The Cotton Field Awareness Map is an industry initiative which has been designed to highlight the location of cotton fields. The service is provided free of charge with the purpose of minimising off-target damage from downwind pesticide application, particularly during fallow spraying.

This project provides for CRDC support to the Cotton Map initiative. This initiative provides ongoing support for an online tool that enables cotton growers to communicate the location of cotton to reduce the risk of off-target damage associated with misuse of Group I herbicides.

Farmers, farm managers, resellers, consultants, agronomists, applicators and contractors are encouraged to input their cotton fields. Users can also access the Cotton Map to check the location of the paddocks they may be planning to spray to assess the proximity of the nearest cotton crop. Since the introduction of Cotton Map, reported herbicide damage to cotton has remained below 3%, compared to 11% in 2009 (before introduction of Cotton Map).