The Full Bottle

Episode 19: The 2023 season with Nathan Hancock

Join us for the last episode of the year, saving the best for last, with Citrus Australia CEO Nathan Hancock. In this episode, Nathan talks about the year that was, and the that will be. Get insights on this year’s production, challenges the industry has faced and what the Citrus Australia team have been getting up to. Get an understanding on citrus exports and international markets, as well as what predictions are in mind for 2024. We hope this episode leaves you satisfied, and we can’t wait to greet our listeners in the new year. Until then, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from The Full Bottle.
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Episode 18: What’s bugging citrus biosecurity?

Welcome to another episode of The Full Bottle podcasts with your humble hosts Matt Jones and Gabby Torpey. This week we’ve got a serious case of the psyllids but luckily, we’ve brought on-board Research and Development Scientist Francesco Martoni who’s going to help set some facts straight about Australia’s native psyllids, what he’s learning, and how important this research is for biosecurity preparedness. Speaking of biosecurity, Citrus Australia’s Biosecurity Manager, Jessica Lye joins us in our outro this month to give a few updates on everything going on in the next few months with the biosecurity. Tune in and enjoy!
 
Mentions in the podcast:
Francesco Martoni: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesco-martoni-884a25245/
Australian Citrus Congress: https://citrusaustralia.com.au/australian-citrus-congress-2024/
 
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Episode 17: Traceability in citrus

We caught up with Agriculture Victoria's Program Manager in Traceability, Caroline Barrett to talk about the pilot project of traceability in the citrus industry. Join hosts Matt and Gabby as they wrap their heads around everything that is traceability within the citrus industry.
 
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Further resources: 
Caroline’s art: https://www.instagram.com/sketchycaroline/?hl=en
More on traceability: https://citrusaustralia.com.au/growers-industry/traceability/ and https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/export/traceability
Agriculture Victoria’s podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fvrpjCKpe0vQsRKJbdDJf

Episode 16: You can’t take the plant out of the girl

Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Senior Horticulturalist Helen Hoffman joins ‘co-host’ Matt Jones for an episode of the Full Bottle all about Helen and her life in plants. This new style of episode highlights the interesting and incredible people of the Australian citrus industry - getting to know them and their work. Helen is just one of these amazing people, having conducted vital citrus research in granulation of imperial mandarins and contributed to the Australian Citrus News as well as the Australian mandarin production manual. You might not know Helen, but you’ve probably benefited from her work.  
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Episode 15: Ghost orchards in Florida

Welcome to another episode of the full bottle podcast with your helpful hosts, Matt and Gabby. In this episode, guest speakers from Fresh Produce Group Horticultural Technologist, Tristan Smith and Nutrano Produce Group Farm Manager, Craig Estens lead an eye-opening discussion around the haunting battle of Huanglongbing (HLB) and Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) incursions in Florida and California.  
Prepare to take a deep dive into the world of citrus farming with factors and practices influencing the spread and management of HLB and ACP. What can Australian growers learn from their American counterparts in terms of prevention, early detection, and innovative control strategies? Tune in and listen to our guests’ message of proactive preparedness, and what an incursion might cost Australia’s citrus industry.  
Direct message us a short voice recording through our Instagram or Facebook page how your season is going, and debut in the next episode of the Full Bottle podcast. 
Tristan Smith: https://fpg.com.au/ 
Craig Estens: https://nutrano.com.au/ 
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This project was co funded by the Plant Health Australia citrus levy. The tour was organised through the CitrusWatch program, which is funded by Hort Innovation through the Citrus R&D Levy. To see what other initiatives and actions are being done to protect and prepare industry head to the biosecurity page on the Citrus Australia website at citrusaustralia.com.au/biosecurity. 

Episode 14: Going places and meeting new faces

Welcome to this very weird episode of The Full Bottle podcast where we’re going to meet a bunch of new people from various events in the horticultural industry this past month. A particularly special episode, introducing Citrus Australia’s Communication Manager (and our new co-host), Matt Jones. Thank you to Warren Davies aka The Unbreakable Farmer, and Jenny McLeod for sharing their knowledge and time as our special guests. You can find out more about Warren through his website or on his social media below. We also mention our own Australian Citrus Congress. Save the date 6-7 March 2024, Sunshine Coast.
Warren Davies: https://www.theunbreakablefarmer.com.au/
Health and wellbeing resources for growers: https://citrusaustralia.com.au/growers-industry/healthandwellbeing/
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Episode 13: An Imperial impact

Get up north (or down south or round east) of Australia to hear all about how the Imperial mandarin harvest is going from growers in Southern Queensland. This week your hosts are Gabby Torpey, and podcast rookie Ebony Faichney - Citrus Australia’s Market Development Officer based in Mareeba, Queensland- recording at the Rotary FNQ Field Days. Joining us on the podcast is Gayndah Grower Matt Benham, Rich Fruits Farming Operations Manager Tim Teague and Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Senior Horticulturalist, Helen Hoffman.
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Episode 12: Meeting Mike Arnold

Welcome to yet another episode of The Full Bottle podcast with your hosts Gabby and Stephen. In this episode we venture far away to the lovely riverside properties in South Australia, stopping to visit Hall of Fame award winner Mike Arnold at his hobby farm home. A man who is most famously known for his work to help develop AusCitrus - the “not for profit” industry organisation comprising citrus growers and nurserymen from each State – and locally known for his work in the Country Fire Services. Citrus Australia CEO Nathan Hancock also drops in with a short and sweet message for listeners at the end of the episode.  
Sadly, this is the last episode with host Stephen Cooke as he takes a journey into a new workforce. Join us in listening and wishing him farewell in this episode. 
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Episode 11: The MOF Reviewed, Relaunched and Responded

Join hosts Gabby and Stephen at the Citrus Australia Market Outlook Forum 2023 where they sat down with speakers to cover a range of topics presented at the forum.

Episode 10: Back from the USA

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 travel to California to learn about their citrus industry and bring ideas and other concepts home to Australia. You’ll soon find out they’ve made some great friends on the tour and had some eye-opening discoveries along the way. 
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