The Australian Cotton Research Institute (ACRI) is home of NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) Centre for Cotton, and Pulse and Oilseed Improvement.

Located between Narrabri and Wee Waa - in the middle of New South Wales's main cotton production areas - ACRI is owned by NSW DPI. The facilities are shared with the Cotton Catchment Communities Cooperative Research Centre (Cotton CRC), and, the CSIRO Divisions of Plant Industry and Entomology.

Research activities at the ACRI have played a key role in the development of cotton in New South Wales and Queensland. NSW DPI scientists are assisting the cotton industry to develop a sustainable future based on productivity and best practice natural resource, disease and pest management.

ACRI has both research and extension programs.

While the emphasis at ACRI is on cotton, the institute has also gained prominence as the headquarters of the National Soybean breeding program and the northern headquarters of the National Faba Improvement Program.