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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Crop Type
Crop Type
- ☐ All Crops
- ☐ All Pulses
- ☐ Barley
- ☐ Canary Seed
- ☐ Canola/Rapeseed
- ☐ Cereal Rye
- ☐ Chickpeas
- ☐ Cow Peas
- ☑ Faba/Broad Beans
- ☐ Field Peas
- ☐ Lentils
- ☐ Linseed/Linola
- ☐ Lupins
- ☐ Maize
- ☐ Millet
- ☐ Mungbeans
- ☐ Navy/Kidney/French Beans
- ☐ Not Crop Specific
- ☐ Oats
- ☐ Peanuts
- ☐ Pigeon Peas
- ☐ Safflower Seed
- ☐ Sorghum
- ☐ Soybean
- ☐ Sunflower Seed
- ☐ Triticale
- ☐ Vetch
- ☐ Wheat
Results found: 41 - 50 of 65 search results
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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:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Mungbeans, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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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:
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- 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
Project Status:
Active
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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:
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- 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
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: GGA2110-002SAX
Closing the Economic Yield Gap for Grain Legumes in Western Australia
Grain legumes currently contribute in a small and diminishing way to the profitability of Western Australian farming systems. GRDC analysis indicates farmers are aware of the benefits of growing a legume in their rotation but have concerns about…- Project start date:
- 01/10/2021
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2026
- Crop type:
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- All Pulses, (Legume)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Active
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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:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: CSP2107-003RTX
Matching adapted pulse genotypes with soil and climate to maximise yield and profit, with manageable risk in Australian cropping systems.
Historically, pulse crops have been encouraged as a disease break for cereal-dominated rotations, with the ability to fix nitrogen a welcome bonus. More recently, demand for pulses has seen increased prices, and in some areas, pulse crops have…- Project start date:
- 01/07/2021
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2026
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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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:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: BRA2105-001RTX
Development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in New South…
The Service Provider is engaged to deliver development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in Central and Southern New South Wales. This will be achieved through the…- Project start date:
- 31/05/2021
- Project end date:
- 15/06/2026
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UOA2105-013RTX
Development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in South…
The investment will deliver local development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise faming systems benefits from grain legume production. This will be achieved through the delivery of a hub and spoke model of delivery for…- Project start date:
- 26/05/2021
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2025
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: DJP2105-006RTX
Development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise farming systems benefits from grain legume production in Victoria
This investment will deliver local development and extension to close the economic yield gap and maximise faming systems benefits from grain legume production. This will be achieved through the delivery of a hub and spoke model of delivery for…- Project start date:
- 20/05/2021
- Project end date:
- 31/07/2026
- Crop type:
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- Lentils, (Legume)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active