The Weekly Grill is Beef Central's podcast with host, Kerry Lonergan. Each week Kerry chats with a beef industry mover and shaker - turning up the heat and asking questions about the burning issues and topics that impact the beef sector.
S6 EP32: The opportunities and challenges ahead for lotfeeders. We talk to BeefEx delegates
In today's episode of The Weekly Grill host Kerry Lonergan sits down with a geographically diverse group of lotfeeders attending last week's BeefEx grainfed industry conference, to discuss the current feedlot operating environment, the impacts from the rapidly drying seasonal conditions, grainfed beef trade outlook and the challenges and opportunities they see lying ahead.
Among the cohort Kerry speaks to are Emily Perkins from Ravensworth, Caitlin Herbert from Gundamain; Geoff Cornford from Sandalwood, Lachie, Robin & Ali Hart from Stockyard, Don Mackay who is leading a new northern feedlot development project and technology provider Trevor Gartner from Vytelle Sense Group, about the opportunities in selecting feeder cattle for feed efficiency and low methane.
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S6 Ep31: Inside the making of a 200,000‑head feedlot - Dr. Kee Jim’s Nebraska Vision
In today's episode of The Weekly Grill host Kerry Lonergan sits down with big thinking US lotfeeder, Dr. Kee Jim. Dr Jim was a keynote speaker at Beef Ex 2026. He discusses his company's vision, the challenges, and benefits of building a modern 200,000‑head feedlot in Nebraska.
He covers supply strategies including dairy‑beef programs, impacts of low US cattle numbers, trade and import challenges, environmental regulation and manure management, and how scale drives efficiency in modern feedlot production.
In this week's episode Kerry Lonergan catches up with Professor Derrell Peel of Oklahoma State about the U.S. beef market: record‑high prices amid multi‑decade low cattle inventories, limited herd rebuilding, and the roles of drought, feedlot practices and profitability.
Professor Peel also discusses rising imports for lean grinding beef, trade disruptions with Mexico and Canada, Brazil’s growing production, and why short‑term policy moves are unlikely to quickly change supply or retail prices.
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