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
Interest Area
☐ Pre-breedingResults found: 1 - 10 of 12 search results
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GRDC Code: UOM2404-006RTX
Novel pest suppression in grains and vegetables: preparing the grain and vegetable industries for a future without broad-spectrum…
The Australian Grains and Horticulture Pest Innovation Program (AGHPIP) is a $24.79 million, five-year investment aimed at transforming pest management in Australian grain and vegetable industries. The $10M GRDC investment is led by the University…- Project start date:
- 05/06/2024
- Project end date:
- 16/06/2029
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Maize, (Cereal)
- Oats, (Cereal)
- Sorghum, (Cereal)
- Triticale, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Soybean, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CSP2401-015RTX
New metrics to quantify biological function and resilience in soils
Biological function in soils, such as nutrient cycling, C storage and turnover, water maintenance, soil structure and biotic regulation are integral for soil health and resilience. Such soil processes are critical for the sustainability of…- Project start date:
- 08/01/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/10/2026
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Oats, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UOM2306-003RTX
Modelling the incursion and spread of hitchhiker and windborne plant pests in Australia
Recent incidents of Khapra beetle have highlighted the need for improved surveillance of hitchhiker pathways. The Centre for Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) have developed a model APPDIS (Australian Priority Plant & Disease…- Project start date:
- 15/06/2023
- Project end date:
- 26/10/2024
- 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: 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: 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
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GRDC Code: UOA2104-011RTX
National Vetch Breeding Program
The aim of the National Vetch Breeding Program (NVBP) is to provide Australian farmers with a range of varieties for both common and woolly pod vetch, to enable choice of varieties according to the rotational requirements of a given season or…- Project start date:
- 12/04/2021
- Project end date:
- 20/04/2025
- Crop type:
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- Vetch, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active