in Australia. With her husband David, Prue turned a 50 cow stud into one of the largest herds in Australia, and together they were The Weekly Times farmers of the year in 2017. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 16, 2021
35 min
A 350 million dollar sale
Becs Willson from Proterra Investment Partners joins Jackson Hewett and James Wagstaff to discuss the sale of one of the largest grain growing parcels in South East Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 9, 2021
26 min
Dialing Up The Protein
Jackson Hewett and James Wagstaff are joined by Jason Strong from Meat and Livestock Australia to discuss the position of the industry on methane emissions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 2, 2021
31 min
What does Glasgow mean for the NFF?
In this episode National Farmers Federation President Fiona Simpson discusses what Glasgow means for farmers with Jackson Hewett and Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 26, 2021
26 min
Taking the road to Glasgow
Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management David Littleproud discusses what it will take to get the National Party to agree to the Government's net zero targets. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 19, 2021
24 min
The Spring Selling Season
Jackson Hewett, The Weekly Times Editor James Wagstaff and Danny Thomas from LAWD discuss the spring selling season, record land prices, foreign investment and the billions of dollars on the move.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 12, 2021
19 min
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