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Queensland agricultural scientist Dr Dinesh Kafle announced as the CRDC-supported ABARES Science and Innovation Award winner for 2020.

The Autumn edition of CRDC's Spotlight magazine is out!

The next generation of leaders within Australia’s cotton industry are encouraged to apply for a premier leadership program. Applications for the 2020 Australian Future Cotton Leaders Program opened today, with 15 spaces available.

The exotic pest fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda has been detected for the first time in Australia, in the northern Torres Strait and Northern Queensland. CRDC and Cotton Australia are calling for people to be aware of what the pest looks like and be alert to its presence.

Some 35 representatives of the cotton industry attended evokeAG in Melbourne this week, including a cohort of cotton growers who were supported to attend by CRDC.

CRDC has welcomed the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, the Hon. David Littleproud MP, back to the agricultural portfolio, following his appointment by the Prime Minister today.

CRDC is proud to support fellow research and development corporation, AgriFutures Australia's second evokeAG conference in Melbourne on 18-19 February 2020.

CRDC has published its first performance report - a companion document to the CRDC Annual Report for 2018-19.

A national multi-agricultural industry surveillance initiative, iMapPESTS, is developing novel airborne surveillance and diagnostics technologies to speed up detection and reporting of important pests and diseases in cotton growing regions and beyond.