In this week’s episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat again on StockCo’s Chris Howie and Thomas Elder Markets’ Matt Dalgleish, as the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator continues to surge to new record highs and torrential rain blankets large parts of eastern Australia. Have we yet seen the peak in young cattle prices? Will the spring flush cattle turnoff in southern Australia pressure young cattle values? Both Matt and Chris are forecasting a softening tre...
Nov 12, 2021•25 min•Ep. 39
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Garry Edwards, founder and managing director of AAM Investment Group. Garry has over 20 years’ experience in investments and management within the Australian agribusiness sector. As an equity investor, he has developed assets and opportunities in livestock production, livestock marketing, value added marketing and processing, and consistently delivered superior financial returns. He studied a Bach...
Nov 05, 2021•21 min•Ep. 38
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Angus Australia’s chief executive officer Peter Parnell, who retires in February next year, having managed the nation's largest breed society for the past twelve and a half years. Dr Parnell has presided over a period of dramatic growth for the Angus breed in Australia, driven in part by relentless breed improvement delivered through objective measurement and performance recording through Breedpla...
Oct 29, 2021•29 min•Ep. 37
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns the clock back to the 1970s, to take a look at the Great Aussie Cattle Slump. The years 1974-78 were without question the toughest that the Australian beef cattle industry has ever seen. In the lead-up to the slump, the national beef herd had built up to unprecedented levels above 31 million head. Meat market prices collapsed virtually overnight in 1974 as the two largest export customers, the US and Japan, with...
Oct 21, 2021•39 min•Ep. 36
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Meat & Livestock Australia chief executive, Jason Strong. The head of the industry's service delivery company covers wide topics including the 2030 carbon neutral target, the industry's response to plant based proteins - especially those masquerading as 'meat', and the growing emphasis on extension and producer uptake of R&D outcomes. See Beef Central separate report summarising Jason Stro...
Oct 15, 2021•29 min•Ep. 35
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on feedlot industry and grainfed branded beef pioneer Robin Hart, founder of Stockyard Beef. From humble beginnings in 1965 feeding a few hundred cattle for local butchers at his Berwick property near Jondaryan on southern Queensland's Darling Downs, Robin's Stockyard Beef business rose in parallel with the fortunes of the feedlot sector. Robin talks about the evolution of the Australian feedlot indu...
Oct 08, 2021•22 min•Ep. 34
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Grace Brennan, founder of 'Buy from the Bush.' In 2019, drought in New South Wales was devastating rural livelihoods and communities. In response, rural-dwelling, self-employed mum, Grace, started a social media campaign, #buyfromthebush, a campaign and online marketplace connecting talented makers, creators, artists and retailers from rural Australia with global consumers. Showcasing beautiful wa...
Oct 01, 2021•18 min•Ep. 33
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat again on StockCo's Chris Howie and Thomas Elder Markets' Matt Dalgleish, as the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator continues to soar to new record highs, hitting 1031c/kg overnight. Have we yet seen the peak in young cattle prices? Will the spring flush cattle turnoff in southern Australia pressure young cattle values? Both Matt and Chris are forecasting a softening trend, but market fundamentals among r...
Sep 28, 2021•24 min•Ep. 32
On the Weekly Grill with Kerry Lonergan this week is Markus Rathsmann, President of Council of Australia. A Northern Territory beef producer, Markus answers the burning questions on possible restructuring of CCA and MLA, he has opinions on the journey ahead for beef producers as they try to meet the goal of being carbon neutral by 2030 - and of course, there's the levy - to lift or to lower - it's On The Grill this week.
Sep 16, 2021•17 min•Ep. 31
There's a world champion on the Weekly Grill this week - Patrick Warmoll, the boss of Jack's Creek Wagyu tells host Kerry Lonergan the story of winning the 'World's Best Steak' title - not once but twice. Now he's determined to get a third title later this year - and it all started because of an article in a magazine. Third generation family owned Jack's Creek has evolved into an integrated Wagyu and Angus beef supply chain based out of Willow Tree, NSW. In 1991, brothers David and Phillip Warmo...
Sep 10, 2021•20 min•Ep. 30
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on veteran pastoral company executive Roger Halliwell. Roger spent a quarter of a century with Stanbroke Pastoral Co, then the biggest beef producer in the world, before the company was sold by its owner, AMP, in 2006.
Sep 03, 2021•23 min•Ep. 29
In this week's week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on veteran red meat industry identity Richard Rains. Prior to his retirement Richard was the head of Sanger Australia, one of the nation's largest non-packer exporters. He is widely credited for convincing global burger giant McDonald's US to shift its grinding beef policy from domestic only, to also including imported product from Australia. McDonald's global has since become Australia's sing...
Aug 27, 2021•32 min•Ep. 28
In this week's week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on carbon trading expert, Toby Grogan, from Impact Agriculture. Carbon credits and carbon trading are arguably some of the most complicated and misunderstood topics in the beef industry today. What are they? How do they work? What's in it for producers? Currently there are about 150 properties in Australia involved in regulated soil carbon projects, and perhaps a couple of hundred more involve...
Aug 20, 2021•21 min•Ep. 27
In this week's week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Red Meat Advisory Council chair, John McKillop. The pair tackle sustainability, fake meat, red meat's carbon footprint, the red meat industry's ability to cut-through in Canberra, the evolving scope of RMAC, and other related issues.
Aug 13, 2021•24 min•Ep. 26
How does the future look for stud cattle shows in Australia? While the 2021 Royal Queensland Show has unfortunately been cancelled due to COVID, this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series sees host Kerry Lonergan turn up the heat on RNA councillor and Beef Cattle Committee chairman Gary Noller, and Northern NSW stud cattle breeder and exhibitor Rob Sinnamon. Both have had a life-long connection with stud cattle exhibitions across Queensland and NSW, and suggest that the competitive s...
Aug 06, 2021•37 min•Ep. 25
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat again on veteran Victorian meatworks cattle buyer, David Ronalds, who this year clocks up his fifth-eighth year buying cattle across eastern and central Australia. How has the industry changed? What was cattle buying like back in 1964, when he first started? Did he ever foresee slaughter cattle making the money they are today? Tune-in to hear David's account of how cattle buyers used 'dead reckoning'...
Jul 30, 2021•20 min•Ep. 24
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat again on StockCo's Chris Howie and Thomas Elder Markets' Matt Dalgleish, as the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator this morning crashes through the magical 1000c/kg barrier for the first time in history. Have we yet seen the peak in young cattle prices? Both Matt and Chris are forecasting a softening trend between now and mid-September, but market fundamentals among restockers, lotfeeders and processors ...
Jul 23, 2021•24 min•Ep. 23
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Queensland beef processor and supply chain manager, Australian Country Choice's David Foote. Mr Foote is currently in gradual transition out of his full-time role as ACC's group managing director, which he has filled for the past 22 years, handing over the reins recently to Anthony Lee. Over the years Mr Foote has become well-known for expressing strong, well-argued opinions about red meat industr...
Jul 15, 2021•27 min•Ep. 22
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on orthopaedic surgeon, Gary Fettke, who this year has emerged as a powerful advocate for a diet containing adequate amounts of red meat. The sense that red meat industry is under attack from powerful and aligned forces, and urgently needs to better align its own resources and “get off the back foot”, has been a central and recurring theme across the meat industry this year. An independent medical pr...
Jul 12, 2021•26 min•Ep. 19
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat again on low-and-slow BBQ competition king, Grant Coleman. In his day-job, Grant is general manager at NH Foods' Oakey Beef Exports plant on the Darling Downs, but come the weekend, he is one of Australia's best known BBQ smoker competitors. Three years ago he was runner-up in the World BBQ championships in the United States, and regularly travels for weekend competitions anywhere from from Townsvill...
Jul 02, 2021•25 min•Ep. 21
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat again on StockCo's Chris Howie and Thomas Elder Markets' Matt Dalgleish, on whether the industry has yet seen the peak in young cattle prices. Both believe an Eastern Young Cattle Indicator above 900c/kg is going to be around for at least the next three months, and that market fundamentals among restockers, lotfeeders and processors jostling for scarce young cattle remain buoyant, to say the least....
Jun 25, 2021•26 min•Ep. 20
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Tracey Hayes, who led the live export industry's successful Class Action over the impact of the Federal Government's 2011 Indonesian live export market suspension. Tracey explains the background the the action, and where the process of funds distribution goes from here. It has been suggested that up to $800 million will be distributed among the northern stakeholders who took part in the claim. A f...
Jun 18, 2021•29 min•Ep. 18
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Signature Beef founder and soon to be meat processor, Blair Angus. Beef industry leaders and entrepreneurs Blair and his wife Josie are undertaking the biggest risk of their business lives in establishing their own meat processing business on their property near Clermont in Central Queensland. In this wide-ranging discussion, Blair shares their vision for the project, some innovative new practises...
Jun 10, 2021•27 min•Ep. 17
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on Consolidated Pastoral Co chief and Livecorp chairman, Troy Setter, touching on wide range of topics including the tight trading environment for live exporters consigning cattle into Indonesia and Vietnam, the challenges facing the northern pastoral industry, and increasing regulatory burdens being borne by the live export industry. Next week: The Weekly Grill gets an update on progress in Blair an...
Jun 04, 2021•23 min•Ep. 16
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on nutrition scientist and MLA special skills board member, Manny Noakes. Prof Noakes has spent 25 years as a researcher and director in nutrition and health at CSIRO. She has extensive knowledge in many fields of nutrition and health including the food regulatory system and ‘functional foods’, and the role of red meat in human nutrition and the environment. Manny was instrumental in the development ...
May 27, 2021•24 min•Ep. 15
In this week's episode of The Weekly Grill podcast series, host Kerry Lonergan turns up the heat on the the challenges facing the Australian grassfed beef sector, in this wide-ranging and far-reaching discussion with Cattle Council of Australia independent northern and southern directors, Alice Greenup and Olivia Lawson. Next week: The Weekly Grill talks with CSIRO nutrition scientist and MLA board member, Manny Noakes.
May 20, 2021•26 min•Ep. 14
In this Beef 2021 special episode of The Weekly Grill podcasts, brought to you by Colliers Agribusiness, host Kerry Lonergan talks with Beef 2021 chairman Bryce Camm and commercial trade exhibitors about what was driving the boom in sales of products and services experienced across the grounds during the week-long event. Everything from stock handling equipment to animal ID, agtech, transport, fencing and water storage were in red-hot demand throughout the week.
May 14, 2021•19 min•Ep. 13
Agtech in its various forms was a constant topic of discussion among the thousands of industry stakeholders attending Beef 2021 in Rockhampton last week. Virtually every seminar and trade commercial display was showcasing technology in one form or another. In this Beef 2021 special episode of The Weekly Grill podcasts, brought to you by Colliers Agribusiness, host Kerry Lonergan looks at some interesting agtech items making their debut at the event, and talks with producers about how they are ap...
May 12, 2021•21 min•Ep. 12
Once-in-a-lifetime cattle prices, and where they may trend over the remainder of 2021, was a constant topic of discussion among the thousands of industry stakeholders attending Beef 2021 in Rockhampton last week. In this Beef 2021 special episode of The Weekly Grill, brought to you by Colliers Agribusiness, host Kerry Lonergan talks to Thomas Elder Markets’ Matt Dalgleish and a bunch of everyday cattle producers attending the event, over where they see the slaughter and store cattle markets goin...
May 11, 2021•21 min•Ep. 11
What's driving the property market amid an unprecendented period of super heated cattle prices, super low interest and largely improved seasonal conditions? In this Beef 2021 special episode of The Weekly Grill from Rockhampton, brought to you by Colliers Agribusiness, host Kerry Lonergan talks to Herron Todd White's Tim Lane and Colliers International's Rawdon Briggs look at where the market is heading.
May 07, 2021•24 min•Ep. 10
