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: 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:
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    Region:
    North
  • 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:
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    Region:
    South
  • 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:
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    Region:
    South
  • GRDC Code: DJP2104-003OPX
    National Lentil Breeding Program
    The National Lentil Breeding program will deliver a transformational change in lentil breeding to develop improved, high yielding varieties faster, thereby enabling Australian growers to improve profitability. The program deploys innovative breeding …
    Project start date:
    18/05/2021
    Project end date:
    31/12/2025
    Crop type:
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • 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
  • GRDC Code: UOA2007-002RTX
    Disease management strategies in broadacre grain crops for South Australia
    This project aims at improved management strategies for a number of broad-acre grain crop pathogens. Field trials for ascochyta blight of lentil and faba bean, and Septoria tritici blotch will be conducted with a range of varietal resistances and…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2020
    Project end date:
    31/03/2021
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    Region:
    South
  • 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
  • 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
  • GRDC Code: WMG2003-001SAX
    Increasing the profitability of the double break rotation in the medium rainfall zone of WA Wheatbelt through incorporation of an early…
    In the past, one of the reasons for delaying the seeding of pulse crops has been due to the need for a double knock to reduce weed competition from staggered weed germination, however, the delayed sowing of pulses can result in lower yields (Larn et …
    Project start date:
    06/03/2020
    Project end date:
    31/05/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    Region:
    West
  • GRDC Code: UOQ2002-010RTX
    CropPhen: Remote mapping of grain crop type and phenology
    This project aims to develop a software-based tool to remotely map crop type (wheat, barley, chickpea, lentils, sorghum and mungbean) and development stage at the sub-paddock scale. The project will combine remote sensing, crop simulation modelling, …
    Project start date:
    24/02/2020
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Mungbeans, (Legume)
    Region:
    North, South, West