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.
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 58
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
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…
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…
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 helpi…
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 as…
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 prepare…
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 rev…
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?
Fi…
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 C…
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 plan…
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 Techn…
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 Lea…
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) …
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 Me…
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 t…
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 …
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 an explainer of the season that was and gain an …
CottonInfo Quick Chat: the power of grower groups with Kieran O'Keeffe
At the Australian Cotton Research Conference in early September, CottonInfo REO for Southern New South Wales, Kieran O'Keeffe gave a great presentation around the power of grower groups when it comes…
Taking action on disease at a grassroots level with Amanda Thomas
Megan Woodward caught up with CottonInfo Regional Extension Officer for the Macquarie Valley, and newly appointed Extension Technical Lead for Disease, Amanda Thomas, on site at the Australian Cotton…
Importance of 'clean slate' crop hygiene with Dr Murray Sharman
Dr Murray Sharman is a Principal Plant Pathologist with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, based in Brisbane.
Murray reports that while no actual losses were reported due to Cotto…
CottonInfo Quick Chat: Gross Margin risk analyses with George Revell
George Revell is a Principal Economist for AgEcon who specialises in investment impact assessments to support improved investment decision making.
George is a regular contributor to CottonInfo, most r…