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CottonInfo: Crop to Top
by CottonInfo
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
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LIVE: The Carbon Conversation panel from the 2026 Australian Cotton Conference
Carbon is one of the biggest topics in agriculture right now, but what does it actually mean for cotton growers? In this live recording from the 2026 Australian Cotton Conference, we break it down with practical insights and real grower experiences - no hype, just the conversation that matters....
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A Comprehensive Guide to the Classification of Upland Cotton: an Australian-first guide
There's a lot more to cotton classification than meets the eye! In this episode, we unpack how fibre quality is measured and why those results matter for processing, spinning performance and your bottom line - and how a brand new Australian-first CottonInfo guide is breaking it all down. A...
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Modern fish screens on cotton farms
Modern fish screens are proving to be a win-win for both the environment and farm operations, helping protect native fish populations while improving irrigation efficiency. In this episode, Rod Price (NSW DPI) and Stacey Vogel (CottonInfo/CRDC) discuss how modern fish screens are helping reduce...
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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 joins CottonInfo with plenty of insight into what really matters in crop nutrition. Tim shares his passion for working in cotton, how the industry has...
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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, Graham shares how a passion for pastures evolved into a leading role in weed management for the cotton industry that has culminated in his new position...
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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. From big investments in a new industry data platform and the Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration, to hands-on work in Northern Australia and across...
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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 microcredential Digital and Data Solutions for Cotton Systems is for you. In this episode, we're joined by Ian Simpson and Stephen Cattle from the University...
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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 detected. Dr Scott Graham - who featured in a recent episode on his visit to Australian cotton farms on the Darling Downs - shares firsthand insights...
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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 events really behave behind the headlines, and what growers can do now to manage risk using history, not hysteria. Resources and information…
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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 Alabama's Auburn University, travelled to Australia to tour key cropping systems - with Australian cotton high on their list. Joined by members of the...
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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 (NSW) - who are both part of the Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration - to unpack what the 2025–26 cotton disease season has really been telling…
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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 first-ever REO for the region, based in Kununurra. Nicole shares her winding path into the cotton industry — from growing up in Narrabri and studying...
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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 CRDC-supported research project Farming and Fatigue: Growing Sensible Solutions. Sally and Kerri-Lynn explore why fatigue is a major risk during...
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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 Cotton Pathogen Collection. The project aims to fill gaps in knowledge around key cotton pathogens that will help Australian cotton growers make...
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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 University of Sydney in partnership with CottonInfo and Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD), the course consists of three microcredentials designed to build knowledge...
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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 get some practical tips for effective record keeping, especially during the spray season, as well some of the things you might be able to do better to...
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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 Padman from Padman Group. This is a great chat from a different perspective with someone who was also part of the tour a decade ago, who has ridden…
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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 cover off on the evolution of Andrew's irrigation practices - from the trigger points and decision-making process to implementing automation technology on…
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((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 a turning point in how the industry came to understand new irrigation technologies, fostering and supporting the adoption of automation practices in the...
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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 the cotton season. In this episode we chat with Professor Siobahn Banks from UniSA about how cotton growers and farm managers can best manage the...
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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 the controllables (and managing the uncontrollable elements), the critical role of communication among growers and the broader community and the…
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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 of CRDC's new research projects that is focused on reducing water loss from storages using floating solar panels.
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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 cotton valleys, where he visited growers and technology providers to identify common challenges and opportunities for technology adoption in the…
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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 they pose to agriculture, infrastructure, and the wider community. While fire ants are not considered a direct threat to cotton yield, there are...
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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 Technical Lead in his expert fields of climate, energy and carbon. In this episode we get to know Jon a bit better - his family farming background, how he...
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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 Tony Lockery, Manager of AMPS based in Moree. In this episode we cover feral pig biology and population growth, the impact feral pigs have on…
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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 the report findings, what it means for growers and exactly what it means when we talk about sustainability. Access the new Australian cotton...
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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 Econ colleague Johanna Hansson to talk about recent research that’s explored the economic and environmental impacts of soil carbon management in...
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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 areas including biodiversity, and waterway and soil management. In the latest 'Tech & Tell' episode, learn about how Stacey got into the NRM space…
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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 CottonInfo Technical Leads. In this episode we get to know our Technical Lead for Fibre Quality - René van der Sluijs - a bit better, learning…
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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 irrigated and dryland operations, XtendFlex options, and the impact of recent wet conditions on weed management decisions. RESOURCES: 2025 Australian...
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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 Leads & myBMP Managers. In this episode, meet our new REO in Central Queensland, Tami Buranda. Tami joins the team with a strong background in research...
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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 Leads & myBMP Managers. In this episode, come and have a chat with Annabel Twine, our REO on the Darling Downs. She was nearly lost to the vet and...
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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 Leads & myBMP Managers. In this episode, find out a bit more about Andrew McKay. He's done a lot, seen a lot, and enjoys his cotton community and his…
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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 career background is incredibly impressive and varied and she's now been with the myBMP program for more than a decade. Learn more about why Nicole loves her gig…
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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 Leads & myBMP Managers. In this episode, find out a bit more about Bob Ford - a familiar face and name in the Namoi - who is now one of CottonInfo's...
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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 Leads & myBMP Managers. In this episode, meet Rochelle Field - CottonInfo's new REO in the Macquarie Valley. After originally aspiring to be a vet,...
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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 Leads & myBMP Managers. In this episode, get to know the new CottonInfo REO in the Gwydir - Greg Bramley. After growing up on a mixed farm in the…
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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 Leads & myBMP Managers. In this episode, get to know one of our new REOs in the Namoi - who also happens to be our CottonInfo Soil Health Tech Lead -...
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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 Montgomery. Starting out in ag economics, Janelle's heart has always...
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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 mini-series episode with sit down for a chat with one of...
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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 industry ahead of the pick and post-harvest processes for…
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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 Wide Management meeting with Dr Karen Kirkby from NSW DPI and…
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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 inversions to help reduce spray drift. Listen to this...
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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 joins the podcast to talk about the role and what she's…
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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 about reduction in insecticide use, R&D taking a broader...
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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 virus overseas firsthand.
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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 understanding of pests that have been identified as Cotton Industry High Priority Pests; the ones we know are already doing damage in other parts of the...
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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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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, considering the current and forecast prices of three key drivers…
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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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