CottonInfo: Crop to Top
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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.
Episodis Recents
84 episodis
Tim Weaver: Tech & Tell (mini series)
Introducing the new CottonInfo Nutrition and Plant Physiology Technical Lead - Tim Weaver.
From school teacher to cotton researcher, Tim Weaver...
Graham Charles: Tech & Tell (mini series)
Introducing the new CottonInfo Weeds Technical Lead - Graham Charles.
From humble beginnings on a mixed farm and an unexpected entry into cotton...
Clever Cotton at the halfway mark with Susan Maas
In this episode, CRDC’s Susan Maas joins the podcast to update us on the progress of CRDC's 'Clever Cotton' Strategic Plan at the halfway mark.
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Digital and Data Solutions for Cotton Systems: the new microcredential from the CRDC Cotton Course
Thinking about getting more value from the data you’re already collecting on‑farm – or not sure where to start?
Then the CRDC Cotton Course micr...
The Pest they Didn’t See Coming: lessons from the Indian Cotton Jassid Outbreak in America
In this episode, we unpack the rapid and unexpected spread of the Indian cotton jassid across the US Cotton Belt, just 18 months after first being det...
El Niño & cutting through the climate noise with Jon Welsh
Megan Woodward chats with CottonInfo Technical Lead and climate specialist Jon Welsh about why eastern cotton regions are starting dry, how El Niño ev...
From Alabama to the Darling Downs: an American View of Australian Cotton
In early March, Extension Agronomist Eddie McGriff from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and Dr Scott Graham, Extension Entomologist at Alabam...
2025-26 season: what the disease samples have told us
In this episode, Megan is joined by CottonInfo Technical Lead Sharna Holman, and state disease pathologists Dr Dinesh Kafle (QLD) and Dr Chi Nguyen (N...
Nicole Bell: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
It's official - CottonInfo has a Regional Extension Officer in northern Australia!
In this episode, we sit down with Nicole Bell, CottonInfo’s f...
Making fatigue manageable - not inevitable
In this episode, we sit down with fatigue experts Professor Sally Ferguson (CQ University) and Kerri-Lynn Peachey (University of Sydney) to unpack the...
Creating the Australian Cotton Pathogen Collection with Dr Cassy Percy
As part of the Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration (ACDC), Dr Cassy Percy from UniSQ is leading a project that's working to create the Australian...
Everything you need to know about the new CRDC Cotton Course
The brand new CRDC Cotton Course offers flexible, targeted learning for people across the Australian cotton industry.
Delivered by the Universit...
The importance of record keeping in chemical use with Geoff Cahill
It's not the most glamourous aspect of growing a crop, but record keeping when it comes to chemical use is critically important.
In this episode...
10 years on: CottonInfo Irrigation Automation Tour (Part 3) with Shawn Padman
In the final episode in our three-part series about the 2015 CottonInfo Irrigation Automation Tour we sit down with manufacturer and retailer Shawn Pa...
10 years on: CottonInfo Irrigation Automation Tour (Part 2) with Andrew Watson
In Part 2 of our 10 years on from the CottonInfo Irrigation Automation Tour pod chats, we catch up with NSW cotton grower Andrew Watson.
We cove...
((SEASON 5)) 10 years on: CottonInfo Irrigation Automation Tour (Part 1) with Janelle Montgomery
Welcome to Season 5 of the CottonInfo 'Crop to Top' podcast!
A decade on, the 2015 CottonInfo Irrigation Automation Tour is still referenced as...
How to manage Christmas and the cotton season: tips from fatigue and sleep expert, Prof. Siobahn Banks
While it's a much looked forward to time of year, there's no getting around the fact that the silly season coincides with one of the busiest times of...
Spray drift management for summer with Doug McCollum
The importance of good spray drift management during the high-risk summer months can't be overstated.
In this episode we talk about controlling...
Michael Scobie: Tech & Tell (mini series)
CottonInfo has a new Irrigation Technical Lead - Toowoomba-based Michael Scobie.
Mick is a certified irrigation designer and is involved in one...
Quentin Feery-Lawrence: Tech & Tell (mini series)
Meet our inaugural CottonInfo Digital Agriculture Technical Lead, Quentin Feery-Lawrence. Quentin is fresh off an Agtech scoping tour across major cot...
What you need to know about fire ants
Tom Roberts from the National Fire Ant Eradication Program joins the podcast to discuss the invasive characteristics of fire ants and the broad risks...
Jon Welsh: Tech & Tell (mini series)
Jon Welsh is the Principal Climate Analyst & Economist at Ag Econ has been part of CottonInfo for more than a decade and has become a trusted Technica...
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...