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 18 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 59
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
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…
Water Advanced Sensing with Andrew McKay
In this episode we catch up with CottonInfo REO for St George, Dirranbandi & Border Rivers - Andrew McKay. Andrew has played a critical extension role to the CRDC-supported Bankless Irrigation Optimi…
Securing an engaged and adaptable workforce with Dr Nicole McDonald
Dr 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 a CRDC funded action-research project officially known as ‘Deliv…
CQ Update with Kim Stevens
In this episode we catch up with CottonInfo's Regional Extension Officer in Central Queensland, Kim Stevens.
Kim offers an update on an extremely busy end of April/start of May in her district, includ…
Crop hygiene & winter clean-up with Paul Grundy
Paul Grundy is CottonInfo’s Techical Lead for Integrated Pest Management and works for Qld DAF.
In a season that started cold and soggy, Paul reckons that to ensure a decent 23/24 season the time is n…
CottonInfo Quick Chat: Nitrogen Management with Jon Baird
Jon 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 2023, both across the cotton industry and with the grains industry…
Fibre Quality with Rene van der Sluijs
In this episode we speak with Rene van der Sluijs - he's the Principal Consultant at Textile Technical Services and for the past decade he’s been CottonInfo’s Technical Lead for fibre quality.
He's fr…
CottonInfo Feature Interview: Warwick Waters
After a hiatus, the CottonInfo 'Crop to Top' podcast is back for 2023!
In this feature interview, CottonInfo's Megan Woodward speaks with Program Manager Warwick Waters - and they cover a lot of groun…
Bats on cotton farms - how these tiny mammals can help you
You 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 talks with Professor Stuart Parsons about bats and how they fit into…
Talking defoliation with Don Biffen and Mike Bange
In this episode, Brad Pfeffer is talking defoliation with industry experts on the topic: Don Biffen and Michael Bange (CSD).
If you're looking for more information on defoliation CottonInfo has plent…
Herbicide resistance: Lessons from the United States
Palmer Amaranth has a reputation of being a superweed. In this episode, Eric Koetz from CottonInfo talks with Stanley Culpepper from the University of Georgia about the experience in the United State…
Reducing contamination at picking (Part 2)
In the second part of our series on reducing contamination at picking, in this episode we talk with the CottonInfo Technical Lead for Fibre Quality, Rene van der Sluijs on the topics of natural conta…
Reducing contamination at picking (part 1)
This is the first of a two-part podcast looking at the issue of contamination at picking. In this episode, we talk with the CottonInfo Technical Lead for fibre quality, Rene van der Sluijs, and St Ge…
Jumping in boots and all to a four metre wheel spacing
In this episode, Brad Pfeffer sits down with Dalby cotton grower Dan Hayllor to talk about the work that the family has done to reduce compaction from machinery. One of the big changes that they have…
Effective spray application: Cotton grower perspectives
In this episode of Crop to Top, Brad Pfeffer with CottonInfo talks with two growers on the topic of spray management and reducing drift. We meet with Delungra grower Charles Boileau to talk about his…
Grower perspectives: Bankless channel irrigation and automation
In this podcast we hear from St George growers Craig Saunders and Lucas Wuersching about their experience with (automated) bankless channel irrigation with tailwater backup. Craig and Lucas talk abou…
The cotton industry workforce: A chat with Dr Nicole McDonald
CottonInfo's Sharna Holman interviews University of Central Queensland researcher, Dr Nicole McDonald, about her research into the cotton industry workforce.
Irrigation benchmarking
In this podcast, CottonInfo's Sharna Holman interviews the NSW DPI water benchmarking team.
Andrew Bate: Swarm Farm Robotics
In this podcast, we speak with farmer and agronomist Andrew Bate who has a vision to use robotics to revolutionise the way we farm. Andrew and Jocie Bate farm “Bendee” near Emerald on the QLD Central…