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: AGG2206-001RTX
    NGN Lime response on acid, low rainfall, sandy soils of southwestern NSW
    This initiative provides growers with clear guidelines on management of acid soils that have low Al and have not anecdotally been responsive to lime applications in south west NSW. Grower issue identification: Discussions in Grower Network forums in …
    Project start date:
    09/06/2022
    Project end date:
    31/10/2025
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: AMP2205-004RTX
    NGN Validating the use of plant growth regulators to manage excessive growth in barley in Northern Region warm growing environments.
    Growers participating in the National Grower Network (NGN) forums in northern NSW have identified that barley crops grown in warmer cropping areas of GRDC's northern region can often experience rapid growth periods in early crop development…
    Project start date:
    30/05/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: CRP2205-002SAX
    NGN Safflower Agronomy and Extension: WA
    Super high oleic safflower (SHOS) is proposed as high value cash crop and valuable break crop for cereal dominant systems and potential profitable option for low to mid rainfall regions in systems where canola is unsuitable. The target area,…
    Project start date:
    04/05/2022
    Project end date:
    30/04/2023
    Crop type:
    • Safflower Seed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: ERS2204-001SAX
    NGN - Beans nutrition omissions trial
    There is potential to provide a profit gain through trace elements. Growers are seeking a 5-10% in yields through this research and are hopeful that this work could be transformational in this region for minimal input cost.
    Project start date:
    30/04/2022
    Project end date:
    31/10/2023
    Crop type:
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    Region:
    North, South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: MAN2204-001SAX
    NGN - Communication and extension of slug management in the Southern region
    Slugs are the sixth most damaging invertebrate pest for the Australian grains industry, costing growers an average of $8.7 million annually (Murray, et al., 2013). Slugs are particularly damaging to establishing canola, with experiments…
    Project start date:
    29/04/2022
    Project end date:
    31/03/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOS2204-005RTX
    NGN Mapping yield gap and yield variability in commercial pulse crops
    Growers are interested in making pulse crops a more significant part of on-farm sequences, however cash flow in the year of pulse production continues to act as a handbrake on greater representation of pulses in the crop sequences. Many of the…
    Project start date:
    28/04/2022
    Project end date:
    15/08/2025
    Crop type:
    • All Pulses, (Legume)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: LAK2204-002SAX
    NGN Fallow Management and the economic costs
    There is also grower interest in looking at different fallow systems as some growers use "fallow" in different contexts. This investment will incorporate the different versions of fallow treatments that Grower Network members have…
    Project start date:
    22/04/2022
    Project end date:
    30/04/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: BWD2204-003RTX
    NGN - N banking strategies to manage variable and unpredictable nitrogen demand in the LRZ of the Southern Region
    This investment is designed to validate a range of 'N banking targets' (and budget scenarios) and compare to traditional 'N crop demand driven strategies' to establish potential profits and risks associated with both in the LRZ.…
    Project start date:
    15/04/2022
    Project end date:
    31/08/2023
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: BWD2204-002RTX
    NGN - N banking strategies to manage variable and unpredictable nitrogen demand in the MRZ of the Southern Region
    This investment is designed to validate a range of 'N banking targets' (and budget scenarios) and compare to traditional 'N crop demand driven strategies' to establish potential profits and risks associated with both in the MRZ.…
    Project start date:
    15/04/2022
    Project end date:
    31/08/2023
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: FAR2204-002SAX
    NGN Barley management options to close the yield gap and reduce pre-harvest losses
    Through the National Grower Network (NGN), and previously the Regional Cropping Solutions Network (RCSN), growers in the low and medium rainfall zones of the southern region have identified different constraints that prevent maximum attainable…
    Project start date:
    14/04/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed