Episodes

4 days ago
4 days ago
Five gun Australian retail butchers are competing in the World Butchers' Challenge taking place in Paris France this weekend. Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan talks with team captain, South Australian butcher, Luke Leyson about this unique competition, and Australia's chances among the 24 nations competing.
Kerry and Luke discuss the Australian team's chances at the prestigious international event.
The podcast covers:
• Australia's previous performances at the event
• How the team prepares
• Our greatest rivals
• The competitions' format
• What the judges are looking for and how the winner is adjudicated
They also talk about the shape of Australia's retail butchering business, value-adding, the rise of pre-prepared meals, staffing issues... and more.
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Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
In this week's episode, Kerry Lonergan discusses possible US Tariff scenarios with global meat trader and analyst, Simon Quilty from market intelligence firm, Global AgriTrends. Then attention turns to MLA's three year projections as Kerry chats with MLA's Market Information Manager, Stephen Bignell.

Friday Mar 14, 2025
S5 Ep6: Steve Kay - US cattle markets, tariff impacts and more
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025


Friday Mar 07, 2025
S5 Ep5: ALFA president Grant Garey
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Teys Australia feedlot general manager Grant Garey assumed the reins as president of the grainfed sector's peak body, ALFA, in November.
He arrives in the role at an important inflection point for the grainfed industry. During this podcast conversation with Weekly Grill host Kerry Lonergan, the pair discuss recent industry growth, appetite for further expansion, how water access is challenging some projects and the rising costs of feedlot development.
Other topics on the block include:
- The issue of accessing grain/protecting against drought
- Labour challenges, and ALFA’s Feedlot X initiative
- Ongoing work with using methane-inhibiting feed additives in the intensive feeding industry
- Emerging technologies of use to lotfeeders
- The impact of providing shade in feedlots, and where the industry is up to in achieving its shade objective
- How lotfeeding is influencing average carcase weights across the industry.

Friday Feb 28, 2025
S5 Ep4: Scott Wright, CEO Angus Australia
Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
It's been 28 years since Australia last hosted a World Angus Congress, and interest across the Angus world is already reaching fever pitch ahead of the 2025 event being held in Brisbane and Tamworth in May.
In today's episode, podcast host Kerry Lonergan chats with Angus Australia's Scott Wright about preparations for the once-in-a-generation event. Up to 1000 Angus stakeholders from across Australia, New Zealand, North and South America and Europe are expected to gather for the Congress, Forum, and support events.
Already some red-hot tropics are emerging, including:
- Where to from here for Angus genetic progress? Can current rates of gain on eating quality, fertility and carcase traits be maintained?
- With US fed cattle carcase weights now pushing 900 pounds, is carcase size a concern in the Angus industry?
- The concepts and challenges of the Australian Beef Industry's quest for Carbon Neutral 2030
Scott provides a valuable run-down on what stakeholders attending the event can expect.

Friday Feb 21, 2025
S5 Ep3: Strategic Researcher, Howard Parry-Husbands
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025

Friday Feb 14, 2025
S5 Ep2 RMAC Chair, John McKillop
Friday Feb 14, 2025
Friday Feb 14, 2025
In today's episode of The Weekly Grill, Kerry Lonergan chats with the Red Meat Advisory Council Independent Chair, John McKillop.

Friday Feb 07, 2025
S5 Ep1: Regular cattle market update, with Matt Dalgleish and Chris Howie
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Welcome back to Beef Central popular Weekly Grill podcast series for 2025.
Today's first episode for the year sees the return of regular market watchers, RMA's Chris Howie and Ep3's Matt Dalgleish.
Weather conditions over the next couple of months will have a strong bearing on slaughter and store cattle prices heading deeper into 2025, the pair suggest in today's discussion with host. Other topics range from the impact of Trump's tariff actions, prospects for beef sales into the US, where cattle and beef prices are at record highs after the drought driven herd collapse, currency movements and other factors.
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Friday Dec 13, 2024
S4 Ep42: Foodbank's Brianna Casey and Michael Davidson
Friday Dec 13, 2024
Friday Dec 13, 2024
As the festive season draws closer, pressure on the nation’s critically important charity groups like Foodbank reaches its height.
Foodbank is the largest hunger relief charity in Australia, providing the ‘food pantry’ to the charity sector across the country. This year alone, Foodbank sourced enough food for more than 92 million meals, and the number grows as cost of living pressures continue to mount.
In this final Weekly Grill podcast episode for the year, host Kerry Lonergan talks with Foodbank Australia chief executive Brianna Casey, and chief transformation officer Michael Davidson about the massive task at hand, and how people can help. Michael shares progress on the beef sector’s engagement with Foodbank, and the associated BeefBank concept.
The Weekly Grill will return with a new series in 2025.
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Friday Dec 06, 2024
S4 Ep41: Food security issues, with Andrew Henderson from AgSecure
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Friday Dec 06, 2024
FOOD securuty has been in the news this week, and in today’s episode of the Weekly Grill podcast, host Kerry Lonergan talks with Andrew Henderson from AgSecure
Andrew is the principal of Agsecure, the independent chair of the Safemeat Advisory Group and a former adviser to the federal government on biosecurity and the red meat and livestock sector.
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