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: UOQ2201-007RSX
    GRS - (Christopher Mann) Systemic RNA biopesticides for controlling fungal pathogens in grain crops
    Protecting major Australian grain crops against fungal disease requires the development of safe and sustainable pesticides suited to modern practices and markets. This project will develop non-toxic RNA-based biopesticides for the control of major…
    Project start date:
    01/04/2022
    Project end date:
    31/12/2025
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: LIE2204-002SAX
    NGN - Risk and rewards of very early sown canola
    The Liebe Group R&D committee have identified a timely opportunity to investigate early seeding opportunity for canola. A tropical low system from the 26-30 March 2022 has the potential to bring significant rainfall to the region and has…
    Project start date:
    01/04/2022
    Project end date:
    28/03/2025
    Crop type:
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: DPI2204-021RTX
    Increasing canola yield potential on acidic soils
    Acidic soil constraints can limit the production capacity of canola crops when they are grown in these hostile environments. Currently, the application of lime is one of the most effective management practices for rectifying soil acidification.…
    Project start date:
    01/04/2022
    Project end date:
    31/03/2024
    Crop type:
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    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: LIV2112-001SAX
    NGN - Canola establishment in the low rainfall zones of the Western Region
    At recent Grower Network forums and member meetings the issue of poor canola establishment was raised. In the 2021 season there was the opportunity to sow into moist soil and the rate of failure was around 20%, whereas when sown dry, some growers…
    Project start date:
    06/12/2021
    Project end date:
    31/03/2024
    Crop type:
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    West
    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: SFS2112-002SAX
    NGN Large stubble loads and the impact of stripper/disc systems in the High Rainfall Zone of Southern Australia
    This investment will compare the stripper and disc seeding systems as a method for managing the high stubble loads generated from high yielding crops.Growers in the southern region have repeatedly expressed interest in stripper and disc systems as a …
    Project start date:
    01/12/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2025
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: DAW2112-002RTX
    Disease epidemiology, modelling and delivery of management decision support tools
    This project will build on the successes of previous investments and continue to deliver improved decision making for management of key foliar fungal diseases in cereal, oilseed, and pulse crops. Through the production and delivery of management…
    Project start date:
    01/12/2021
    Project end date:
    30/10/2026
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Mungbeans, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: UMU2111-001RTX
    Overcoming constraints to the profitability of cropping systems on ironstone gravel soils within the Southern cropping region of Australia. …
    The idea for increased profitability on ironstone gravel soils originated from the Albany and Kwinana west port zone within the western region, however, is it applicable to a wider area of the southern cropping region. Ironstone is a sedimentary…
    Project start date:
    15/11/2021
    Project end date:
    30/04/2025
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Triticale, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • 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