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.
Podcast Description
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
Dec 12, 2025
Dec 12, 2025
23 min
Our fortnightly market update. We talk about grains, cattle, sheep and the new change in who pays for export certifications from the government.
Dec 5, 2025
Australian agriculture hitting new highs
Dec 5, 2025
Dec 5, 2025
57 min
On todays podcast, we have a chat with Jared Greenville of ABARES. In this discussion we discuss the 100bn target, the value of ag, the risks to ag and the new updates on the Australian crop.
We also discuss the March ABARES conference, which we recommend attending - either online or in person. Find out about the conference by clicking below:https://www.agriculture.gov.au/event/abares-outlook
Nov 5, 2025
When you Whish upon a senator.
Nov 5, 2025
Nov 5, 2025
57 min
The AgWatchers podcast is an open platform for different views, and we have had politicians from most of the major parties. This week, we have Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, the Greens senator for Tasmania. Peter holds the Greens portfolio for agriculture.
In this podcast, we discuss competition in agriculture, ACCC changes, net zero, his favourite politicians, and a range of other topics.
Peter comes from a farming background and has qualifications in Economics and a career in banking and finance.
Oct 30, 2025
AgWatchersX EP9: Trump-XI.
Oct 30, 2025
Oct 30, 2025
11 min
Our fortnightly market update. We talk about grains, cattle, sheep and wool - and the new Trump deal.
Oct 8, 2025
Oct 8, 2025
13 min
Our fortnightly market update, brought to you by Sproutag. We talk about the state of the grain markets, the potential for aid for US farmers, beef and sheep exports.
Oct 2, 2025
The pests invading Australia
Oct 2, 2025
Oct 2, 2025
1hr 11 min
In this podcast, we have Jack Gough, the CEO of the Invasive Species Council. We learnt a lot from this podcast about the various species invading Australia, how to control them, and the strength of the hunting lobby.
Sep 19, 2025
Sep 19, 2025
17 min
Our fortnightly market update. We talk on this podcast about the livestock industry trending higher, the sheep ships no longer coming and the impact of the new biofuels announcement from Albo on the grain and livestock sectors.
Sep 17, 2025
Who represents farmers in Parliament?
Sep 17, 2025
Sep 17, 2025
1hr 11 min
We had a chat with Tyson Cattle, who runs his own consultancy (Salmon Haven), but for years has been behind the scenes in the agripolitical space.
Tyson is undertaking a Nuffield project, which aims to review advocacy strategies in the agricultural industry. Tyson is independent, like EP3, and provides us with a good update on what is happening, where we are excelling, and where we are falling short as an industry.
Aug 29, 2025
Aug 29, 2025
20 min
Our fortnightly market update, supported by SproutAg.
You can also visit our new grain trading simulator, which can be found here
You can visit the SproutAg website by clicking here
Aug 21, 2025
Aug 21, 2025
1hr 4 min
We have a chat with Georgia Beattie, Australia's largest organic mushroom farmer. We talk about a range of topics from whether the government should have a Chief Farmer, growing mushrooms and the impact of the beef wellington trial on the mushroom sector.
Aug 15, 2025
Aug 15, 2025
14 min
Our fortnightly market update, supported by SproutAg.
You can also visit our new grain trading simulator, which can be found here
You can visit the SproutAg website by clicking here
Aug 4, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
1hr 20 min
As the final in our series talking with presenters/panellists from the Future Ag Expo, we have John Bennett on for a chat. A great discussion where we talk about how to fight drought, the protest in Victoria and a whole lot more.
Remember to register for the future ag expo by clicking here
Aug 1, 2025
Roleplaying, personalities and sales
Aug 1, 2025
Aug 1, 2025
1hr 3 min
In the lead-up to the future ag expo, we have a chat with Georgia Stormont. Georgia is a sales coach, and provides advice to companies on how to approach their relationships with farmers. In this podcast we talk about personalities, we do a roll play, and a whole lot more.
Make sure to get organised for the future ag expo by clicking here
Jul 25, 2025
AI Explosion
Jul 25, 2025
Jul 25, 2025
58 min
AgWatchers and Episode 3 have been at the forefront of AI for years, as you all know. It turns out that you can do more than make images from it. We talk to Future Ag Expo presenter Lachie Vogt, who is the founder of Algorithm, an AI developer for agriculture.As usual we talk about a range of topics, both serious and (mostly) not so serious. We also bring back our old intro music after requests from multiple listeners who missed it.Links below:https://futureagexpo.com.au
https://www.aigorithm.com.au
Jul 21, 2025
Indigenous Identity in Agriculture
Jul 21, 2025
Jul 21, 2025
54 min
We have a chat with Joshua Gilbert. Joshua has recently penned a book called Australia's Agricultural Identity, and is presenting at the Future Ag Expo on the 6th to 8th of August. This podcast covered a wide range of topics related to indigenous inclusion in Australian agriculture.
Jul 11, 2025
Agritechnica comes to Australia (again!)
Jul 11, 2025
Jul 11, 2025
52 min
We have a chat with Natalie Green, who is organising the future ag expo in Melbourne from the 6th to 8th of August. This event is a trade show and conference, where AgWatchers will be the MCs for the three days.
On this podcast, we have a frank and honest chat about what went wrong and right last year, and what the plans are for this year. Many conferences in Australia are pretty expensive, this has a lot of good speakers, and only costs a maximum of A$180, and there are some free tickets, if you dont want to hear all the speakers!
Click below to get involved:
https://futureagexpo.com.au
Jul 9, 2025
Jul 9, 2025
52 min
We had a chat with Mick Crowley, the CEO of Meat and Livestock Australia. We chat about dropping the 2030 carbon neutrality plan, the five year plan, using tik tok and a whole range of other topics.
Jul 4, 2025
Episode 300: A big annoucement.
Jul 4, 2025
Jul 4, 2025
1hr 12 sec
Episode 300! On this podcast, like episodes 100 and 200, we have a professional turn the tables and take over our podcast.
We have Warwick Long, presenter of the Victorian Country Hour, on to chat with us. We also have a big announcement at the end of the podcast.
Jun 24, 2025
AgWatchersX EP4: Urea, grains and livestock.
Jun 24, 2025
Jun 24, 2025
17 min
Our fortnightly market update, supported by SproutAg. In this podcast we chat about livestock pricing, and the impact of the Iran/Israel conflict on grain and fert markets.
You can also visit our new grain trading simulator, which can be found here
You can visit the SproutAg website by clicking here
Jun 13, 2025
Jun 13, 2025
16 min
Our fortnightly market update, supported by SproutAg. In this podcast, we update on the my families visit from Scotland (and my aunts trashy magazines), wheat doldrums, Iran and Israel conflict, record beef exports and record low live sheep exports.
You can also visit our new grain trading simulator, which can be found here
You can visit the SproutAg website by clicking here



