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Applications for the 2018 Australian Future Cotton Leaders Program have opened. The program, a joint initiative of Cotton Australia and CRDC, seeks to identify potential industry leaders and provide them with the skill development of a project goal. Applications will be accepted from aspiring leaders from across the cotton supply chain through to Friday, 4 May 2018.

Cotton growers, researchers, Cotton Australia and CRDC participated in the Northern Australia Roadshow in WA this week.

Rhys Pirie a PhD student from the University of QLD, is awarded two prestigious ABARES Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture.

A digital agriculture blueprint, launched today at the ABARES Outlook conference, calls for an industry-wide overhaul to boost the unconstrained value of agricultural production by $20.3 billion.

CRDC's board of directors went on-farm at Brookstead this week as part of the 2018 CottonInfo optimising irrigation and nitrogen research tour.

CRDC is supporting the MIT innovation and entrepreneurship bootcamp taking place at QUT in Brisbane this week, as part of our focus on innovation and startup science.

The cotton industry’s leading CRDC-supported irrigation and nitrogen researchers will go on-farm across six cotton growing valleys this month to discuss the latest research findings with cotton growers.

CRDC Executive Director Bruce Finney reflects on cotton's RD&E success over the past 27 years via Fairfax's Farm Online.

CottonInfo has just published its 2018 Cotton Calendar, featuring a range of stunning insect photographs from St George cotton grower, and photographer, Johnelle Rogan.