Cotton R&D Corporation funds for the project entitled ‘Operational Costs for Cotton Experiments’ were used to fund cotton experimental trials at the Australian Cotton Research Institute (ACRI). The management of cotton growing for cotton trial experimentation is dependent on the aims of the specific trial. However cotton growing at ACRI is undertaken to industry standards with the intention of maintaining the long-term productive capacity of the land. The ACRI has recently received Cotton Australia BMP accreditation. Over the three years of the project an average of 50Ha of experimental cotton was grown at ACRI on behalf of NSW Department of Primary Industries researchers. Cotton was successfully grown at ACRI over the three year period under a broad array of experimental criteria. The successful growing of cotton in this context is intended to meet the needs for cotton experimentation in agronomy, entomology, farming systems and pathology.