CRDC's Directors met in Narrabri this week for their November board meeting and a roundtable discussion with cotton industry researchers from NSW DPI and CSIRO at the Australian Cotton Research Institute (ACRI). The Directors met with Rod Jackson, Warwick Stiller, Mike Bange, Lisa Bird, Sharon Downes, Graham Charles, Graeme Schwenke and Guna Nachimuthu to discuss current and future CRDC-supported research, development and extension. Directors are pictured here with the full CSIRO and NSW DPI teams at ACRI.
The Summer 2025–26 edition of Spotlight captures a season of innovation, leadership and forward-thinking collaboration. This edition opens with CRDC’s 2025 Innovation Call, offering up to $50,000 to innovations and solutions for cotton’s most pressing challenges, from pest management and riparian weed control to optimising nitrogen use.