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#150 Chan Solo

The socialist revolution starts here. Guardian rural editor Gabrielle Chan aka Chan Guevara has forcibly taken over the AgWatchers studio and is holding us ransom until we answer her questions. We are forced through interrogation to answer questions for our 150th episode. We cover dumpster diving, fertilizer, carbon/biodiversity markets, competition and what's ahead in 2023.The revolution will not be televised. It will be over a podcast.

#149 We meat a butcher

On this podcast, we chat with Alison Meagher, the butcher girl. We have a chat about being a butcher, the meat industry, access to offal and fake meat. 
A great chat and will make you feel hungry. 

#148 A solution to farm labour pains

We have a massive labour shortage in Australia - what are the solutions?
We are joined by Ronald Recinos, the Guatemalan Ambassador to Australia. Guatemala has a temporary guest worker program with Canada. Thousands of Guatemalans travel to Canada every year to work on agricultural and horticultural properties. 
Guatemala would like to offer the same to Australia. Would this work? Let's have a chat and see. 

#147 The market brief

A quick update on markets with Matt and Andrew. Grains, livestock and the wider macro environment. 

#146 The rain mainly falls on the grain

We have Adam Clarke, a trade grain broker and high school friend of Matt, on the podcast this week. 
In this discussion, we chat about the impact of wet weather on grain, how the market is performing and try and get some dirt on Matt from his high school days. 

#145 Farming in the land of the long white cloud

In the first of our collaborations with the Global Sheep Forum. In this episode, we have a chat with Ben Galloway from New Zealand. 
We chat about the issues facing agriculture in New Zealand, including carbon, labour and much more. 
You can find more about the global sheep forum at www.globalsheepforum.com

#144 Bringing technology to livestock pricing.

We have a chat with R Kelly, also known as Rob Kelly. Rob is an old mate of the AgWatchers team and is the managing director of Agora Livestock, a new price discovery tool for the livestock industry. 
 
He used to work in the grain industry and was one of the designers of 'Daily Grain' on the west coast. As always we cover a huge range of topics. 

#143 The AgWatchers / Global Sheep Forum Launch

We were joined to launch our collaboration with the Global Sheep Forum by Bonnie Skinner of Sheep Producers Australia and Nicholas Jolly of Beef + Lamb New Zealand. On a monthly basis, AgWatchers will be collaborating with the Global Sheep Forum. We will be interviewing farmers from around the world to discuss the issues and opportunities they face. 

#142 The wool over your ears

We have a chat with Marius Cuming about the recent AWI campaign about man made fibres. We also provide AWI with solutions to assist the wool industry grow and make more $

#141 Livestock, grains and fertilizer

We have a quick chat about the volatility of the grain market, issues with livestock and the purpose of the fertilizer census. 

#140 Ukrainian update from the ground with Elena.

We have a chat with Elena Neroba, a grains professional from Ukraine. We found out about how Elena has been going since the war started, what the feeling on the ground is, and the impacts on the grain industry. 
 
We also discussed the #GRAIN4UKRAINE campaign and why you should donate grain using NGR 15004442.

#139 No meatworks, no livestock industry

We have a chat with Patrick Hutchinson, CEO of the Australian Meat Industry Council. We talk about the issues around labour in meatworks, the media response to FMD, and free trade agreements that are in progress - and a whole lot more.  

#138 The Next Episode - what is in store for TEM?

TEM is no more, but the journey is never over. 
Today we engage in our next episode. In this chat, we discuss the evolution of TEM to EP3. Recently, we have agreed to take over the TEM website and rebrand to a new entity owned entirely by the two of us.Thanks for the support of everyone over the past two years and into the future. 

#137 When will fertilizer prices fall?

We invite regular guest (x6) Chris Lawson back onto the podcast to have a chat about the fertilizer market. Chris is the head of fert for CRU Group, an industrial and fertilizer analysis firm. 

#136 Fertilizer to the moon, Red meat in demand

A very quick discussion on the big drivers in the market. Red meat demand heats up, risk of higher fertilizer pricing and Putin helping drive grain prices higher. 

#135 Falling grain prices and rising livestock numbers

We have a market chat. Lots of livestock data out - FSR, Cattle on feed and sheep turnoff. The grain market has also come under a lot of pressure with pricing levels falling. 

#134 Counting sheep and singing you to sleep.

We are joined by Bonnie Skinner, CEO of Sheep Producers Australia. Our chit-chat includes discussions of traceability, the gov biosecurity response, Chinese trade ban rumours, our new intro music and inflation impact on demand. 

#133 You having a Raff? with Senator Ciccone

Senator Raff Ciccone joins AgWatchers for chit-chat. Raff has launched a senate inquiry into the government biosecurity response to FMD/Varroa mite, which is ongoing. 
We chat about food security, biosecurity, ag labour, FMD, diversity of markets and local manufacturing of inputs. 

#132 The Bees Knees with Dugald Saunders MP

We have a chat with Dugald Saunders MP, the agricultural minister for NSW. Biosecurity has been the hot topic of the last two months, but NSW is battling through its own devastating outbreak - Varroa mite in bees. 
In this short conversation, we have a chat about EID tags, FMD responses and what is happening with the varroa mite outbreak in NSW. 

#131 Calm the Farm

Just the two of us, a short podcast. We chat more about falling livestock pricing, why we need to calm down about FMD, grain/fert pricing and food inflation.