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: 31 - 40 of 53 search results
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GRDC Code: GAL2204-001SAX
Market analysis to identify current and future opportunities for pulses
The purpose of this project is to build a sophisticated, forward looking understanding of grain markets so that Australian grains industry can identify and take advantage of the best current and future opportunities. This project will focus only on…- Project start date:
- 13/04/2022
- Project end date:
- 20/12/2022
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Cow Peas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Mungbeans, (Legume)
- Navy/Kidney/French Beans, (Legume)
- Peanuts, (Legume)
- Pigeon Peas, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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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:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Barley, (Cereal)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Active
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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:
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- 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
Project Status:
Completed
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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: 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: 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: DAW2104-002RTX
Sclerotinia management for narrow leaf lupin crops in Western Australian farming systems
Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) is a serious but sporadic disease of broadleaf field crops in Australia. The main causal organism, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, has a host range in excess of 400 plant species including all broadleaf crop species within the…- Project start date:
- 26/04/2021
- Project end date:
- 05/02/2026
- Crop type:
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- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Active