This annual survey project measures the impacts and outcomes of research and production critical to the Australian cotton industry.

The Human Capacity Assessment and Benchmarking project is a system to gather data and provide an analysis tool to monitor the effectiveness of cotton industry extension and training activities.

In 2012–13 NSW DPI undertook a nine month bench-marking project in both the western and southern NSW irrigation production region commissioned by the CRDC.

The 2011 grower survey was done for the Cotton CRC and the Cotton Research & Development Corporation.

Some insight to the make up of cotton growing farms can be drawn from the 2011 cotton grower survey.