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: 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
  • GRDC Code: LIE1910-001SAX
    Demonstrating the effects of reduced lupin seed integrity on crop establishment
    This investment will review and test lupin seed establishment and seed viability following mechanical handling processes (harvesting, auger effect, storage, seed cleaning, meter roller, seed bounce and different seeding systems) of different lupin…
    Project start date:
    21/10/2019
    Project end date:
    30/09/2022
    Crop type:
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: CSP1904-005RTX
    The adaption of pulses (chickpea and lentil) across the northern grains region.
    Chickpea is an extremely important crop for growers in QLD and NSW, with recent grain prices making it the most profitable crop for the many grain producers. Lentil is also a high value pulse crop grown in south-eastern Australia that attracts…
    Project start date:
    01/04/2019
    Project end date:
    31/03/2020
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOA1904-004SAX
    Demonstrating and validating the implementation of integrated weed management strategies to control barley grass in the low rainfall zone…
    Research into the ecology and control tactics of barley grass has occurred and now this need to be transferred into the development and testing of localised Integrated Weed Management (IWM) strategies. This investment will test localised IWM…
    Project start date:
    01/04/2019
    Project end date:
    29/04/2022
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: CSP1806-009RTX
    Lupin Breeders Toolbox - A Resource for Lupin Genetic Improvement
    This project aims to expand the current genomic and genetic resources available in one of the major grain legumes grown in Australia, narrow-leafed lupin (NLL; Lupinus angustifolius L.). These genomic and genetic resources will significantly help…
    Project start date:
    14/06/2018
    Project end date:
    30/06/2022
    Crop type:
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: WMG1803-002SAX
    Demonstrating the benefits of soil amelioration and controlled traffic practices across a broad range of soil types in Western Australia.
    Soil amelioration is a key part of farming systems in Western Australia to overcome soil limitations to crop production. The removal of soil constraints such as compaction and water repellence through strategic tillage practices generally leads to…
    Project start date:
    01/03/2018
    Project end date:
    30/11/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: UMU1801-006RTX
    Increasing profit from N, P and K fertiliser inputs into the evolving cropping sequences in the Western Region
    This project aims to give GRDC's Western Region grain growers increased confidence in decision making around fertilisers with a focus on nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). As a result an improved N decision support model will be…
    Project start date:
    01/01/2018
    Project end date:
    30/09/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: BWD1709-002SAX
    Building capacity, skills and knowledge for the pulse industry in the Southern Region: Supporting expansion of high value pulses into new…
    Building capacity, skills and knowledge for the pulse industry in the Southern Region: Supporting expansion of high value pulses into new areas and ensuring sustained profitability of all key pulse crops in existing areas.To realise the potential…
    Project start date:
    14/09/2017
    Project end date:
    31/03/2021
    Crop type:
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed