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CRDC has released its Annual Report, highlighting the RD&E achievements of the organisation in 2019-20, including the release of the industry's second Australian Cotton Sustainability Report. The story was covered by Farm Online.

CRDC's Annual Report for 2019-20 has today been tabled in Parliament. The report outlines CRDC's investments in RD&E on behalf of cotton growers and the government in the 2019-20 year: the second under the CRDC Strategic RD&E Plan 2018–23.

The next generation of leaders within Australia’s cotton industry are encouraged to apply for a premier leadership program. Applications for the 2021 Australian Future Cotton Leaders Program opened today with 15 spaces available, funded by Cotton Australia and CRDC.

With one week to go until it closes, CRDC is encouraging all people who live and work in cotton communities to participate in the 2020 Regional Wellbeing Survey.

Today we're celebrating the International Day of Rural Women. Fast fact: The majority of people who work in Australia's key cotton organisations are women (60%), as are almost a quarter of cotton growers (23%).

CRDC and Cotton Australia are supporting a partnership between iconic Australian brands Country Road and Landcare Australia to improve biodiversity on cotton farms in the Namoi Valley of NSW.

Today is World Cotton Day: a day to celebrate the beautiful natural fibre that is cotton, and all who help grow it. We're pleased to play our part in this great industry through our world-leading cotton research, development and innovation.

CRDC has welcomed the appointment of six directors to the CRDC Board by the Hon. David Littleproud MP. Led by incumbent Chair Mr Richard Haire and CRDC’s Executive Director Dr Ian Taylor, the CRDC Board will comprise former directors Les Copeland and Rosemary Richards, who have been returned for a second term on the CRDC Board, and new directors Ross Burnett, Dr Gary Fitt, Dr Danielle Kennedy and Peta Slack-Smith.

The head of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, departmental secretary Andrew Metcalfe AO, visited CRDC and the research hub of Narrabri yesterday.