S6 Ep17: Graeme Acton Beef Connections program member, Millie Unthank

About this episode

Millie Unthank discusses her journey in the beef industry and the importance of data in agriculture technology.

Along with eight other young beef industry stakeholders, NSW's Millie Unthank is one of this year's Graeme Acton Beef Connections program participants. In this episode of The Weekly Grill, Kerry Lonergan interviews Millie, Ag Tech Manager for the McDonald family's MDH operations in North Queensland. She outlines her rural upbringing, studies in bioengineering and computer science, and how she moved from southern saleyards to managing large‑scale agtech in northern beef production. The pair discuss the importance of clean, foundational data for AI and decision‑making, balancing traditional stockmanship with automation, connectivity solutions like Starlink, and Millie’s recent, early experiences as part of the Graeme Acton Beef Connections Program. Millie is also writing a monthly diary countdown towards the Beef Connections program's conclusion at Beef 2027 in Rocky next May, appearing on Beef Central. Click here to read her first entry, published today. The Weekly Grill is brought to listeners by: Rhinogard and Bovi-Shield MH-One - the One Shot, One Spray, One Time BRD Vaccines by Zoetis. Ceres Tags Gen 6

People in this episode

Host: Kerry Lonergan

Guest: Millie Unthank

Topics covered

• beef industry
• agriculture technology
• data management
• AI in agriculture
• youth in agriculture
• interview

Keywords

• beef connections
• ag tech
• data for AI
• stockmanship
• automation
• Starlink
• youth stakeholders

Sponsors

Rhinogard, Bovi-Shield MH-One, Zoetis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Graeme Acton Beef Connections program, McDonald family's MDH operations, Beef Central

Products: Bovi-Shield MH-One, Rhinogard

Places: North Queensland, southern saleyards, Rocky

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