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: SFS2109-001SAX
    NGN - Strategies for waterlogged crops in the High Rainfall Zone of the Southern Region
    This contract will deliver a series of trial and extension products to the grains industry, particularly growers and agronomists in southern Victoria and Tasmania, to inform decisions that speed and assist their ability to manage and respond to…
    Project start date:
    24/09/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: RPI2104-001SAX
    Best practice liming demonstration to address subsoil acidity in North Eastern Victoria
    This investment is designed to provide services to establish one replicated field trial to demonstrate best practice liming strategies and a field demonstration of the impacts of lime quality per annum, over two years. This investment will…
    Project start date:
    15/06/2021
    Project end date:
    30/04/2025
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: CSP2106-009RTX
    Grain and Grazing management of canola and wheat production systems- A technical manual
    This investment will bring together the research findings from several GRDC projects that have focused on ensuring the dual objectives of grain production and early grazing by livestock can be accomplished without impacting on grain yield. This is…
    Project start date:
    01/06/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2025
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: CSP2104-007RTX
    Improved management of Rutherglen bug in the Northern Region
    Rutherglen bug (RGB) is a migratory native species that causes occasional but significant damage to the grains industry. Impacted grain crops include sunflower, sorghum, canola and safflower. In years of significant populations, pulses and cereals…
    Project start date:
    30/04/2021
    Project end date:
    30/11/2024
    Crop type:
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Mungbeans, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    • Sunflower Seed, (Oilseed)
    • Safflower Seed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: DAW2104-003RTX
    Disease surveillance and related diagnostics for the Australian grains industry (Western region)
    This project is part of a national disease surveillance program to monitor the changes in pathogen populations for cereals, oilseeds and pulses including their incidence and severity in association with changes in farming practice and other factors…
    Project start date:
    01/04/2021
    Project end date:
    31/03/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: ANU2103-001RSX
    GRS - (Tanya Skinner) A golden future for enhancing yield potential in canola
    This GRDC investment supports PhD candidate Tanya Skinner who is completing her PhD at the Australian National University supported by a GRDC Research Scholarship (GRS). Tanya is working to improve photosynthetic yield potential in crops by looking…
    Project start date:
    31/03/2021
    Project end date:
    31/01/2025
    Crop type:
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: UOM2103-001RSX
    GRS - (Nicholas Chong) Role of transposable elements in the blackleg fungus in its ability to overcome canola cultivar resistance and to…
    A major challenge for the grains industry is that pathogens adapt to disease prevention measures, such as genetic resistance in plant cultivars or fungicides. In the case of blackleg disease of canola, research has found that one way the fungus…
    Project start date:
    01/03/2021
    Project end date:
    29/02/2024
    Crop type:
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: UOA2007-009RTX
    Integrated Farming systems in the medium rainfall zone of Southern Australia
    This investment aims to provide growers and advisors with information on the rotational value of break crop or legume pasture options for the development of more profitable and integrated farming systems in the medium rainfall zone of south-eastern…
    Project start date:
    20/07/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2021
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UWA2007-002RTX
    Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative - Phase 6
    The evolution of herbicide resistance in agricultural weeds is a major concern to the productivity of Australian cropping systems. This project supports developing better weed management strategies to mitigate and manage herbicide resistant weeds…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2025
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: UOA2007-007RTX
    Developing strategies to mitigate and manage resistance to key herbicides
    The overarching objective of this project is to provide new knowledge on the mechanisms and inheritance of herbicide resistance in key grain cropping weeds in Australia. Regionally effective strategies to manage and mitigate new herbicide resistance …
    Project start date:
    01/07/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2025
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active