With harvest drawing near the Autumn 2012 issue of CRDC's quarterly magazine covers managing a crop to maintaining fibre quality. The human aspect of cotton farming is covered with workplace health and safety in the picking season the industries view on workforce development. This issue reports on the initiation of the industry's latest environmental review. This assessment will identify what has been achieved since the previous audit in 2003 (the Second Cotton Industry Environmental Audit) and will inform future priorities for action and strategies both on the ground and through research and development.

The Summer 2011-12 edition of CRDC's quarterly magazine, Spotlight gives an explanation of the Australian cotton industry, its organisations and their roles in R&D. Topical information is provided to aid mid season decision making on issues including management of glyphosate resistance in fallows, overhead irrigation efficiency, managing Feathertop Rhodes grass, farm biosecurity and a check-list of safe farm spraying techniques.

This edition covers the evolution of R&D arrangements post Cotton CRC. The international promotion of cotton and improved international research collaboration are covered in an article on the international cotton researchers association. As the first Spotlight in the 2012 season readers are reminded of the importance of WHS, "Come Clean Go Clean", the advantages of beneficial insects. A suite of on line tools to help Growers and consultants fine tune management decisions are covered in an article on CottASSIST.

In this edition of Spotlight, we bring you a snapshot of how the industry is working together to alleviate the 'people shortage'. The edition also pays tribute to the Cotton CRC's contribution to industry R&D. Other articles cover using gas to cut pumping bills, winter crop and fallow management and a guide to nitrogen savings.

The Autumn 2011 edition of CRDC's quarterly magazine, Spotlight, looks at industry and on-farm issues as the 2011 crop reaches its final stage ' with a particular focus on extreme wet weather effects on cotton, Ecosystem services and Natural resource management, Whitefly, Harvest safety and more

The Winter 2011 edition of CRDC's quarterly magazine, Spotlight, looks at pest and disease threats in the Australian cotton industry and looks back at the lessons learned in crop management post flood. Other topics in this edition include *irrigation scheduling from space *climate change *energy use and marketing premium cotton.

The Spring 2011 edition of CRDC's quarterly magazine, Spotlight, looks at how growers can give their crops the best chance of success from the start of the season and highlight the latest publication and resources available to growers. The edition also looks at Seepage and remediation Carbon R&D and cotton Maps and people in cotton features an interview with Brian Hearn.

The Summer 2010-11 edition of CRDC's quarterly magazine, Spotlight, looks at the resurgence in dryland plantings driven by new growers. In this edition

This edition outlines the industry Vision plan - Vision 2029. Low risk dryland production is covered with an article on The Big Day Out Field Day on Jamie Grants dryland property at Dalby. Annual disease surveys, R and D investments, cotton conference previews and unveiling MyBMP are covered in this edition.

This Autumn edition covers combined research by Cotton and Wool industries, and fashion issues. On the Agronomic the impacts of early defoliation are explained and tailoring irrigation frequency to improve yields and WUE. Biosecurity and the importance of removing ratoon and volunteer cotton are explained. Irrigation frequency, Systems and irrigation publications are covered, Education in the form of Undergraduate scholarships, School based traineeships, and young scientists being attracted to the cotton industry form a basis for articles.