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The Australian cotton industry’s second five-year Sustainability Report released today has revealed producing a bale of cotton now takes 48% less water, 34% less land, and 97% less insecticides than in 1992.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a dynamic situation for us all, and given the exceptional circumstances, we are committed to protecting the health and safety of our team, our families, our cotton community, and the community at large.

Today is International Womens Day. So today we're taking a moment to recognise every woman involved in cotton: from bolls to boardrooms, genetics to gins, fields to fashion, and transport to trading floors.

A $1.4 million research program - supported by CRDC - was announced in the NT today to trial high-value crops such as cotton and peanuts, with potential crop rotations with sorghum, maize, rice, pulses or pasture.

Queensland agricultural scientist Dr Dinesh Kafle announced as the CRDC-supported ABARES Science and Innovation Award winner for 2020.

The Autumn edition of CRDC's Spotlight magazine is out!

The next generation of leaders within Australia’s cotton industry are encouraged to apply for a premier leadership program. Applications for the 2020 Australian Future Cotton Leaders Program opened today, with 15 spaces available.

The exotic pest fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda has been detected for the first time in Australia, in the northern Torres Strait and Northern Queensland. CRDC and Cotton Australia are calling for people to be aware of what the pest looks like and be alert to its presence.

Some 35 representatives of the cotton industry attended evokeAG in Melbourne this week, including a cohort of cotton growers who were supported to attend by CRDC.