AgWatchers
The AgWatchers podcast contains a mixture of interviews showcasing those involved in the agricultural supply chain, along with agricultural commodity market updates from the hosts Andrew Whitelaw and Matt Dalgleish. Expect serious discussions conducted in a light hearted manner.
Episodes
Monday Nov 11, 2024
AgWatchers+ EP6: Trump Victory Special.
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week, we are having a Trump victory special. We will cover off on tariffs, global economy, and RFK.
This podcast is a quick way to find out about the big market moves in agriculture, from an independent point of view.
To make this podcast possible, our friends at AuctionsPlus are powering this segment of the Agwatchers podcast.
Remember to support the sponsor of this segment by subscribing by clicking here: AuctionsPlus
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Land prices and foreign ownership
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
In this podcast recorded in early October, we have a chat with fellow EP3 contributor Chris Lawlor. We talk about a range of topics from the differences between ag in NZ and OZ, foreign investment in ag land, where the cheap land is and a whole lot more.
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
AgWatchers+ EP5
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week, we focus on cattle, sheep, and wheat.
This podcast is a quick way to find out about the big market moves in agriculture, from an independent point of view.
To make this podcast possible, our friends at AuctionsPlus are powering this segment of the Agwatchers podcast.
Remember to support the sponsor of this segment by subscribing by clicking here: AuctionsPlus
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
These roads are trucked.
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
We have a chat with Rachel Smith the Executive Director at Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association.Trucking in Australia has many challenges. We chat about electric trucks, live exports, automated trucks, getting staff and a whole lot more.
Friday Oct 18, 2024
Overcoming grief.
Friday Oct 18, 2024
Friday Oct 18, 2024
We will all experience grief at some point during our lives, and its something we can all deal with better. We recently met Michelle Moriarty at an event and she had a very interesting story, which we thought was worthwhile sharing.
She won the 2023 WA Agrifutures Rural Women's Award for her organisation, Griefconnect.
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
AgWatchers+ EP4
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week, we focus on cattle, sheep, and wheat.
This podcast is a quick way to find out about the big market moves in agriculture, from an independent point of view.
To make this podcast possible, our friends at AuctionsPlus are powering this segment of the Agwatchers podcast.
Remember to support the sponsor of this segment by subscribing by clicking here: AuctionsPlus
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Zeitgeist 3: Chemical ban, China stimulus and dockworkers
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
As a pair, we go through the news daily and discuss what is happening. We thought, why not record it?So regularly, we will each choose a news topic to have a yarn about and give our views on, and we will select one together. On this podcast, we chat about dockworker strikes in the US, Chinese stimulus and the APVMA banning another ag chemical.
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
AgWatchers+ EP3
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week, we focus on cattle, sheep, and wheat.
This podcast is a quick way to find out about the big market moves in agriculture, from an independent point of view.
To make this podcast possible, our friends at AuctionsPlus are powering this segment of the Agwatchers podcast.
Remember to support the sponsor of this segment by subscribing by clicking here: AuctionsPlus
Friday Sep 27, 2024
El Presidente of Australian agriculture
Friday Sep 27, 2024
Friday Sep 27, 2024
In this podcast we have David Jochinke aka DJ, the current president of the National Farmers Federation. DJ has been the president for a year now, so we thought it was time for a review.
We chat about SFO's pulling funding, the peak bodies, the Canberra rally and a whole lot more.
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Zeitgeist 2: Making it rain, Unhappy growers and supermarket competition
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
As a pair, we go through the news daily and discuss what is happening. We thought, why not record it?So regularly, we will each choose a news topic to have a yarn about and give our views on, and we will select one together. On this podcast, we chat about an article from the past about controversial 'rainmaker' David Miles, the survey that says that over a third of veg growers want to quit, and the investigation into the supermarkets and uncompetitive behaviour.
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
AgWatchers+ EP2
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers are providing a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week, we focus on cattle, sheep and wheat.
Grain pricing impacted by black sea conflict, and frost in Australia. Sheep yardings have increased in line with seasonal expectations. Cattle market trending sideways with strong US demand.
To make this podcast possible, our friends at AuctionsPlus are powering this segment of the Agwatchers podcast.
Remember to support the sponsor of this segment by subscribing by clicking here: AuctionsPlus
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
What's happening with the grain trade?
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
We have Adam Clarke on to have a chat about the grain market. We cover off on grain quality, Chinese trade, local trade, ISCC and sustainability and a whole lot more.
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Zeitgeist 1 - Rally, cheese and Ag chemicals
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Zeitgeist : the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an eraOn the Agwatchers podcast, we are never fearful of failure and trying new things. As a pair, we go through the news each day and discuss what is happening. We thought, why not record it?So regularly, we will each choose a news topic to have a yarn about and give our views on, and we will select one together. In this podcast we chat about the dairy industry, ag chemical issues and the national ag rally.
Friday Sep 06, 2024
Would you like a beer?
Friday Sep 06, 2024
Friday Sep 06, 2024
We have a chat with Christian Norgard. Andrew used to work with him, and he still agreed to come on the podcast for a chitchat. Christian works for Pure Grain. Pure grain are an interesting business which farms, researches and deals heavily in the malt industry.
This wide-ranging discussion includes traceability, zero-alcohol beer, barley breeding and global markets. They are also running field day next week, where you can probably get yourself a few barley based drinks - register here
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
AgWatchers+ EP1
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Our podcasts are generally interviews with guests, and we have probably been neglecting market updates. On a fortnightly basis, we will now be providing an independent update on Australian agricultural markets. To make this possible, our friends at AuctionsPlus are powering this segment of the Agwatchers podcast.
In this podcast, we chat about the cattle, grain and sheep markets.
Remember to support the sponsor of this segment by subscribing by clicking here: AuctionsPlus
Thursday Aug 29, 2024
Hoiberg Tangent: New labour laws and redundancies in ag.
Thursday Aug 29, 2024
Thursday Aug 29, 2024
We have a chat with Agwatchers semi-regular guest Ryan/Chris Hoiberg about what is happening in the ag job space. We touch upon redundancies occurring and the tightening market.The news of labour policy, which will impact how you can contact employees out of hours have many people concerned. We break this down.,
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
The climate of the farmers
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
On the Agwatchers podcast we have spoken to most of the farmer representative groups in Australian agriculture. In this podcast we have on the relatively new organisation Farmers for Climate Action, who have 8000+ members.
We cover a wide range of topics in this podcast from climate change to communism.
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Election, Paraquat, break dancing and more
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
We had a chat with Shona Gawal, CEO of Grain Growers Limited. This wide-ranging discussion includes the Olympics, breakdancing, Star Wars, paraquat, the election and a whole lot more.
Friday Aug 09, 2024
AgTechWatchers: Reducing paperwork, cybersecurity and misinformation in AG
Friday Aug 09, 2024
Friday Aug 09, 2024
We have a chat with Marcus Pollock, GM of Agrinous. This company do all the background work for saleyards and agents to reduce the amount of paperwork in the livestock trading space.
We chat about cloud risks, connectivity, and data management in this conversation. We then get into an interesting discussion on misinformation in social media.
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
The farmer with many hats
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
We have a chat with renowned Esperance farmer Mic Fels. Over the years, Mic has expanded his farm, set up a software and machinery implement company, advocated for Australian agriculture, and is now running for preselection in the Swan electorate.
We have a good chat about a range of topics from small business to advocacy.