GRDC Investments

Investments

Welcome to our investments. We invest in Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) to create enduring profitability for Australian grain growers.

Here you will find active investments, and investments completed after 1 January 2020 from our RD&E portfolio. Some investments will display related communication and extension activities, and other associated outputs.

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National Grower Network Pre-breeding

Investment list

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  • GRDC Code: UMU2308-002CAX
    Potential for cold plasma treatment of seed in broadacre cropping
    Potential Benefits of Cold Plasma Treatment in Broadacre CroppingThis project aims to evaluate the potential benefits of cold plasma technology in broadacre crop production in Australia through a desk-top review consultancy.Cold plasma technology,…
    Project start date:
    21/08/2023
    Project end date:
    15/12/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UCS2301-002RTX
    Synthesis of data to optimise yield potential of barley in Australian farming systems
    This investment aims to review existing research data gathered for barley production to develop strategies for improving productivity and identifying knowledge gaps to be addressed in maintaining future yield gains. On average, 9-10 million tonnes…
    Project start date:
    03/01/2023
    Project end date:
    31/12/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: SCF2208-001SAX
    NGN - Investigating late winter and early spring cereal cropping opportunities for grain growers following autumn waterlogging -…
    This project will examine the viability and productivity of late winter and early spring seeding of cereal varieties in the Southern region of Western Australia. The trial will assess which varieties are most suitable to being seeded later in the…
    Project start date:
    01/08/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: FLR2206-001RTX
    NGN Comparison of nitrogen based demand and banking strategies to aid N decision making in SE NSW
    Difficulties in matching N supply to crop N demand and understanding the potential to utilise a 'Nitrogen banking' strategy to simplify decision making was raised as a priority issue and opportunity by the Medium Rainfall Zone members of the …
    Project start date:
    10/06/2022
    Project end date:
    31/08/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: AMP2205-004RTX
    NGN Validating the use of plant growth regulators to manage excessive growth in barley in Northern Region warm growing environments.
    Growers participating in the National Grower Network (NGN) forums in northern NSW have identified that barley crops grown in warmer cropping areas of GRDC's northern region can often experience rapid growth periods in early crop development…
    Project start date:
    30/05/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: FAR2204-002SAX
    NGN Barley management options to close the yield gap and reduce pre-harvest losses
    Through the National Grower Network (NGN), and previously the Regional Cropping Solutions Network (RCSN), growers in the low and medium rainfall zones of the southern region have identified different constraints that prevent maximum attainable…
    Project start date:
    14/04/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: AIP2203-001SAX
    NGN Tactics to minimise frost damage on the Eyre Peninsula
    In 2022 and 2023, this investment will establish a frost management site to demonstrate tactics for growers and advisers to better manage frost in the central Eyre Peninsula. At additional sites (over both years), monitoring of canopy temperature…
    Project start date:
    04/03/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: BWD2112-001RTX
    NGN - Management of Rosinweed and Star of Bethlehem in Victoria's Mallee and Wimmera
    The project will investigate control options for management of rosinweed and star of Bethlehem in the Victorian Mallee and Wimmera regions through a series of pot and field studies. The project will also investigate seed dormancy levels in rosinweed.
    Project start date:
    01/12/2021
    Project end date:
    01/05/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: CSP2110-004RMX
    Improving farming systems efficiency in southern NSW
    Whole farm profitability can be improved by identifying the agronomic factors that drive profit and adopting management that optimises returns (favouring the value return and mitigating the risk). Growers are under mounting pressure to maintain…
    Project start date:
    11/10/2021
    Project end date:
    31/12/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Cereal Rye, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Triticale, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: DAQ2106-007RTX
    Disease surveillance and related diagnostics for the Australian grains industry (within the Northern region)
    This project is part of a national disease surveillance program to monitor the changes in pathogen populations for cereals and pulses including their incidence and severity in association with changes in farming practice and other factors (such as…
    Project start date:
    30/06/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Mungbeans, (Legume)
    • Peanuts, (Legume)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed