Jenny Brown, Stacey Vogel and Keith Thompson at the Coleambally wetland.

Native vegetation targets: consultation with cottongrowers

Consultation is underway with growers around a model for native vegetation management on cotton farms. It’s a part of the process to create targets for the Australian cotton industry’s Sustainability Framework PLANET. PEOPLE. PADDOCK.

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A special science communications panel session at the Cotton Research Conference

Cotton researchers gather for biennial Cotton Research Conference

Supported by major sponsors CRDC & CSD, the Association of Australian Cotton Scientists held its fifth biennial Australian Cotton Research Conference this week in Toowoomba.

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Hands holding soil

Final call for ACDC partners

Final call for partners interested in being part of CRDC's new Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration (ACDC): our $10 million investment into solving cotton diseases. Expressions of interest for potential partners close at 5pm today.

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University of Queensland soil scientist Dr Tim McLaren

Now reading via The Land: Cotton yield quest prompts fertiliser research

"Conventional wisdom says that a higher yielding crop needs more of the major nutrients than one that's less productive. But what if that's not the case? Researchers are attempting to answer that very question with a three-year project to assess just how much nitrogen and phosphorus is needed by modern cotton cultivars."

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Join our team!

Join our team! Applications open for CottonInfo Program Lead and CRDC M&E Manager roles

Applications are open for two roles within CRDC - one leading the cotton industry's extension program; the other demonstrating the impact of cotton innovation through data.

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Dr Alison McCarthy

Ground-breaking algorithm redefines early-season canopy temperature measurements for irrigation

CRDC has successfully facilitated the commercialisation of ground-breaking research by the University of Southern Queensland’s (UniSQ) Centre for Agricultural Engineering, empowering cotton growers to optimise irrigation scheduling from the crucial first irrigation.

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Allan Williams and Emma Bond

Designer Emma Bond named the 2023 CRDC Chris Lehmann Young Achiever

Congratulations to the recipient of the CRDC Chris Lehmann Cotton Young Achiever Award for 2023, announced tonight at the Australian Cotton Industry Awards - fashion designer & founder of label Madi & Pip, Emma Bond.

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Powering the success of Australian cotton

Allan Williams appointed Acting Executive Director while recruitment underway

With CRDC's Executive Director Dr Ian Taylor stepping down from his role later this month, we are pleased to advise that our General Manager, Innovation Allan Williams will be our Acting ED while recruitment is underway.

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Aaron Kiely kneeling in field

Now reading via The Land: CRDC aims to create another billion dollars of value

"The Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) is banking on ambitious efficiency gain targets to drive what it hopes will be a whopping billion dollars of value in the famously innovative sector."

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