In 2017, there has been plenty of good news for the Australian agricultural sector with the value of farm production forecast to increase by 8.3 percent, making it a record production year across a number of crop indu

Robots will change the way we do things, including the way we farm.

This capital item funding is for the purchase of the small tractor and trailer.

This report presents the results of an impact assessment of a cluster of nine nutrition research projects funded by the CRDC over the years 2008-2016.

This project funded the travel for one researcher to present information on Australian cotton fibre quality (spinning and dyeing quality) at ACSA EMD tour seminars in India.

Water use efficiency (WUE) in an agricultural context can be defined as the measure of a cropping system's capacity to convert water into plant biomass, grain or other harvested output.

Travel funding to attend the Agriculture and Climate Change Conference in March 2017 in Spain for one researcher.

The use of the new round module builder pickers has grown very quickly in Australia, reaching about 90% in 2015.

Achieving reliable, even crop establishment has been identified through the Dryland Cotton Research Association (DCRA) project meetings as one of the major concerns dryland cotton growers face.

This project supported a teacher and four students to attend the Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast.

This project evaluated and demonstrated nitrogen fertiliser and irrigation management strategies, including variable rate fertiliser applications, rotational cropping with legumes and matching fertiliser rates to crop

This funding supported the tour of a number of southern irrigators as part of the Maximising On-Farm Irrigation Profitability project, a sub-project under the Smarter Irrigation for Profit project.

Cotton Mealybugs have moved south from Central Queensland with confirmed sightings on the Darling Downs and in the Macintyre Valley in January & February 2017.

This project built on the past decade of investment in NRM research by providing a

National NRM technical specialist who lead and assisted the industry develop and

The 'Tales from Cotton' Tour was designed as a cross-sector shared learning experience between the cotton and dairy industries on water and energy use efficiency.

The purpose of the 2016 Smarter Irrigation Technology Tour (an intensive three day tour to Northern Victoria and Southern NSW) had several objectives.

A reflection of the value of the Cotton Production course by attendee Annette Heagney.

CRDC and Cotton Australia co-fund membership for the cotton industry in the Primary Industries Education Foundation of Australia (PIEFA).

In furrow irrigated cotton production systems the application of nitrogen fertiliser is required for high yielding crops. If excessive nitrogen fertiliser is added then nitrous oxide is produced.

The advent of round module picking, has created the opportunity to conduct 'large plot' replicated experiments at a field scale.