Hancock Agriculture chief executive Adam Giles and James Wagstaff discuss free-trade agreements, animal welfare and what’s ahead for the iconic S Kidman and Co brand. Texas Angus’ Ben and Wendy Mayne lean in ‘Over the Fence’ to chat about potential bull price fortunes in a deflated cattle market. Click to check the original article.
In this episode of the Australian Ag Podcast, we take a look back on a panel discussion from the 2023 Global Food Forum, which looked at investment expectations in a time of increasing interest rates and how the agriculture industry is adapting their strategies to ensure future returns. This panel features Liam Lenaghan, Managing Director, […]
Nicole Saunders and her husband Brendan jumped the ditch from New Zealand to Gippsland five years ago and have gone from dairy sharefarmers to farm owners, increasing turnover a whopping 10-fold in that time. The couple, who milk 1600 cows across three properties totalling 780 hectares, took out the top gong at The Weekly Times […]
Nuveen Natural Capital is an investment arm of the massive US teachers pension fund TIAA. With $2.2 billion under management here in Australia, Nuveen is the third largest investor in Australian ag. We talk to their head of APAC and Africa Kristina Hermanson about the global investment landscape for agricultural assets, where she sees the […]
It has been a big year for agribusiness, with record highs set for commodities and farmland. But the big question is whether the good times can go on? To find out what 2023 has in store, hosts Jackson Hewett and James Wagstaff talk to Andrew Whitelaw and Matt Dalgleish from agribusiness analytics firm Episode3. Produced […]
Livestock prices have turned significantly downwards, with the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator losing 150c/kg in recent weeks and down 240c/kg compared to last year. To find out what’s going on, we talk to Tim McRea, chief economist at Auctions Plus. ALSO Bonny and Molly Penfold from Four Daughters sisters talk to Biance Tarrant, a cattle […]
The drenching received by the Southeast of the country continues to make cropping a nightmare as fields are flooded or become bogged, and water affected crops spoil. To find out how it is affected the grain industry, and what farmers can do, even at this late stage, we talk to Andrew Weidemann from Grain Producers […]
The National Farmers Federation has come out strongly against the government’s new industrial relations bill which puts multi-employer bargaining at its core. NFF chief executive Tony Mahar believes it will be bad news for the agricultural supply chain. PLUS the Four Daughters sisters talk to Josh Murray of Josh’s Rainbow eggs, who turned a hobby […]
Following Labor’s first budget, which saw a number of cuts to programs previously announced by the Coalition, David Littleproud says the government has “ripped the guts out of regional communities”. PLUS the Four Daughters sisters talk to Jessica Radel, a young woman who is blazing a trail as head stockwoman on Wave Hill station in […]
How much would you pay for a kilo of top quality lamb chops? Well Tom Bull of Kinross Station reckons his are worth 100 bucks a kilo, saying his Hampshire Downs lambs has marbling traits that put them on a par with the best cuts of beef. It’s a clever strategy to go super-premium when […]
Australia looks likely to join more than 100 countries around the world, including the EU, the US, and Indonesia pledge a 30 per cent global cut in methane emissions by 2030. The Opposition says it will ‘put an end to the BBQ’, and drive up prices, but will it be that bad? We talk to […]