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Timothy Chaffey of Quirindi and Richard Malone of Griffith have graduated as cotton's participants in course 24 of the Australian Rural Leadership Program, supported by CRDC, Cotton Australia and Auscott Limited.

CRDC is currently recruiting for a Commercialisation Manager, to help create more impact from CRDC's cotton R&D investments.

CRDC and Cotton Australia supported Nuffield scholar, cotton grower, Luke McKay, features in the West Australian newspaper talking about his Nuffield studies and the potential for cotton growing in the Ord.

Susan Maas was honoured by her community for her dedication to the cotton industry at the Central Highlands Irrigation Awards Dinner last night.

Aspiring entrepreneurs had the chance of a lifetime at the 2018 Cotton Conference, with the opportunity to pitch to an audience of prospective customers within the industry and a panel including none other than Mr Shark Tank himself Steve Baxter.

The cotton industry has once again honoured its people at the 2018 Australian Cotton Industry Awards.

The boundaries were definitely pushed at this year’s Australian Cotton Conference, with 2460 people making their way to the Gold Coast to attend the premier industry event.

The Australian cotton industry is ensuring it has a vibrant group of people to take the industry into the future, with the announcement of 16 2018 Australian Future Cotton Leaders (AFCL) participants.

Cotton research featured strongly at the Northern Australia Food Futures Conference held in July in Darwin, NT.