News + Events

The winter edition of CRDC's magazine, Spotlight, has just been released, acknowledging the role of women in the industry with the celebration of International Day for Women and Girls in Science.

The CRDC investment round for 2020-21 commenced in Brisbane today with our RD&E Priority Forum, held in conjunction with the Cotton Australia general meeting.

CRDC has congratulated Senator the Hon. Bridget McKenzie for her appointment as Australia's first female Agriculture Minister.

Growers are increasingly changing the way they manage disease, by creating disease-suppressive systems as opposed to looking for silver bullets. It’s about prevention rather than cures.

CRDC is currently recruiting for a new General Manager, R&D Investment and two Managers, R&D Investment to lead and direct our research and development portfolio.

Digital transformation is a step change for all economic sectors and a steady hand is needed to guide the change.

To address capacity needs in Southern NSW, particularly in the area of pathology, new industry roles have been created.

A drone with the capacity to plant an entire hectare of trees in less than 20 minutes is just one of the revegetation methods set to be trialled by the new CRDC Landcare Tech-Innovations 2021 project.

Cotton picking contributes about nine percent, on average, to the total cost of production, so it is hardly surprising there is a constant focus for both growers and researchers on making efficiency gains in this area.