The Weekly Grill

S3 Ep32: Addressing the labour crisis in the bush, with recruiter Ray Johnson and labour provider Tom Reardon

S3 Ep31: Cattle market update, with Chris Howie & Matt Dalgleish

Australian young cattle and slaughter cattle prices have continued to descend during the first eight months of 2023. In this week's podcast, regular markets commentators, RMA's Chris Howie and Ep3's Matt Dalgleish face the big questions:

Are processors going to be able to cope (labour wise) with larger numbers of slaughter cattle? If not, what happens to prices? These and other topics are posed in today's cattle market update podcast by Weekly Grill host, Kerry Lonergan.

Other topics include the rapidly changing circumstances in the US beef production cycle, the impact of this month's UK Free Trade Agreement, the log-jam of young cattle in northern Australia caused by the Lumpy Skin Disease regulatory episode, and other potential headwinds and tailwinds

 

 

Weekly Grill S3 Ep30: Zanda McDonald Award winner, Mitch Highett

Thirty-three year old Mitch Highett is a city boy by origin, but has forged an impressive early career in the beef industry. He chats this week with Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan.

   

The Australian winner of the 2023 Zanda McDonald award lives in Orange NSW, and is the founder and managing director of Bullseye Ag. Mitch's farm management company works alongside farms across NSW and QLD with an area totalling more than 200,000ha. He also has a cattle enterprise running 250 breeders, and assists farmers through the Rural Assistance Authority and as Chair of the NSW Young Farmers.

 

Weekly Grill S3 Ep29: Is the heat going out of the property market, with Tim Lane and Tim McKinnon

Elders' Northern Australian property chief Tim Lane, and LAWD director and head valuer Tim McKinnon chew the fat with Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week about the property market outlook.

Has the gloss gone off, because of the slump in cattle prices, dry weather and elevated interest rates? Are corporates about to mount another big acquisition surge?

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