AgWatchers – Details, episodes & analysis

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. 

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. 

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. 

We have a chat with Patrick Hutchinson, CEO of the Australian Meat Industry Council. Patrick is open for a robust discussion as always and we cover off on free trade, labour and policy. 

As part of our Global Sheep Forum partnership, we had a chat with English sheep and cereal farmer Ed Brant from Lincolnshire. 

We chat about trade, succession, issues with farming, brexit, Jeremy Clarkson and much more.

We have a chat with Steve Noa, founder of 'The Merino Polo'. We have a chat with Steve about setting up a business making merino polos for Australia. 

We also chat about all things to do with working with Chinese suppliers and what is happening in the wool industry. 

Ryan Hoiberg of Rimfire resources joins the podcast to chat about labour issues. We cover the issues facing white and blue collar jobs and what graduates need to do to get a decent job. 

In the second part of our monthly series for the Global Sheep Forum, we have a chat with Brady Evans from Texas.

When we think of Texas, we think oil and cattle - not sheep. Brady has set up a diversified business in the sheep industry, including retailing sheep meat in the small town of Snyder in West Texas.  We hear from Brady about the challenges and opportunities for US sheep producers. 

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.

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.