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Seeking rural leaders: Applications for the ARLP now open!

July 21, 2020

Applications are now being sought from rural leaders interested in undertaking the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation's highly regarded Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP). The ARLP is a 15-month leadership development program which takes place across Australia and overseas, immersing rural, regional and remote participants in a series of unique experiences...
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Giving back to growers through Grassroots

July 1, 2020

CRDC's annual Grassroots Grants program is now open, with grants of up to $10,000 available to cotton grower associations (CGAs) to support local projects. To date, 77 projects have been supported, which has seen nearly $670,000 going back to local grower organisations.
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Seeking a partner - EOI open for spray drift hazard alert and warning system

June 12, 2020

Minimising spray drift is a high priority for Australian agriculture and now two leading research organisations are calling for expressions of interest for the implementation of a hazardous weather warning system which will utilise remote sensing technology to provide real-time weather data to grain and cotton growers. The Grains Research...
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Winter Spotlight

June 1, 2020

The Winter 2020 edition of CRDC's Spotlight magazine is out! In this edition, we bring you: A feature on the industry's second Sustainability Report, which has been five years in the making. The report represents how important we as an industry view the impact and imprint we have on the...
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Australian cotton industry releases second Sustainability Report

May 4, 2020

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.
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Cotton research during COVID-19

March 25, 2020

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.
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To all women involved in cotton this IWD

March 8, 2020

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.
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CRDC in the news: Cotton is clearly top priority for NT's food bowl dreams

March 6, 2020

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.
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Dinesh awarded cotton's 2020 Science and Innovation Award

March 4, 2020

Dr Dinesh Kafle, an agricultural scientist at Queensland’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, was last night announced as the CRDC-supported ABARES Science and Innovation Award winner for 2020.
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