The Week in Beef
Podcast Description
The Week in Beef is a weekly update of all the biggest stories from the Australian beef industry. Hosted by Beef Central journalists Lydia Burton and Eric Barker, the podcast uses the company’s unique connection with stakeholders across the beef supply chain from paddock to plate to give you a short an easy to digest update on what is making news that week.
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Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on various topics relevant to the beef industry, such as cattle pricing trends, livestock export statistics, and environmental issues like methane emissions, with specific episodes discussing cattle price trajectories and the implications of abandoning carbon neutrality goals.

The Week in Beef is a weekly update of all the biggest stories from the Australian beef industry. Hosted by Beef Central journalists Lydia Burton and Eric Barker, the podcast uses the company’s unique connection with stakeholders across the beef supply chain from paddock to plate to give you a short an easy to digest update on what is making news that week.
The Week in Beef is proundly brought to you by Rabobank.
In this episode of The Week in Beef:
- Red meat exports caught up in the Middle Eastern conflict, Beef Central publisher James Nason runs through the implications for Australian agriculture.
- Jon Condon explains the latest decision on a proposal change the breed description of cattle going into Angus beef brands.
- With cattle ticks wreaking havoc in recent times, producer Ivan Hay explains how much an outbreak costs.
- And the number of the week looks at the export share of Australian beef, Australia’s fuel supply, huge investment in regenerative agriculture and the total value of Australian agriculture.
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