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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Investment list

Results found: 81 - 90 of 109 search results

  • GRDC Code: SCF2203-003SAX
    NGN Increasing the effectiveness of claying in the Albany Port Zone
    This investment aims to improve grower awareness on the varying qualities of clay found on-farm and demonstrate how clay application rates impact on success. It will equip growers with a better understanding of; Soil properties of paddock zones…
    Project start date:
    01/03/2022
    Project end date:
    22/05/2025
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: UOQ2203-006RTX
    NGN Assessment of organic phosphorus sources
    Growers have identified through the NGN that the high cost of inorganic phosphorus (P) fertiliser (MAP & DAP) and lower cost options of organic P fertiliser (chicken and cattle manure) as an opportunity to lower input costs of crop production.…
    Project start date:
    01/03/2022
    Project end date:
    30/08/2025
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: LAK2202-001SAX
    NGN - Carryover of nitrogen after crop failure - Western Region case studies
    Growers that were hit by frost and heat stress in 2021, after applying robust nitrogen rates during the season when conditions looked promising, face the additional financial burden of increased nitrogen fertiliser costs in 2022. The increased costs …
    Project start date:
    21/02/2022
    Project end date:
    31/03/2023
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: CMP2202-001SAX
    NGN - Investing in Fertiliser storage infrastructure in the GRDC Northern Region
    This investment will develop a range of technical resources which help guide growers who are looking to invest in on-farm fertiliser storage infrastructure.
    Project start date:
    21/02/2022
    Project end date:
    30/04/2023
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: SCF2202-002SAX
    NGN - Understanding trends in falling numbers in the medium to high rainfall zones of WA
    The falling numbers test conducted on wheat assists in identifying its quality for bread-making. Low falling numbers result in down grade of wheat at receival. This is a are a critical issue for all growers in WA with varieties exhibiting different…
    Project start date:
    09/02/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2022
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: USQ2202-001RTX
    NGN Improving Powdery Mildew Management in Mungbean
    Powdery mildew is a disease that impacts mungbean crops annually and if left unmanaged can cause yield losses of up to 40%. With little genetic resistance in current varieties, management relies on the application of fungicides. There are, however,…
    Project start date:
    01/02/2022
    Project end date:
    01/09/2024
    Crop type:
    • Mungbeans, (Legume)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: SPA2201-001SAX
    NGN Precision fertiliser decisions in a tight economic climate
    This project is a natural extension to the previous Hands-on Precision Ag Training workshops. It will assist growers to better manage input prices, maximise on-farm productivity/environmental efficiencies and build economic resilience within their…
    Project start date:
    14/01/2022
    Project end date:
    15/12/2023
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: CSP2201-005RTX
    NGN Better summer weed management decisions in southern and western Australia
    Despite research and researchers promoting the importance and high expected returns of summer weed control it is clearly observed that substantial areas of summer weeds remain uncontrolled by growers. In the limited studies involving mainly…
    Project start date:
    07/01/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: ACO2201-003SAX
    NGN - Farming Water - a technical manual to increase grower and adviser use of plant available water dynamics in agronomic decision making.
    By 30 December 2023, growers and advisers have technical resources in a form that increases their understanding of water availability, use and loss across the farming systems and how it's effective management can used to guide agronomic…
    Project start date:
    01/01/2022
    Project end date:
    31/12/2023
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: CRP2201-001SAX
    NGN Weed control in high standing residue systems in the Northern Ag Region of WA
    In the Northern Agricultural Zone (NAR) in WA there are many growers already implementing either disc seeding or stripper front harvest, with a few implementing the complete "strip and disc" system. The heat, sunshine and wind in this zone …
    Project start date:
    01/01/2022
    Project end date:
    30/04/2024
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active