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AgWatchers

Andrew Whitelaw & Matt Dalgleish

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.

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32:49

What in the world?

AgWatchers ·

2024/03/12

It's just the two of us, as Matt and Andrew chat about what's happening in grain and livestock markets. We also give an educational lesson on the Hawthorne effect.

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01:11:13

Getting new foods on supermarket shelves.

AgWatchers ·

2024/03/07

We chat with Angeline Achariya, CEO of Innovation Gamechangers. Angeline worked in some of the world's biggest food companies, developing new products that end up on supermarket shelves. In this interesting discussion, we discuss everything from cinnamon twisties to fried food. Angeline will be presenting at the Futureagexpo in Melbourne in April alongside Andrew and Matt. You can find out about the expo at futureagexpo.com.au

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56:38

It's a bug's life.

AgWatchers ·

2024/03/05

We have a chat with Olympia Yarger, CEO of Goterra. A company turning food waste into fertilizer and food/feed. Olympia is was the Australian of the year for ACT in 2023, and has a species of fly named after her. She will be presenting at the future ag expo in Melbourne next month (futureagexpo.com.au). In this very lighthearted podcast we chat about everything from waste removal, animal feed and fertilizer shortages, and crossfitters use of cricket powder.........

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59:42

AgWatchers go to the movies with Just a Farmer.

AgWatchers ·

2024/02/27

We were excited to have the producer, writer and main after of the new movie 'Just a Farmer'. Leila and Sean McDougall are farmers from Western Victoria who have moved into the movie business.This film, set in Tatyoon, Western Victoria, is a fascinating film funded and created by farmers and has a host of big-name Australian actors. Unfortunately, the AgWatchers were not picked up in the casting of this. The film is being released in cinemas around the country on the 21st of March; make sure

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32:54

Market Morsel - A conversation about commodities.

AgWatchers ·

2024/02/21

Just the two of us. Matt and Andrew have a conversation about livestock, grain and fertilizer pricing. Along with a few other tangents.

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01:00:31

Keeping it rural

AgWatchers ·

2024/02/16

We have a chat with Dimity Smith, of Gro Events and Gro Rural. As always we cover a huge range of topics; should events be rural or in cities, finding rural talent for contracts, running an EP3 commodities course in New Caledonia, Barnaby Joyce on a night out and a whole lot more.

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01:13:28

Agriculture for all

AgWatchers ·

2024/02/09

We have a chat with Madeleine Stuchbery, a journalist with the Weekly Times. We chat about our recent article about the inclusion of women on agricultural boards. In this chat we delve into diversity, inclusion, access to services in regions, paying for content and a whole lot more. You can read her article by clicking here

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01:03:17

The Queen of Sheepa

AgWatchers ·

2024/02/05

On this podcast, we have Jo Hall, CEO of Wool Producers Australia (WPA). Jo represents the interests of wool growers across the country. She discusses why WPA have removed support for the governments plan to mandate EID tags in sheep, their views on the new biosecurity levy and the prospect of processing more wool within Australia rather than sending it all to China.

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45:30

Ute ban, MV Bahijah and the NFF relationship with...

AgWatchers ·

2024/02/02

We have David Jochinke, the current president of the NFF and the immediate previous VFF president onto the podcast for a chat after 3 months in the NFF president role. In this podcast, we discuss various topics, including government policy, the MV Bahijah in Freo, the ban on utes and a lot more. Remember to share the podcast with your friends and family.

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53:03

This is a conversation starter

AgWatchers ·

2024/01/31

Mental wellness is a huge issue in regional areas, and one that we need to more open about and remove the stigma. We have a chat with Jason Banks, the CO-Ceo of TIACS aka This is a conversation starter. This organisation, set up by the founders of Trade Mutt (See here), is a counselling service for blue-collar workers - truckies, tradies and farmers. This service provides eight free counselling sessions for those who need to get on top of their mental fitness. The conversations was very

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45:18

Skyes the limit in agtech.

AgWatchers ·

2024/01/28

We have a chat with Skye Raward, co-founder of Farmers2Founders, a program to assist Australian food producers in collaborating with tech developers. In this discussion, we cover topics from getting investment to women in tech. As a bonus, a list of Scottish inventions is provided.

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49:05

The ag minister from the shadows.

AgWatchers ·

2024/01/24

We had a chat with shadow agricultural minister David Littleproud about a wide variety of topics and how he thinks the current government is performing.

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48:07

Biosecurity - a new levy or a tax?

AgWatchers ·

2024/01/21

We have a chat with Colin Bettles, CEO of Grain Producers Australia. Last week, a huge section of agricultural representatives sent a letter to the government advocating for the removal of the new biosecurity levy. In this chat, we discuss this, along with the cost of living pressures for everyday Australians - specifically beer!

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52:31

You're so Wyn*, you probably think this auctions...

AgWatchers ·

2024/01/19

We have a chat with Wyn Snyman, the new CEO of Auctionsplus. We chat about the COVID impact on online livestock auctions, new competitors in the space, the Auctionsplus foray into media and a whole lot more. *Wyn is pronounced vein

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44:59

Meat Vending Machine

AgWatchers ·

2024/01/17

We have a chat with Jacob Wolki (@jakewolki), who has set up a direct-to-customer meat retailing business. We chat about how this works with no retail staff. In our conversation we also learn about how he makes money from vegan complaints.

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29:32

#205 The end of 2023

AgWatchers ·

2023/12/30

We had a quick chat about what we found interesting about 2023.

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55:02

#204 Thinking outside, or on the box.

AgWatchers ·

2023/12/19

We had a chat with livestock market analyst Tim McRae, head of markets at On the Box. On the box is a new addition to the online auction space. We find out about the new start-up, but also have a lot of debate about livestock markets and markets in general.

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57:38

#203 It’s all smoke and clear mirrors.

AgWatchers ·

2023/12/14

"I used to have a job cleaning mirrors. It's something I could really see myself doing." We have a chat with Trent Smoker, General Manager at Clear Grain. Trent talks about his biggest career achievement - bringing Andrew into Australian agriculture. We also talk about change in the grain industry, transacting online, grain 'marketing' plans and a whole lot more.

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45:06

#202 Love me tender, love me inputs.

AgWatchers ·

2023/12/07

Inputs have been an issue in recent years; they have increased dramatically in price, and there have been supposed shortages. We hard about a new start-up called iinputs.com, which wants to be the website for farm tenders, allowing farmers to tender out their input purchases in agchem. We like to hear about new ideas, so invited the founder, Fraser on to explain what it is.

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50:29

#201 The king of black pudding.

AgWatchers ·

2023/11/30

In this episode, we have a hero of the agwatchers hosts - Jim Arrowsmith of Pacdon Park. Pacdon Park are a supplier of British smallgoods from pork pies to black pudding. We chat about setting up a small goods business, the costs of business, access to staff and a whole lot more.

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