The Full Bottle

Welcome to a very exciting episode with some well-known and celebrated guests from the citrus industry (not including Stephen). Join hosts Gabby and Stephen, just returned from America with a new outlook on pizza and tacos, as well as Timmel Ridge Estate Owner and operator, Tim Vandenberg and Southern Cross Farms Director, Peter O’Donnell (well known as ‘Pod’). Both took up the opportunity to trav...

Welcome back to The Full Bottle podcast in 2023!  This episode is brought to you by a collection of passionate researchers working in the fascinating field of rootstocks and varieties. Joining our host Gabby on the podcast is New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) Research Horticulturalist, Dave Monks who talks about all the interesting varieties he is working on. Queensland De...

Stephen and Gabby go full banter in a test of knowledge of The Full Bottle podcast. Our loyal fans might know the answers to our citrus questionnaire but will our hosts?   Our last episode of the year on the last Monday of the year. Wishing all our listeners a safe and happy holidays. You’ll hear back from us in January 2023!    Provide Feedback to The Full Bottle team through this link: https://l...

Welcome to the second last episode of the year. In the spirit of the upcoming year, we thought we would bring you a podcast all about the future - succession planning. AgriPlus Director and Principal Advisor, Janine McLean, gives a professional perspective and breakdown of what is myth and what is fact when it comes to succession planning. South Australian fourth-generation citrus growing family,...

The Citrus Australia team have been very busy in this episode of The Full Bottle. Bringing you interviews from our regional forums in the Murray Valley, Riverland, Riverina and Southern Queensland full of updates on industry-funded research and other projects. We caught up with Head of Business Development Leatrice Treharne from Port of Melbourne, postharvest specialist John Golding from NSW DPI a...

Welcome to episode 5 of The Full Bottle, a Citrus Australia podcast. This episode is all about CitrusWatch: a national citrus industry preparedness and exotic pest surveillance program. Our two special guests are Citrus Australia’s Dr Jessica Lye and Andie Wong who are ready to talk all things CitrusWatch and biosecurity in the Australian citrus industry.   CitrusWatch is funded by Hort Innovation...

This episode brings you special guests Ben Rogers from the National Farmers Federation, Matthew Palise from Red Rich Fruits, and Kerry Thompson from our very own Citrus Australia, to talk about changes to the piece rate system, PALM Scheme and what’s next after the axing of the Agriculture Visa. Matt is the Managing Director of Rich Rich Fruits and dials in from Eastern Creek, NSW, to discuss usin...

Stephen and Gabby bring you three spectacular guests from the Murray Valley to talk about albedo breakdown, the cellulite of citrus. Grower David Stevens provides advice to growers on how to manage albedo breakdown, then Tania Chapman of Nutrano Produce Group joins us to provide her perspective as a packer, what consumers need to understand about albedo breakdown and what technology is implemented...

Stephen and Gabby travel to the Riverina, one of Australia’s largest growing regions, producing more than 7000 hectares of oranges alone. On this road trip they visit Justin Davidson in Stranbridge, who grows 100 % juice varieties, all year round, to talk about what being a fifth-generation grower means to him. On the way they stop at Tony Nardi’s of Nanji Pty Ltd to talk about the Citrus Australi...

What’s The Full Bottle? Tune into Episode 1 and let us explain. Gabby Torpey speaks with special guest Ryan Arnold about his experiences with protective cropping, and we revisit the Citrus Technical Forum held in March, where speakers including Rabobank’s Michael Harvey share their thoughts on supply issues and labour challenges.   Link to Ryan’s weather station:  https://www.awsnetwork.com.au/sta...

Stephen Cooke and Citrus Australia CEO Nathan Hancock introduce the first citrus-industry podcast for Aussie citrus growers, The Full Bottle. Tune in at the end of each month for a new episode with special guests from growers outstanding in their field, researchers undergoing projects to benefit the industry and much more!     If you have a topic or area you want to learn about, or a guest speaker...