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CottonInfo: Crop to Top
CottonInfo is the Australian cotton industry’s joint extension program.In the Crop to Top podcast, we bring you conversations with the program's Regional Extension Officers and Technical Leads, as well as researchers and cotton growers connected to CottonInfo with a story to share.
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Managing feral pigs in cotton country with Matt Gentle and Tony Lockrey
Join us for an in-depth discussion with QDPI Principal Scientist Matt Gentle from Biosecurity Queensland's Pest Animal Research Centre and agronomist...

The value of sustainability to Australian cotton with Chris Cosgrove
The latest Sustainability Report for the Australian cotton industry has just been released. We catch up with Chris Cosgrove to find out about some of...

Understanding carbon in a dryland farming system
In this episode we sit down with CottonInfo’s Technical Lead for Climate, Carbon & Energy Jon Welsh from Ag Econ, and his Technical Lead support & Ag...

Stacey Vogel: Tech & Tell (mini series)
Stacey Vogel is CottonInfo's Technical Lead for Natural Resource Management and has made a career out of supporting growers in a number of different a...

René van der Sluijs: Tech & Tell (mini series)
We brought you '10 Questions with the Team' to introduce and re-introduce our Regional Extension Officers ... now it's time for 'Tech & Tell' with our...

Managing ratoons and volunteer cotton with Eric Koetz
In this episode we sit down with CottonInfo Tech Lead for Weed Management, Eric Koetz, to talk key herbicide considerations, management options for ir...

Tami Buranda: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
It's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Extension Officers, Technical Lead...

Annabel Twine: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
It's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Extension Officers, Technical Lead...

Andrew McKay: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
It's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Extension Officers, Technical Lead...

Nicole Scott: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
Nicole Scott is employed by Cotton Australia as the myBMP Customer Service Manager and is also part of the CottonInfo team.
Nicole's care...

Bob Ford: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
It's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Extension Officers, Technical Lead...

Rochelle Field: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
It's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Extension Officers, Technical Lead...

Greg Bramley: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
It's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Extension Officers, Technical Lead...

Blake Palmer: 10 questions with the team (mini-series)
It's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Extension Officers, Technical Lead...

Janelle Montgomery: 10 questions with the team (mini-series)
It's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Extension Officers, Technical Lead...

Kieran O'Keeffe: 10 questions with the team (mini-series)
It’s the podcast within a podcast! In the '10 questions with the team' mini-series we meet the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Extension Officers...

Fibre Quality in Focus with René van der Sluijs
In this episode we sit down for an update on René’s recent overseas visit to present to the National Cotton Council of America, his learnings on what...

A chat with the experts on vert, fusarium and what you can do NOW for NEXT season
Welcome to Season 4 of CottonInfo’s ‘Crop to Top’ podcast! We’re back with our first podcast for 2025 and it’s a cracker of a conversation.
As l...

Making the most of WAND (Weather and Networked Data system)
The WAND system first went live in the Summer of 2022 - now two years on we catch up with Goanna Ag’s CEO Jay Jalota for an update on uptake of the sy...

Disease news: Announcement of new CottonInfo Disease Tech Lead & update on the Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration
CottonInfo is very pleased to announce its new Technical Lead for Disease - our very own Sharna Holman. Sharna has led industry in the Tech Lead role...

Lessons from the past: from the 'bad old days' to a modern Australian cotton industry
In this episode we're talking IPM – or Integrated Pest Management – and taking a walk down memory lane when things were not as bright for the industry...

A deep dive into high priority pest: cotton leaf curl virus
We take a deep dive into one of the Australian cotton industry’s high priority exotic pests - Cotton Leaf Curl Virus - with Qld DPI Plant Pathologist,...

High priority pest Lygus: the American experience
With Version 4 of the Biosecurity Plan for the Australian Cotton Industry recently released, the CottonInfo team is on a mission to get a better under...

Southern NSW Season Establishment & Climate Forecast Drivers for 24-25 (with Kieran O'Keeffe & Jon Welsh)
CottonInfo REO for Southern NSW Kieran O’Keeffe & CottonInfo Tech Lead for Climate & Energy Jon Welsh offer a wrap-up of their recent climate workshop...

Gross Margin Outlook for 2024-25 season with Janine Powell
With planting and/or planting prep underway in all cotton growing valleys, the industry may be wondering what returns could be expected from the 2024-...

Making the Cotton Industry a great place for new entrants
As season 24/25 gets underway, now is the time to make sure every new hire in your farming business is given the best support to succeed and thrive in...

The importance of investing in cotton biosecurity research
CRDC Senior Innovation Broker Susan Maas drops by the 'Crop to Top' podcast studio to talk about how things are changing when it comes to the challeng...

The Economics of Irrigation Change
In this special pod recording live from the 2024 Australian Cotton Conference hear from CottonInfo’s Technical Lead for Energy & Climate Jon Welsh abo...

In conversation with Kirsten Phillips about the National Biosecurity Hub
In this episode of the Crop to Top 'Biosecurity Excellence Series' we find out more about the National Biosecurity Hub - a centralised platform for bi...

A deep dive discussion into high priority pest: boll weevil (Biosecurity Excellence Series)
In the last podcast in the Biosecurity Excellence Series, we were joined by Doug McCollum from Cotton Australia and Stuart Kearns from Plant Health Au...

Preparing a new industry biosecurity plan with Doug McCollum & Stuart Kearns (Biosecurity Excellence Series)
There’s a new industry biosecurity plan for the cotton industry due for release shortly - but what exactly IS a biosecurity plan, and how is the pest...

Biosecurity Excellence - a conversation with Sharna Holman
There’s just 6 weeks to go until the 2024 Australian Cotton Conference on Queensland’s Gold Coast!
Tune in to hear more from CottonInfo’s Techni...

Factors to consider when planning a pre-emergent herbicide program with Jeff Werth
Pre-emergent (residual) herbicides are becoming increasingly important in weed control strategies but there's much to consider when planning a residua...

The value of attending Irricom with Lou Gall
Irricom 2024 - CottonInfo’s third irrigation forum - will take a deep dive into understanding the Water Use Efficiency of siphon-less and bankless des...

IPM learnings, lessons and the future: a conversation with Richard Sequeira.
Welcome to Season 3 of Crop to Top and the first podcast episode for 2024.
This episode was recorded on site in Emerald, Central Queensl...

Update on the Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration with Elsie Hudson
Last year the Australian Cotton Disease Review was completed by the Centre for Crop Disease Management at Curtin University in WA and out of that … th...

New guidelines for managing retention in Bollgard 3 crops
This podcast features a (virtual) round table discussion between CottonInfo’s IPM Tech Lead Paul Grundy and three CottonInfo REOs (Kieran O’Keeffe, Am...

Using the WAND system with grower Hamish Clark
The Weather And Networked Data (WAND) network of towers is a joint project between CRDC, GRDC and GoannaAg that launched late 2022.
The n...

CottonInfo Podcast EXTRA: Planting Prep
Successfully planting cotton takes careful planning and good preparation.
In this CottonInfo Podcast EXTRA, Cotton Seed Distributor's Chr...

Aphids, mites & Group 1 resistance with Dr Lisa Bird
The new season is upon us and aphids are back on the radar and mites have been difficult to get on top of - so we thought there was no better time for...