The Australian Future Cotton Leaders program framework was managed by Cotton Australia.

During 2008‐2011, the Australian Cotton industry faced numerous challenges when it experienced significant drought over a number of years, followed by crippling floods in late 2010, early 2011.

Based on the data that has emerged from this project, the initial objectives were condensed to the following key issues of interest to the industry:

The program was full of significant experiences, but the Kimberley was the most significant for me. The Kimberley session laid the foundations for the test of the course.

This project has sort to identify the potential to measure the value added from training of on farm employees.