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.
The Week in Beef is proundly brought to you by Rabobank.
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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.
Feedlot capacity is continuing to surge in Australia, with pen space to support hundreds-of-thousands of cattle either recently come online or currently under construction.
Beef Central has been on the phones trying to find who is behind the current expansions and this episode the Week in Beef will explore some of the learnings from the exercise.
Also on the show:
- Beef Central publisher Jon Condon unpacks the sale of Kimberly Meat Company and prospects of more processing in the north.
- Riverina producer Michael Gooden explains how he plans to build carbon in his soil.
- The number of the week looks at the Melbourne Cup, cattle prices and a surge in value of foetal blood.
Available every Thursday afternoon on the Beef Central website, or via YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, I Heart Radio, Podbean and other podcast platforms. Search for: The week in beef and click subscribe.

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