CottonInfo: Crop to Top
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How to manage Christmas and the cotton season: tips from fatigue and sleep expert, Prof. Siobahn Banks
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhile it's a much looked forward to time of year, there's no getting around the fact that the silly season coincides with one ...
Spray drift management for summer with Doug McCollum
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe importance of good spray drift management during the high-risk summer months can't be overstated.In this episode we talk about ...
Michael Scobie: Tech & Tell (mini series)
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCottonInfo has a new Irrigation Technical Lead - Toowoomba-based Michael Scobie.Mick is a certified irrigation designer and is involved ...
Quentin Feery-Lawrence: Tech & Tell (mini series)
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMeet our inaugural CottonInfo Digital Agriculture Technical Lead, Quentin Feery-Lawrence. Quentin is fresh off an Agtech scoping tour ac...
What you need to know about fire ants
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textTom Roberts from the National Fire Ant Eradication Program joins the podcast to discuss the invasive characteristics of fire ants and th...
Jon Welsh: Tech & Tell (mini series)
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJon Welsh is the Principal Climate Analyst & Economist at Ag Econ has been part of CottonInfo for more than a decade and has become...
Managing feral pigs in cotton country with Matt Gentle and Tony Lockrey
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJoin us for an in-depth discussion with QDPI Principal Scientist Matt Gentle from Biosecurity Queensland's Pest Animal Research Cen...
The value of sustainability to Australian cotton with Chris Cosgrove
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe latest Sustainability Report for the Australian cotton industry has just been released. We catch up with Chris Cosgrove to find out ...
Understanding carbon in a dryland farming system
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we sit down with CottonInfo’s Technical Lead for Climate, Carbon & Energy Jon Welsh from Ag Econ, and his Technica...
Stacey Vogel: Tech & Tell (mini series)
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textStacey Vogel is CottonInfo's Technical Lead for Natural Resource Management and has made a career out of supporting growers in a nu...
René van der Sluijs: Tech & Tell (mini series)
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe brought you '10 Questions with the Team' to introduce and re-introduce our Regional Extension Officers ... now it's ti...
Managing ratoons and volunteer cotton with Eric Koetz
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we sit down with CottonInfo Tech Lead for Weed Management, Eric Koetz, to talk key herbicide considerations, management ...
Tami Buranda: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Exten...
Annabel Twine: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Exten...
Andrew McKay: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Exten...
Nicole Scott: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textNicole Scott is employed by Cotton Australia as the myBMP Customer Service Manager and is also part of the CottonInfo team.Nicole's...
Bob Ford: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Exten...
Rochelle Field: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Exten...
Greg Bramley: 10 questions with the team (mini series)
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Exten...
Blake Palmer: 10 questions with the team (mini-series)
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Exten...
Janelle Montgomery: 10 questions with the team (mini-series)
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt's the podcast within a podcast! '10 questions with the team' introduces the full CottonInfo team - from Regional Exten...
Kieran O'Keeffe: 10 questions with the team (mini-series)
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt’s the podcast within a podcast! In the '10 questions with the team' mini-series we meet the full CottonInfo team - from R...
Fibre Quality in Focus with René van der Sluijs
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we sit down for an update on René’s recent overseas visit to present to the National Cotton Council of America, his l...
A chat with the experts on vert, fusarium and what you can do NOW for NEXT season
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome 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 ...
Making the most of WAND (Weather and Networked Data system)
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe 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 ...
Disease news: Announcement of new CottonInfo Disease Tech Lead & update on the Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCottonInfo is very pleased to announce its new Technical Lead for Disease - our very own Sharna Holman. Sharna has led industry in the T...
Lessons from the past: from the 'bad old days' to a modern Australian cotton industry
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we're talking IPM – or Integrated Pest Management – and taking a walk down memory lane when things were not as ...
A deep dive into high priority pest: cotton leaf curl virus
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe take a deep dive into one of the Australian cotton industry’s high priority exotic pests - Cotton Leaf Curl Virus - with Qld DPI Pl...
High priority pest Lygus: the American experience
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWith Version 4 of the Biosecurity Plan for the Australian Cotton Industry recently released, the CottonInfo team is on a mission to get ...
Southern NSW Season Establishment & Climate Forecast Drivers for 24-25 (with Kieran O'Keeffe & Jon Welsh)
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCottonInfo REO for Southern NSW Kieran O’Keeffe & CottonInfo Tech Lead for Climate & Energy Jon Welsh offer a wrap-up of their...
Gross Margin Outlook for 2024-25 season with Janine Powell
28 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWith planting and/or planting prep underway in all cotton growing valleys, the industry may be wondering what returns could be expected ...
Making the Cotton Industry a great place for new entrants
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAs 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...
The importance of investing in cotton biosecurity research
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCRDC Senior Innovation Broker Susan Maas drops by the 'Crop to Top' podcast studio to talk about how things are changing when ...
The Economics of Irrigation Change
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this special pod recording live from the 2024 Australian Cotton Conference hear from CottonInfo’s Technical Lead for Energy & C...
In conversation with Kirsten Phillips about the National Biosecurity Hub
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of the Crop to Top 'Biosecurity Excellence Series' we find out more about the National Biosecurity Hub - a cen...
A deep dive discussion into high priority pest: boll weevil (Biosecurity Excellence Series)
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn the last podcast in the Biosecurity Excellence Series, we were joined by Doug McCollum from Cotton Australia and Stuart Kearns from P...
Preparing a new industry biosecurity plan with Doug McCollum & Stuart Kearns (Biosecurity Excellence Series)
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThere’s a new industry biosecurity plan for the cotton industry due for release shortly - but what exactly IS a biosecurity plan, and ...
Biosecurity Excellence - a conversation with Sharna Holman
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThere’s just 6 weeks to go until the 2024 Australian Cotton Conference on Queensland’s Gold Coast!Tune in to hear more from CottonIn...
Factors to consider when planning a pre-emergent herbicide program with Jeff Werth
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPre-emergent (residual) herbicides are becoming increasingly important in weed control strategies but there's much to consider when...
The value of attending Irricom with Lou Gall
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIrricom 2024 - CottonInfo’s third irrigation forum - will take a deep dive into understanding the Water Use Efficiency of siphon-less ...
IPM learnings, lessons and the future: a conversation with Richard Sequeira.
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text Welcome to Season 3 of Crop to Top and the first podcast episode for 2024.This episode was recorded on site in Emerald, Central Queens...
Update on the Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration with Elsie Hudson
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLast year the Australian Cotton Disease Review was completed by the Centre for Crop Disease Management at Curtin University in WA and ou...
New guidelines for managing retention in Bollgard 3 crops
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis podcast features a (virtual) round table discussion between CottonInfo’s IPM Tech Lead Paul Grundy and three CottonInfo REOs (Kie...
Using the WAND system with grower Hamish Clark
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe 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
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSuccessfully planting cotton takes careful planning and good preparation.In this CottonInfo Podcast EXTRA, Cotton Seed Distributor'...
Aphids, mites & Group 1 resistance with Dr Lisa Bird
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe 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 b...
CottonInfo Quick Chat: the power of grower groups with Kieran O'Keeffe
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAt the Australian Cotton Research Conference in early September, CottonInfo REO for Southern New South Wales, Kieran O'Keeffe gave ...
Taking action on disease at a grassroots level with Amanda Thomas
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMegan Woodward caught up with CottonInfo Regional Extension Officer for the Macquarie Valley, and newly appointed Extension Technical Le...
Importance of 'clean slate' crop hygiene with Dr Murray Sharman
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDr Murray Sharman is a Principal Plant Pathologist with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, based in Brisbane.Murray...
CottonInfo Quick Chat: Gross Margin risk analyses with George Revell
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGeorge Revell is a Principal Economist for AgEcon who specialises in investment impact assessments to support improved investment decisi...
Water Advanced Sensing with Andrew McKay
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we catch up with CottonInfo REO for St George, Dirranbandi & Border Rivers - Andrew McKay. Andrew has played a criti...
Securing an engaged and adaptable workforce with Dr Nicole McDonald
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDr Nicole McDonald is a Senior Research Officer with CQ University and she’s also the lead on a project called SHIFT, which is part of...
CQ Update with Kim Stevens
06 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we catch up with CottonInfo's Regional Extension Officer in Central Queensland, Kim Stevens.Kim offers an update on...
Crop hygiene & winter clean-up with Paul Grundy
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPaul Grundy is CottonInfo’s Techical Lead for Integrated Pest Management and works for Qld DAF.In a season that started cold and soggy...
CottonInfo Quick Chat: Nitrogen Management with Jon Baird
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJon Baird is CottonInfo’s Techical Lead for Nutrition and works for NSW DPI. He’s been on the road a lot during the first quarter of...
Fibre Quality with Rene van der Sluijs
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode we speak with Rene van der Sluijs - he's the Principal Consultant at Textile Technical Services and for the past de...
CottonInfo Feature Interview: Warwick Waters
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAfter a hiatus, the CottonInfo 'Crop to Top' podcast is back for 2023!In this feature interview, CottonInfo's Megan Woodw...
Bats on cotton farms - how these tiny mammals can help you
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textYou might not have seen them – but there is a fair chance that they are on your farm. In this episode of Crop to Top, Brad Pfeffer tal...
Talking defoliation with Don Biffen and Mike Bange
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Brad Pfeffer is talking defoliation with industry experts on the topic: Don Biffen and Michael Bange (CSD). If you&apos...
Herbicide resistance: Lessons from the United States
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textPalmer Amaranth has a reputation of being a superweed. In this episode, Eric Koetz from CottonInfo talks with Stanley Culpepper from the...
Reducing contamination at picking (Part 2)
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn the second part of our series on reducing contamination at picking, in this episode we talk with the CottonInfo Technical Lead for Fi...
Reducing contamination at picking (part 1)
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is the first of a two-part podcast looking at the issue of contamination at picking. In this episode, we talk with the CottonInfo T...
Jumping in boots and all to a four metre wheel spacing
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Brad Pfeffer sits down with Dalby cotton grower Dan Hayllor to talk about the work that the family has done to reduce c...
Effective spray application: Cotton grower perspectives
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of Crop to Top, Brad Pfeffer with CottonInfo talks with two growers on the topic of spray management and reducing drift....
Grower perspectives: Bankless channel irrigation and automation
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this podcast we hear from St George growers Craig Saunders and Lucas Wuersching about their experience with (automated) bankless chan...
The cotton industry workforce: A chat with Dr Nicole McDonald
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCottonInfo's Sharna Holman interviews University of Central Queensland researcher, Dr Nicole McDonald, about her research into the ...
Irrigation benchmarking
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this podcast, CottonInfo's Sharna Holman interviews the NSW DPI water benchmarking team.
Andrew Bate: Swarm Farm Robotics
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this podcast, we speak with farmer and agronomist Andrew Bate who has a vision to use robotics to revolutionise the way we farm. Andr...