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CRDC-supported researcher, Dr Rhiannon Smith from New England University, has spent 14 years working with the cotton industry, researching benefits for cotton growers by retaining and managing Australian native vegetation.

Understanding cotton growers is naturally vital to CRDC, and the annual grower survey is one of the methods to gain this understanding. Growers are currently being emailed an invitation to participate in the survey.

CRDC Board Director, Emeritus Professor Les Copeland, has been awarded a Member (AM) in the General Division of this weekend's Queens Birthday Honours.

World-class RD&E is one reason Australian cotton growers are the best in the world. One publication, updated annually, collates all this information as an easy to follow manual: the Australian Cotton Production Manual.

Researcher Dr Geraldine Wunsch from the University of Southern Queensland has spent years digging into the things that make Australian cotton growers tick. She features in this interview with Queensland Country Life.

As agricultural data collection gathers pace, both the risks and rewards of the collection, collation and sharing of this data will rapidly escalate.

The winter edition of CRDC's magazine, Spotlight, has just been released, acknowledging the role of women in the industry with the celebration of International Day for Women and Girls in Science.

The CRDC investment round for 2020-21 commenced in Brisbane today with our RD&E Priority Forum, held in conjunction with the Cotton Australia general meeting.

CRDC has congratulated Senator the Hon. Bridget McKenzie for her appointment as Australia's first female Agriculture Minister.