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This week is National Science Week - a chance to recognise all those involved in cotton science. Cotton is grown based on the knowledge, experience and expertise of hundreds of scientists and growers, who collectively make Australian cotton world-leading.

Applications are now being sought from rural leaders interested in undertaking the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation's highly regarded Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP).

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.