CRDC engaged strategy and foresight consulting group, Emergent Futures, in August 2009 to facilitate a project, Cotton Industry Vision 2029, for the development of a shared industry vision. The project commenced in September 2009 and concluded in March 2010.

The Vision 2029 project was a collaboration between CRDC, Cotton Australia and the Australian Cotton Industry Council, with representatives from these organisations forming a Reference Group for the project. The project scope covered the whole of the Australian cotton industry from input suppliers through to marketers.