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Australian growers are playing a key role in the prevention of weeds and disease.

Leading Australian fashion and textile industry representatives toured Narrabri's cotton industry on Cotton Australia's annual farm tour

Cotton Australia and Cotton Inc. met recently in Hong Kong to review the Cotton LEADS℠ program

World leading cotton researchers from Australia’s Cotton Research and Development Corporation recently visited their peers at Cotton Incorporated Headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. On the agenda was a number of collaborative research projects that are progressing to find joint solutions that can be shared across borders and industries.

More than 380 cotton growers and industry representatives gathered last week to celebrate the recipients of the 2017 Australian Cotton Industry Awards. The Awards program recognises excellence and achievement in Australia’s cotton industry throughout the supply chain, from growers and ginners to product suppliers, consultants, agronomists and researchers.

More than 500 cotton growers from across Queensland and NSW flocked to Griffith (Southern NSW) last week to discuss issues of importance facing the industry and catch up on the latest developments in farming. The two-day Cotton Collective Industry Forum covered a huge range of topics, from research & development, connected agriculture and technology, to positioning in the world fibre market.

Global luxury fashion house HUGO BOSS is the latest of more than 460 partners from across the global supply chain to join the Cotton LEADS℠ program, in a show of support for the sustainability credentials of Australian and U.S. cotton.

Leading figures from the Australian fashion and textile sector recently toured Narrabri’s cotton industry – visiting a farm, gin and research station to learn first-hand about the raw materials that go into cotton garments and homewares. The event incorporated a tour of a fully certified myBMP cotton farm at Auscott’s Narrabri, where attendees saw cotton harvesting in action.