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Congratulations to the recipient of the CRDC Chris Lehmann Cotton Young Achiever Award for 2023, announced tonight at the Australian Cotton Industry Awards - fashion designer & founder of label Madi & Pip, Emma Bond.

With CRDC's Executive Director Dr Ian Taylor stepping down from his role later this month, we are pleased to advise that our General Manager, Innovation Allan Williams will be our Acting ED while recruitment is underway.

"The Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) is banking on ambitious efficiency gain targets to drive what it hopes will be a whopping billion dollars of value in the famously innovative sector."

"Nanotechnology for managing plant stress is an emerging field of research that could pay dividends for Australia's cotton growers. Earlier this year, Dr Cong Vu was a winner at the ABARES Science and Innovation Awards and received a grant from CRDC to continue his novel research."

CRDC is seeking partners to join a critical new initiative: the Australian Cotton Disease Collaboration. Disease is a major priority issue for the Australian cotton industry. It contributes to significant yield losses and undermines long-term confidence in growing cotton. In extreme cases, some growers have opted out of cotton in...

CRDC has partnered with Cotton Seed Distributors and Goanna Ag to support the development of a water dashboard.

Become a leader in Australia's world-leading cotton industry, affect positive change through research, development and extension, and deliver CRDC's new Strategic RD&E Plan 2023-28: Clever Cotton.

The Australian cotton industry’s 2022 Sustainability Update released today reveals the complexity of sustainability in farming systems, and the extent of the industry’s investment in collaborative initiatives to accelerate positive impacts.

Once every five years, CRDC creates a new Strategic Plan. Our new plan, Clever Cotton, starts now.