
The Weekly Grill is Beef Central's podcast with host, Kerry Lonergan. Each week Kerry chats with a beef industry mover and shaker - turning up the heat and asking questions about the burning issues and topics that impact the beef sector.
The Weekly Grill is Beef Central's podcast with host, Kerry Lonergan. Each week Kerry chats with a beef industry mover and shaker - turning up the heat and asking questions about the burning issues and topics that impact the beef sector.
Episodes

Thursday Aug 28, 2025
S5 Ep29: Roger Fletcher, the bush billionaire
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
In this week's episode, podcast host Kerry Lonergan catches up with processor Roger Fletcher, the man behind Australia's most successful integrated sheep meat processing business, Fletcher International. In a wide ranging conversation, the pair discuss Roger's humble beginnings droving sheep around Glen Innes; the opportunities he seized along the way to help build his $1.4b empire; and current high lamb prices, and how sustainable they are.
Other topics of conversation include:
- Why he never got into cattle
- Expanding interests in Western Australia
- Exclusion fencing
- Today's challenges
- Lot feeding sheep
- Saying 'no' to Kerry Packer
- ... and more
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