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Crop Protection Forum heads north for its 10th year
News 03 Oct 2024 | Region: North
Crop Protection Forum heads north for its 10th year

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Roadshow arms growers with latest snail management advice
News 02 Oct 2024 | Region: West
Roadshow arms growers with latest snail management advice

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Study evaluates carbon footprint of lime
News 01 Oct 2024 | Region: South
Study evaluates carbon footprint of lime

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GRDC investments

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Reducing barley post-grain filling yield losses: Developing a robust screening pipeline for barley head-loss.
seedling investment

Barley head-loss is an ongoing problem in Australia that leads to reduced yields based on environmental factors and cultivar sensitivity. As recently as 2022/23, grower and advisor reports estimate that head-loss in barley crops cost growers between 5-25% of yield. Although management practices c...

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TrialMAP Phase 2
seedling investment

There is now a new trial map interface that is pulling data from the Online Farm Trials database and the project will move into the next phase where the new product will be validated with users, refined and then launched to be publicly available. In addition to the product development, work will ...

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Upcoming updates and events

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09 Oct 2024
Field Day
Dookie Grains & Mixed Farming Research Field Day

Location: Dookie College, Victoria | South

09 Oct 2024
Farm Business Update
GRDC Farm Business Update, Online - Managing the margin squeeze in cropping enterprises

Location: Online | National

Publications

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Publication 2 Oct 2024
Tackling amelioration on variable soil types - GRDC

Soil constraints are estimated to cost Australian growers more than $1 billion each year in wheat alone (Orton et al. 2018). Done properly, ameliorating soils boosts yield and profit.

Factsheet 16 Sep 2024
Blackleg Management Guide - GRDC

The 'Blackleg management guide - spring 2024 update' aims to provide the most updated information to help growers and advisers manage canola crops to reduce blackleg infection.