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The Summer 2025–26 edition of Spotlight is out now, opening with CRDC’s 2025 Innovation Call, offering up to $50,000 to support transformative solutions for cotton’s most pressing challenges, from pest management and riparian weed control to optimising nitrogen use.

CottonInfo is excited to announce a new opportunity for a Regional Extension Officer (REO) based in Kununurra WA to help drive innovation and growth in the cotton industry across northern WA and the NT.

Students entering their final two years of an undergraduate degree and passionate about the future of Australian rural industries are encouraged to apply.

CRDC Grassroots Grants can help make good things grow in the field. Applications are now open with $50,000 available to support growers.

Queensland’s $1 billion cotton industry is set for a major boost, with a new multi-million-dollar partnership set to supercharge cotton innovation, increase grower support and help drive sustainable growth.

Forging partnerships between cotton growers from north to central Queensland is creating knowledge and support networks.

Applications have opened for the 2026 intake for the Australian Future Cotton Leaders Program (AFCLP), the cotton industry’s premier leadership development initiative.

Good attendance and engagement from growers and the wider industry has provided Cotton Australia and CRDC with important early guidance on the future direction of the myBMP program, traceability, the CRDC-led cotton industry data platform and human rights.

CRDC is inviting innovative startups, ventures, entrepreneurs, agribusinesses and research organisations to participate in an open call for bold, forward-thinking proposals aimed at advancing next-generation solutions for the cotton industry.