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Associate Professor Sam Periyannan, a crop geneticist and pathologist with the University of Southern Queensland has completed the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation's TRAIL program, with support from CRDC.

Following last week's announcement about our new Executive Director Allan Williams, our congratulations also to CRDC's new Deputy Chair Bernie George and new General Manager, Innovation Dr Meredith Conaty.

The Australian Cotton Conference returns to the Gold Coast in August with support from CRDC as a Foundation Sponsor. The conference will take place from 6-8 August at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.

A lifelong commitment to the cotton industry has resulted in Allan Williams being appointed the new Executive Director of CRDC. Following a thorough selection process, Chair Richard Haire today announced the news from a CRDC Board meeting in Emerald.

The Autumn 2024 edition of Spotlight takes a look at the town of Coleambally, where growers have tackled the issue of soil variability with outcomes that are delivering a win-win solution: helping improve productivity and returning dollars to the community.

Sam Lee, extension and development manager with CSD, has today been announced as a participant in Course 31 of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation's ARLP, with support from the Australian cotton industry.

Nominations are open in the following categories for 2024: Bayer Grower of the Year, AgriRisk High Achiever of the Year, CRDC Chris Lehmann Young Cotton Achiever of the Year, Cotton Seed Distributors Researcher of the Year and IPF Service to Industry Award.

Eight Australia’s RDCs, including CRDC, are working with Agricultural Innovation Australia to develop a carbon footprint solution. The Environmental Accounting Platform (EAP) is an easy-to-access tool to help growers better understanding their on-farm baseline carbon emissions and residual footprint and make better-informed decisions.

The CRDC-supported ABARES Science and Innovation Award winner for 2023, research scientist Dr Cong Vu and his company NanoSoils Bio, will feature as part of evokeAG in Perth this week.