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.

CRDC research partner CSIRO is leading a new international research project to understand and manage fall armyworm (FAW), with support from CRDC.

The Regional Wellbeing Survey (RWS) is an annual survey that measures the subjective wellbeing of people living in rural and regional Australia. CRDC is encouraging all those in the cotton community who live rurally and regionally to take part in the survey.

Minimising spray drift is a high priority for Australian agriculture, with the grains and cotton industries joining to develop a hazardous weather warning system to provide real-time weather data and alerts to growers and spray operators.