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 got into the cotton industry - as well as the latest on his most recent research project. We also take a deep dive into the current climate outlook for the 25/26 cotton season ahead. Resource...

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 cotton and grain crops, the control tactics and management strategies available to growers and the current research looking in to quantifying crop damage.

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 sustainability website here: https://australiancottonsustainability.org.au/ Read the latest Sustainability Report here: Cotton Australia Sustainability | 2024 Australian Cotton…

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 dryland cotton cropping systems. You can access the DCRA case studies here: AgEcon/DCRA Carbon Case Studies | CottonInfo

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 and cotton, and hear more about a new series of CottonInfo fact sheets on biodiversity measurement, natural capital accounting, and environmental markets, that aim to prepare cotton growers f...

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 about his international upbringing, early career in textiles and his transition to the Australian cotton industry. René also shares some insights from his recent visit to Brazil and makes some astute...

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 Cotton Production Manual | CottonInfo 2024-25 Cotton Pest Management Guide | CottonInfo BIOSECURITY/STEWARDSHIP: Managing ratoons and volunteers | CottonInfo

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 and science, an obvious passion for the cotton industry and a fantastic energy for her new home base in Emerald.

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 horticulture industries - but landed in cotton - falling in love with the dynamic and progressive nature of the industry.

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 job a lot! An REO with CottonInfo since 2018, Andrew shares his thoughts on the challenges and rewards of working in extension, and his excitement about the future of CottonInfo.

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 and why the connection between myBMP and cotton research, development and extension is a critical one.

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 Regional Extension Officers for the Namoi Valley, as well as contributing one day a week to the myBMP program. Bob's been working in the Australian cotton industry since 1993 and says it's all thank...

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, Rochelle fell in love with the cotton industry after a summer working as a bug checker back in 2017 - and she's been hooked ever since!

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 Murray Valley, Greg's had a diverse career, from starting as a rural accountant to working in the NSW Police, to honing his technical skills in ag science.

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 - Blake Palmer. Blake has multi-generational roots in the Namoi and despite his initial reluctance to head into tertiary education, he's now passionate about applying research to benefit the cotton i...

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 been in the field. After a stint with NAB and ABARES, she headed back to university to do her Masters, followed by a PhD - that set the course for a career in cotton.

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 CottonInfo’s original members who has been with the program from the very beginning - Southern NSW Regional Extension Officer, Kieran O’Keeffe.

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 the 25/26 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 Kirby from NSW DPI and Warwick Stiller from CSIRO about verticillium and fusarium, plus the considerations growers should make now for next season.

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 10-minute overview of why WAND is a smart choice this summer. More information: Empowering growers with real-time weather insights for safe spray application — Goanna Ag Wand - Log in 24 forecast...