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: 1 - 10 of 17 search results
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GRDC Code: BWD2304-001SAX
NGN - Vetch agronomy for the lower Vic Mallee
This project lead by BCG is looking to provide Victorian Mallee growers a better understanding of the nitrogen and soil moisture legacy benefits from growing vetch under different management systems. They will also have a greater understanding of…- Project start date:
- 03/04/2023
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2025
- Crop type:
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- Vetch, (Legume)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CES2303-002RTX
Understanding the distribution, damage, and potential management options of the faba bean aphid (Megoura crassicauda) in Victoria and…
Faba bean aphid (Megoura crassicauda), a pest of faba bean and vetch crops, was first detected in Australia in Sydney, NSW in 2016. At this time, its eradication was deemed unfeasible. Since then, the pest has expanded its range and has been…- Project start date:
- 01/03/2023
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2024
- Crop type:
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- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: DAQ2209-001RTX
National resistance monitoring and management of stored grain pests
Australian growers rely heavily on phosphine fumigation to disinfest stored grain and meet market expectations for high-quality grain with adherence to 'nil tolerance' for live insects. The key to the sustainable use of this cheapest and…- Project start date:
- 28/09/2022
- Project end date:
- 31/08/2025
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Canary Seed, (Cereal)
- Cereal Rye, (Cereal)
- Maize, (Cereal)
- Millet, (Cereal)
- Oats, (Cereal)
- Sorghum, (Cereal)
- Triticale, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- 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)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Linseed/Linola, (Oilseed)
- Safflower Seed, (Oilseed)
- Soybean, (Oilseed)
- Sunflower Seed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: APG2206-001AWX
WA Vetch Hay Study Tour of Victoria and NSW 2022
This group of WA growers will visit top vetch hay producers and processors and top dairy farmers using vetch hay in Victoria. The group will learn more about vetch hay production from the experience of growers and agronomists in the Wimmera and…- Project start date:
- 24/06/2022
- Project end date:
- 04/11/2022
- Crop type:
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- Vetch, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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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: 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