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.
Episodes
48 episodes
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 Leads & myBMP Managers.In this episode, get to know our Program Manager, Janelle Montgo...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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13:32
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, Technical Leads & myBMP managers - and even our own Program Manager.In this first...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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9:55
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 RD&E priorities American and Australian cotton growers share, as well as his message to in...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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17:23
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 late season disease sampling gets underway, we extend a conversation had a recent Area W...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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18:04
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 system that’s using CRDC & GRDC backed science to help growers detect and predict hazardous ...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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10:19
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 for Biosecurity and the addition of the Disease portfolio makes perfect sense.Sharna j...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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12:43
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 as they are currently.This discussion will form part on an ongoing, broader discussion...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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16:23
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, Murray Sharman, and hear from CQ consultant Damien Erbacher who has seen the impact of the vi...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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26:14
High priority pest Lygus: the American experience
With Version 4 of the Biosecurity Plan for the Australian Cotto...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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40:59
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 workshops in Coleambally & Griffith.
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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10:35
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 2024-25 cotton crop.Ag Econ has run a few gross margin (GM) projections of their own...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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11:40
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 cotton industry.Hear from Dr Nicole McDonald on the new induction guide foc...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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8:53
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 challenges of biosecurity and how research can & is helping the cotton industry to understand, &am...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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14:41
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 about his recent analysis of costings & economics associated with irrigation conve...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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11:22
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 biosecurity training to support biosecurity preparedness, response and recovery.Kirsten P...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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10:21
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 Australia to talk about the soon to be released revised cotton industry biosecurity plan and dis...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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17:37
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 status of particular pests actually determined?Find out the answers to these que...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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15:37
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 Technical Lead for Biosecurity, Sharna Holman, about why the CottonInfo team is planning to help ‘Se...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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8:39
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 residual herbicide program, as they do require more planning when considering crop rotations....
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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13:59
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 designs.Tune in to hear more from CottonInfo’s Technical Lead for Irrigation Lou Gall on t...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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10:07
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 Queensland and features a conversation between our CottonInfo Tech Lead for IPM Paul G...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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23:46
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 … the Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration (ACDC) was been given the green light from the Cotto...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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11:42
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, Amanda Thomas & Janelle Montgomery) talking with Megan Woodward about the surprising trial r...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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18:38
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 network allows growers to see the latest weather readings from their local tower, and predicts whethe...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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9:57
CottonInfo Podcast EXTRA: Planting Prep
Successfully planting cotton takes careful planning and good preparation.In this CottonInfo Podcast EXTRA, Cotton Seed Distributor's Chris Barry has a chat with grower John Cameron - a winner of the CSD Fast Start Award - about his appr...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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14:11