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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Investment list

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  • GRDC Code: SAG2205-003OPX
    Agronomy strategies for frost management in pulse crops
    GRDC has co-invested with SAGIT in this project to the University of Adelaide and SARDI that will provide management strategies for growers to successfully include a wider range of break crops in frost prone environments. The objective of this…
    Project start date:
    31/05/2022
    Project end date:
    31/08/2025
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • 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: UOS2205-006RTX
    Precision ag analytics for frost and heat management
    This project uses a data-driven modelling approach to identify frost/heat events and their impact on yield loss in wheat, barley, canola, chickpeas, and lentils across Australia's grain cropping areas. It utilises big data and takes on a…
    Project start date:
    01/05/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2025
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: UOQ2204-010RTX
    Predicting nitrogen cycling and losses in Australian cropping systems - augmenting measurements to enhance modelling
    Fertiliser inputs represent about a third of the costs production for most grain producers, dominated by nitrogen (N) costing about $1.1 billion p.a. The proportion of fertiliser N recovered by the crop within the season it is applied is typically…
    Project start date:
    18/04/2022
    Project end date:
    30/09/2026
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • 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: FAR2204-001RTX
    Enhancing frost tolerance and/or avoidance in wheat, barley and canola crops through in-season agronomic manipulation
    Australian crop production takes place in a challenging environment where growers have to cope with climatic extremes. Managing production risk in yield-limiting environments due to abiotic events such as drought, high temperatures and frost is a…
    Project start date:
    11/04/2022
    Project end date:
    31/10/2025
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: DAW2204-003RTX
    Western Australian Farming Systems
    Farming systems in the medium and low rainfall zones of Western Australia have evolved over the last 20 years, with both increases in area cropped and yields being achieved. This has been due to growers adapting to strategic risks by implementing…
    Project start date:
    04/04/2022
    Project end date:
    09/07/2027
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • 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: UOS2203-004RTX
    Capturing global diversity and international genetic gains of wheat and barley: CAIGE 2022-2026
    The CAIGE program coordinates the importation, quarantine, multiplication, distribution and evaluation of bread wheat, durum wheat and barley lines from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and International Center for…
    Project start date:
    01/03/2022
    Project end date:
    28/02/2027
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: UOM2202-002RSX
    GRS - (Narelle Nancarrow) Diversity, distribution and epidemiology of yellow dwarf viruses in Victoria
    Yellow dwarf viruses (YDVs) are damaging pathogens that cause significant yield and quality losses in cereals worldwide, with studies showing that grain yield is reduced by 1% for every 1% YDV infection. YDVs are transmitted from plant to plant by…
    Project start date:
    01/02/2022
    Project end date:
    27/11/2025
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Triticale, (Cereal)
    • Cereal Rye, (Cereal)
    • Maize, (Cereal)
    • Millet, (Cereal)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Active Project Status: Active