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The 'Know & Show Your Carbon Footprint' initiative will develop an easy-to-access tool to help growers better understanding their on-farm baseline carbon emissions and residual footprint and make better-informed decisions.

On International Women's Day, CRDC-supported cotton researcher Professor Neena Mitter of QAAFI has been named one of 50 women at the cutting edge of science in Australia by Cosmos Magazine.

Research scientist Dr Cong Vu was tonight announced as the CRDC-supported ABARES Science and Innovation Award winner for 2023. Cong is applying his experience using nanoparticles for cancer treatment to protect Aussie cotton crops from drought.

The Autumn 2023 edition of CRDC's Spotlight magazine is now out! In this ed, we look at the rollout of the WAND spray hazard warning system, plus new research into helping prevent human rights abuses in our supply chain.

CRDC and our fellow Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) are in Adelaide this week for the AgriFutures Australia event, evokeAG.

Australia's cotton growers are generally also grain growers - so we work closely with our sister corporation, GRDC, to deliver impactful R&D. Yesterday, CRDC's directors and senior managers met with our counterparts at GRDC.

Tomorrow is the International Day of Women & Girls in Science: a great opportunity to recognise & thank all the women who work in cotton research.

From ABC Rural: New technology is being rolled out across key cotton and grain growing regions to help prevent crop damage from spray drift as farmers face millions of dollars in losses.

Australian cotton enjoys a global reputation as a crop grown under decent working conditions. However, once our cotton is shipped offshore and enters the global value chain, visibility is lost to an opaque system.