AgWatchers

AgWatchers X EP10: The new A$138 million bill for ag from the government.

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our fortnightly market update. We talk about grains, cattle, sheep and the new change in who pays for export certifications from the government. 

Australian agriculture hitting new highs

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

When you Whish upon a senator.

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

AgWatchersX EP9: Trump-XI.

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our fortnightly market update. We talk about grains, cattle, sheep and wool - and the new Trump deal. 

AgWatchersX EP8: Farmers aid, cattle exports, grains holding

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

The pests invading Australia

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Aus...

AgWatchersX EP7: Biofuels bonanza (for grain and livestock), beef/sheep prices rocketing higher

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our fortnightly market update. We talk on this podcast about the livestock industry trending higher, the sheep ships no longer coming and the impact o...

Who represents farmers in Parliament?

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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.  T...

AgWatchersX EP6: Why are grain prices low, grain fed beef on the rise

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our fortnightly market update, supported by SproutAg.   You can also visit our new grain trading simulator, which can be found here You can visit t...

Chief of farming, Mushroom farming and beef wellingtons

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 h...

AgWatchers X5: Canadian Canola Cancelled, Livestock going gangbusters

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our fortnightly market update, supported by SproutAg.   You can also visit our new grain trading simulator, which can be found here You can visit t...

Fighting Drought, protesting policy and more with John Bennett

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Roleplaying, personalities and sales

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 appro...

AI Explosion

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Indigenous Identity in Agriculture

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 Exp...

Agritechnica comes to Australia (again!)

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 con...

MLA CEO: End of carbon neutral 2030, 5 year plan and more.

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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, ...

Episode 300: A big annoucement.

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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, pre...

AgWatchersX EP4: Urea, grains and livestock.

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our fortnightly market update, supported by SproutAg.  In this podcast we chat about livestock pricing, and the impact of the Iran/Israel conflict on...

AgWatchersX EP3: Israel vs Iran, trashy magazines, wheat doldrums and record meat exports.

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our fortnightly market update, supported by SproutAg.  In this podcast, we update on the my families visit from Scotland (and my aunts trashy magazin...

Drought in South Australia

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this podcast, we have a chat with Brad Perry, the CEO of Grain Producers South Australia. We chat with Brad just after he has toured South Australi...

AgWatchers X EP2: Record lamb pricing, where are the drought premiums?

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our fortnightly market update, supported by SproutAg.  In this podcast, we update on the tariff roundabout, record-high lamb prices, and the lack of ...

The conversations that count.

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we have Brad Hogg, a former professional cricketer originally hailing from Narrogin in WA and Rachael Oxborrrow an executive officer ...

Why doesn't it rain on me, in SA and Victoria?

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On today's podcast, we chat with Dale Grey. Dale works with Agriculture Victoria and is our go-to when it comes to understanding weather and climate i...

Financing the farm, unrealised capital gains and hitchhikers.

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we have Troy Constance, the CEO of Sprout Ag, a finance brokerage firm. Troy is a fountain of knowledge on how financing and refinanc...

AgWatchersX EP1: The ag markets update

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have renamed our fortnightly market update to make it sound cooler than it is. It is now AgWatchersX (Extra). This fortnightly update will update y...

From paddocks to power: Climate, Politics & the Future of Farming

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we have Natalie Collard from Farmers for Climate Action. In this podcast, we have a chat about the election results, their priorities...

Australia: The Complacent Nation

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this sobering episode, we invited back a previous guest, episode 106, John Blackburn AO. John, a former air vice-marshal and Deputy Chief of the RA...

AgWatchers+ EP17: Sheep through the roof, mixed in cattle and grains potential.

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This podcast ...

Profit and preparation with Kate Burke

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with Kate Burke, who has been running her consultancy Think Agri for ten years. In this podcast, we talk about a range of topics includ...

Grain election priorities and autonomous farming

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We invited Andrew Weidemann AM and Colin Bettles of Grain Producers Australia onto the podcast to talk about what their election priorities. They tell...

AgWatchers+ EP16: Market dynamics in livestock, currency and low stocks of grains.

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This podcast ...

ALP's offer for agriculture

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this podcast we have the agricultural minister Julie Collins onto the podcast to discuss a wide range of topics. Will ALP vote for live export reve...

AgWatchers+ EP15: Deluge in the north

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. For this podc...

Growing wealth away from the farm.

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's important to remember not to have all your eggs in one basket unless you are an egg farmer; if you have eggs, hold onto them because they are wor...

AgWatchers+ Ep14: Wheat/corn stocks very tight, cattle on grain and Chinese barriers to US beef

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. In this podca...

The Bignell outlook

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We invite Stephen Bignell, Manager of Market Information and NLRS at MLA, to the podcast. We chat about everything from cattle/sheep numbers to the li...

Hoiberg Tangent

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We invite podcast regular Dr Ryan Hoiberg back onto the podcast for another chat. We discuss a whole range of tangents. 

Trade tariffs trash canola trade

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Canola prices have crashed in Canada and Australia.  We've been getting a bunch of questions from producers and those in the industry about the effe...

AgWatchers+ Ep13: Trumps tricky tariffs and local markets

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. In this podca...

David Littlepround joins AgWatchers for a chat.

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have the Hon. David Littleproud MP on the podcast to give us a quick update on his views. We chatted about the live sheep phaseout (and its adverti...

AgWatchers+ Ep12: Bad European rules, wheat rally, cattle rebuild and sheep fall

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia.  This podcas...

Agriculture at the movies

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a year since 'Just a Farmer' was released; it has been well received and has an 8.1 score on IMDB, coincidentally the exact same rating as T...

Peasants, preppers and guns

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with international man of mystery Martin Murray, about his recent trips to Rome and Berlin representing young Australian farmers, and h...

AgWatchers+ EP11: Trump tariffs impact on canola, cattle and sheep pricing

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week we ...

Ewe've Got Mail: The Sheepish Side of Data

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we chat with Will Barton, CEO of Gundagai Meat Processors. Will is one of us, a data nerd. In this podcast we have a chat about the l...

Best ag movies, paraquat and the looming election impact

25 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The last time we had Colin on the podcast, a few days later, he ended up in a coma in San Francisco. Thankfully, he is back at the helm of Grain Produ...

AgWatchers+ EP10 : Weaners, middle east peace and declining grain stocks

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week we ...

The real inauguration - new VFF president

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The AgWatchers Podcast welcomed the previous VFF president (Emma Germano) onto the podcast many times, and we wish her all the best as she moves on fr...

AgWatchers+ EP9 : Red meat good, wheat potential and urea cheaper

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week we ...

Meat the world

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast, we have a chat with Sam Munsie from the Australian Meat Industry Council. In this conversation, we chat about the importance of free ...

That's a wrap on 2025 - next year will be more exciting.

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are coming up to another orbit of the sun, and we thought we would do a quick round-up of some of the things that have happened in agriculture and ...

AgWatchers+ EP8: Betting on wheat, Mutton record and China slowdown.

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week we ...

Zeitgeist: Bovaer, Woolies protest and China wants us

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Zeitgeist, we have a chat about three major news stories breaking in agriculture. The feed additive Bovaer, and the conspiracy theories around...

What's all the fuss with the pommies?

01 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The usually reserved British farmers are protesting against the government. What's it all about though? We invited David Eudall, from AHDB in the UK o...

AgWatchers+ EP7: Cattle, Sheep and Grains update

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week we ...

The drinks are on us

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast we have a chat with Shanna Whan, the founder of Sober in the Country. At AgWatchers, we are partial to a little tipple, but her charit...

AgWatchers+ EP6: Trump Victory Special.

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week, we...

Land prices and foreign ownership

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 differenc...

AgWatchers+ EP5

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week, we...

These roads are trucked.

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with Rachel Smith the Executive Director at Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association. Trucking in Australia has many ch...

Overcoming grief.

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ev...

AgWatchers+ EP4

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week, we...

Zeitgeist 3: Chemical ban, China stimulus and dockworkers

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

AgWatchers+ EP3

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers provides a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This week, we...

El Presidente of Australian agriculture

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Zeitgeist 2: Making it rain, Unhappy growers and supermarket competition

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

AgWatchers+ EP2

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In conjunction with AuctionsPlus, AgWatchers are providing a fortnightly update on the drivers of the main agricultural markets in Australia. This wee...

What's happening with the grain trade?

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Zeitgeist 1 - Rally, cheese and Ag chemicals

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Zeitgeist : the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era On the Agwatchers podcast, we are never fearful of failure and trying ne...

Would you like a beer?

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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 Pu...

AgWatchers+ EP1

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our podcasts are generally interviews with guests, and we have probably been neglecting market updates. On a fortnightly basis, we will now be providi...

Hoiberg Tangent: New labour laws and redundancies in ag.

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The climate of the farmers

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the Agwatchers podcast we have spoken to most of the farmer representative groups in Australian agriculture. In this podcast we have on the relativ...

Election, Paraquat, break dancing and more

13 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We had a chat with Shona Gawal, CEO of Grain Growers Limited.  This wide-ranging discussion includes the Olympics, breakdancing, Star Wars, paraquat...

AgTechWatchers: Reducing paperwork, cybersecurity and misinformation in AG

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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...

The farmer with many hats

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

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, ...

Inheriting problems and solutions.

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with Gillian Fennell aka Stationmum101. She has a range of roles in agriculture. In this podcast, we discuss succession, which seems to...

AgTechWatchers: He's a funghi

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with Guy Webb, the founder of Loam Bio. In this podcast, we learn about adding fungal spores along with your seed to increase carbon in...

Don't be a careless farmer, or you might end up in a crop of trouble

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast we have a chat with Stevi Howdle, the executive office of Farmsafe Australia. It is farm safety week, and we have a chat about the imp...

The Agwatchers find love.........

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A bit more of a lighthearted topic this week. We chat to Mia Ryan, the founder of Howdy. Howdy is a dating app like tinder or grindr but is designed f...

Going viral in agriculture

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with award-winning Mandy Matthews, AKA rattle ya dags.  Mandy works in the sheep industry in Western Australia, both on farms and live...

The final end for live sheep exports?

02 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Overnight, the senate voted through the bill to ban live sheep exports from Australia. In May 2028, there will be no more sheep going via boat.  In t...

Senate decisions, livestock prices doubling and grain prices crashing

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A quick market update from the two of us. We have a chat about the live export bill going through the senate, the livestock market, grain market and u...

Colin Bettles: Robots, peak body funding, chemicals and a lot more.

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with Colin Bettles, CEO of Grain Producers Australia. We chat about the funding of peak bodies (follow on from Emma Germano podcast), a...

The onus is on you to count carbon on farm.

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with Will Onus, co-founder of Ruminati. We have a chat about baselines for emissions reporting, and what is going to be happening in th...

Court cases, peak body funding and the VFF

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We had a long discussion with Emma Germano, the outgoing president of the Victorian Farmers Federation. In this podcast, we discuss the events of the ...

Check yo self, before you represent yo self.

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with Tony Maher, CEO of the National Farmers Federation. In this discussion, we ask the important questions, like did they manage to ea...

Drag acts, advocacy, kebabs and communicating with the city.

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have Milly Nolan on the podcast, who was formerly with Humans of Agriculture and the livestock collective. We talk about communication between ag...

Baby Reindeer, livestock and grain pricing.

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A quick chat where we cover off on baby reindeer, livestock and grain pricing. 

The state of the government.

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with David Littleproud about the live export phase-out, the biosecurity levy, the cattle live ex payout and a whole lot more. 

The rise of the machines

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with an old colleague of AgWatchers, Michael De Kleuver. Michael has just set up the world's nearly completely autonomous wool-handling...

Trump, wheat rally and virus in the meat

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Just the two of this week, as we haven't had the time to get a guest on. A quick market update covering the rally in the wheat market, bird flu in the...

Happy hour with the Dry Farmer

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have another chat with Trevor Whittington, CEO of WA Farmers and author of the Dry Farmer (click here). As always on our chat with Trevor, we discu...

Praise to the meat.

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We record a podcast with animal scientist Robert Hewitt; Robert goes by the Twitter handle @meat_evangalist and has a very data and objective approach...

What's happening in the ag markets?

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We do a quick market summary of what is happening across grains and livestock. 

Exposing the future of ag

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have Natalie Green, event organiser of the future ag expo, a new expo and conference held at the Melbourne showgrounds in April, which will display...

Causing a Hassell

26 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by John Hassell, President of WA Farmers and Vice President of the National Farmers Federation. John is from Pingelly, Western Australia...

Pip off the old block

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we welcome Pip Courtney, the host of ABC Landline, onto the podcast. In this podcast, we talk about a range of topics from her favourite st...

Will AI take over our farms?

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a chat with Ben Pankhurst of Agtech by Design. Ben founded a business that uses AI/machine learning to detect and spray weeds in paddocks.  D...