In this episode of The Week in Beef:

• The EYCI continues to climb, feeder prices are at record highs and processors are cutting shifts – we take a look at the market.
• Meet Frederic Leroy, one of the independent scientists who has become one of the meat industry’s biggest defenders.
• Irish farmer, John Gilliland shares how he is working his way through increasingly variable seasons.
• The number of the week looks at illegally obtained footage from animal activists and why the science doesn’t add up on claims that red meat causes cancer. 

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Previous Week in Beef episodes

5 November – Podcast: Behind the sale of 4000 Brahmans | Questions over forecasts | Is grazing grass land clearing? – Beef Central

29 October – Podcast: Cattle prices reach 2026 high | Levy vote nears | How to splatter a locust – Beef Central

22 October – Producer’s biggest rain in three years | Market rallies | Meet the Aussie butcher team