Listen "S5 Ep29: Roger Fletcher, the bush billionaire"
Episode Synopsis
In this week's episode, podcast host Kerry Lonergan catches up with processor Roger Fletcher, the man behind Australia's most successful integrated sheep meat processing business, Fletcher International. In a wide ranging conversation, the pair discuss Roger's humble beginnings droving sheep around Glen Innes; the opportunities he seized along the way to help build his $1.4b empire; and current high lamb prices, and how sustainable they are.
Other topics of conversation include:
Why he never got into cattle
Expanding interests in Western Australia
Exclusion fencing
Today's challenges
Lot feeding sheep
Saying 'no' to Kerry Packer
... and more
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