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Australia’s CottonInfo extension program continues to be world-class, connecting industry to research helping growers achieve best-practice cotton production on-farm.

It is with deep respect and admiration that we remember Ralph Schulzé AM, one of the founding fathers of the Australian cotton industry, who passed away last week.

Consumers are increasingly looking for transparency of responsible practices in the clothing products they buy, but are they willing to pay more for it?

A new Innovation Broker has today joined the CRDC team: Nick Tomkins. Nick has moved to CRDC from CSIRO, where he worked as research business and partnerships manager for the Future Protein Mission.

The Spring 2024 edition of Spotlight is out now! In this edition: catch the highlights from the Australian Cotton Conference and meet the Cotton Industry Award winners, and we introduce the partners in CRDC's new $13m Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration.

To celebrate Biodiversity Month, a fifth family has joined The Biodiversity Project in the Namoi Valley: the Schwager family of Narrabri. The Biodiversity Project is a collaboration between Landcare Australia and Country Road, supported by the Australian cotton industry via Cotton Australia, CRDC and CottonInfo.

Moree agronomist Kate Lumber is the cotton industry's 2025 Nuffield Farming Scholarship recipient, supported by CRDC and Cotton Australia.

Congratulations to the recipient of the CRDC Chris Lehmann Cotton Young Achiever Award for 2024, announced tonight at the Australian Cotton Industry Awards – cotton researcher and extension officer, Sharna Holman!

CRDC is a proud foundation sponsor of cotton's biggest event – the Australian Cotton Conference – underway this week at the Gold Coast.