The Weekly Grill

S3 Ep28: ACC head Anthony Lee

Australian Country Choice head Anthony Lee gave a powerful address at Brisbane Ekka this time last year on  the need for greater industry focus on training and education. What's happened in the 12 months since?

In this week’s podcast, host Kerry Lonergan and Anthony Lee chew the fat on some of the encouraging progress that’s been made over the past 12 months, and the challenges that still lie ahead.

 

S3 Ep27: Beef industry stakeholders attending Brisbane’s Ekka

This week's Weekly Grill podcast takes a different approach, chatting with beef industry stakeholders, politicians and others about what's on their mind.

Cost of production, the prospects of heading back into drought, and carbon came up in several conversations, as did the genetic progress being made in the Australian beef industry - manifested in the Ekka's magnificent stud beef judging display.

S3 EP26: AMIEU’s Matt Journeaux

This week's Weekly Grill podcast take a look at the red meat processing labour challenge, and possible solutions, from another perspective - through an interview with the Australian Meat Industry Employee's Union Queensland branch manager, Matt Journeaux.

 

Mr Journeaux and podcast host Kerry Lonergan chew the fat on a range of issues from attracting employees to work in the processing industry, to overseas labour programs and whether they represent a threat to local employment, the need for training and the modern day role of the union movement.

S3 Ep25: QLD beef processor Terry Nolan

CREATIVE solutions to processing labour challenges, trends in the slaughter and store cattle markets, and how the business has moved on from devastating flooding in early 2022 were topics served up during this week’s Weekly Grill podcast, where host Kerry Lonergan has a lengthy chat with southeast Queensland beef processor and producer Terry Nolan, co-principal of Nolan Meats near Gympie.

Mr Nolan was the subject on the very first episode of the Weekly Grill almost three years ago, and the pair discuss the dramatic changes seen in the beef industry landscape since then – for both producers and processors.

S3 Ep24: CPC managing director and Livecorp chairman, Troy Setter

Fresh back from a marketplace visit to Indonesia, Consolidated Pastoral Co head and Livecorp chairman Troy Setter sits down to chew the fat in the latest episode of Beef Central's Weekly Grill podcast.

Host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat, asking about beef demand and economic conditions in Indonesia, boat cattle livestock price prospects for the rest of the year, and other trends.

S3 Ep23: Cattle Australia chief executive Luke Bowen

Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Cattle Australia CEO, Luke Bowen.

What are the front-of-mind issues faced by the grassfed beef industry as we pass he mid-point of 2023? How are Cattle Australia’s finance plans developing?  How important is carbon/sustainability on CA’s policy-setting radar?

These and other topics are covered in this week’s episode

S3 Ep22: Progress in objective carcase measurement, with Dr Graham Gardiner and Dr Peter McGilchrist

Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on two of Australia's leading meat scientists, Prof Graham Gardiner and Dr Peter McGilchrist - who have headed Australia's recent research into objective carcase measurement. The ground-breaking ALMTech project driving advances in objective measurement for carcase yield and quality officially came to a close on 30 June.

 

 

So what's been achieved? What remains to be done? Is there a risk of the work stalling, now that funding for the research under ALMTech has come to a close? Why does the industry even need objective measurement of beef and lamb carcases?

These and other questions are covered by Dr McGilchrist and Prof Gardiner, in this detailed four-way discussion with Weekly Grill editor Kerry Lonergan and Beef Central's Jon Condon

S3 Ep21: The voice of the bush in Canberra - Senator Susan McDonald

Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on the woman regarded by many as the 'voice of the bush' in Canberra, Senator Susan McDonald.

 

Among the broad topics discussed, Sen McDonald was the chair of the Senate inquiry into Definitions of Meat and Other Animal Products back in 2022, that proposed a raft of changes to terminology around plant-based meat and other issues. What's happened since?

 

S3 Ep20: Red meat industry advocate Laura Ryan

This week, Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on international red meat advocate, Laura Ryan

S3 Ep19: The changing beef consumer focus, with Stockyard’s Lisa Sharp

This week, Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on consumer behaviour and marketing expert, Stockyard's Lisa Sharp.