A $1.4 million research program 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. This two year research project - co-funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia, CRDC, the Grains Research and Development Corporation and 14 industry partners - will investigate new farming systems and crop management strategies to help broadacre cropping in the NT. The announcement was featured in the Katherine Times.
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