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.
Please let us know what you think as we welcome any feedback.
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 43 search results
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GRDC Code: CSP1806-018RTX
Post-doctoral Fellowship - Crop lower limit: Root water extraction responses to soil properties as key to variability in PAWC - aligned to…
This investment will provide research aimed at quantifying soil and crop effects on Crop Lower Limits (CLL - the amount of water remining in the soil after a crop has extracted all the water available to it) separately to inform new and more robust…- Project start date:
- 01/06/2018
- Project end date:
- 31/12/2020
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: BWD1805-006SAX
Supporting the sustainable use of insecticides and local on-farm implementation of integrated pest management strategies in the GRDC…
-Pest management in the southern grains region relies heavily on the use of broad-spectrum insecticides which are inexpensive thus wide-spread in use. However, the increasing incidence of insecticide resistance demonstrates a need for more…- Project start date:
- 01/05/2018
- Project end date:
- 01/12/2020
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOS1706-005RTX
US00087 - A platform to interpret soil attributes to support profitable farming systems
Profitable farming systems depend on high quality data, including soil data, to manage annual agronomic decisions affecting crop performance. Good soil management will also secure soil production potential into the future, reducing long term risk.…- Project start date:
- 30/06/2017
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2020
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: DAQ1705-005RTX
DAQ00211 - Quantifying the effectiveness of cover crops as a means of increased water infiltration and reduced evaporation in the northern…
More effective capture and storage of rainfall are major challenges for both grain and cotton growers across the northern region where only 20-40% of rainfall is typically transpired by dryland crops, while up to 60% of rainfall is lost to…- Project start date:
- 01/05/2017
- Project end date:
- 20/10/2020
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: DAW1607-002RTX
DAW00257 - Locally Important Weeds
This project aims to undertake research to quantify the biology and ecology of eight locally important weed species, four in GRDC's Western Region and four in the Southern Region. The weed species will be selected following a consultation…- Project start date:
- 01/07/2016
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2021
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: RDC1607-003OPX
RDC - RnD4Profit-115-02-005 - New biocontrol solutions for sustainable management of weed impacts to agricultural productivity
AgriFutures Australia, through the Australian Government Rural R&D for Profit Program is leading with other partners and departments of agriculture in NSW, Queensland and Victoria, and the CSIRO to develop new biocontrol agents to target 10…- Project start date:
- 01/07/2016
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2020
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: DAL1507-001OPX
DAL00001 - People in Agriculture
People in Agriculture is a cross RDC initiative that provides all the latest information for employers and (prospective) employees working in the industry.- Project start date:
- 01/07/2015
- Project end date:
- 01/03/2021
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UCS1507-001RTX
UCS00024 - Surveillance of herbicide resistant weeds in Australian grain cropping
Herbicide resistance in weeds is a major problem in farming systems of the GRDC's Southern and Western Regions and is increasing in the Northern Region. Understanding the threat and extent of resistance present at a district level can encourage…- Project start date:
- 01/07/2015
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2020
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UWA1506-003RTX
UWA00171 - Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative - Phase 5
The Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (AHRI), was created in 1997 as the principle R&D effort to tackle the major herbicide resistance problems challenging Australian grain cropping. AHRI has now grown to be a major centre of…- Project start date:
- 30/06/2015
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2020
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOA1506-006RTX
UA00158 - Mechanisms, evolution and inheritance of resistance
Herbicide resistance in weeds is a major threat to cost-effective grain production. Understanding the factors that contribute to herbicide resistance is important in developing strategies to delay the onset of resistance. This project will develop…- Project start date:
- 01/06/2015
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2020
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed