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Three CRDC-supported researchers have been named as finalists in the 2024 CSD Cotton Researcher of the Year Award by Cotton Australia: Dr Lisa Bird of NSW DPI, Dr Nicole McDonald of Central Qld University and Dr Alice Payne of RMIT.

Australia’s first cross-sectoral carbon accounting engine is now live - with support from CRDC – giving the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors a standardised approach to carbon accounting across a wide range of commodities including cotton.

"Stuart Armitage is getting bitten by spiders more and more as the years go on, but he doesn't mind — it's a small price to pay for progress at his Queensland cotton farm. Prior to 1996 Mr Armitage would have had a hard time finding a spider in his paddocks or on many other Australian cotton farms. Now the thousands of white bolls at his farm at Cecil Plains, 80 kilometres west of Toowoomba, are swarming with spiders of many sizes and colours and keeping other damaging insects in check."

Julian Craven is the 2024-26 CRDC-supported AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship awardee.

"Innovation, research, technology: this is an industry that is very respectful of the science."

Cotton growers are encouraged to apply for a CRDC and Cotton Australia supported Nuffield Scholarship, with applications for 2025 closing on 31 May.

The results of a new comprehensive independent assessment of the environmental performance of Australia’s cotton industry have been released revealing significant gains, and areas for improvement.

How do you 'nudge' growers to recognise the value in preparing for a biosecurity outbreak? That's the question experts have posed to behavioural economics students as part of this year's CRDC-supported Nudgeathon, taking place in Brisbane.

CRDC is proud to support the Chris Lehmann Young Cotton Achiever Award again in 2024. This award recognises our rising stars - those aged 35 or under making a positive contribution to Aussie cotton.