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 761 search results
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GRDC Code: SAG2407-002FAX
SAGIT - Appropriate fertiliser strategies for on-row lentil sowing in saline soils
Previous work funded by the South Australian Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT) has demonstrated significant yield benefits of on-row sowing for avoiding soil salinity in moderately saline calcareous soil types of the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia.…- Project start date:
- 01/07/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2026
- Crop type:
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- Lentils, (Legume)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: SAG2407-003FAX
SAGIT- Making the most of phosphorus fertiliser inputs: Managing spatial variability and long-term strategies
Previous work funded by the South Australian Grain Industry Trust (SAGIT) and conducted by Trengove Consulting has demonstrated the applicability of the phosphorus (P) sufficiency index (pH and NDVI data layers) to predict P response and manage…- Project start date:
- 01/07/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2027
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: SAG2407-001FAX
SAGIT - Strategies for mitigating frost damage in the Upper North Region of SA
Frost events have been a significant concern in the Upper North region, resulting in substantial crop losses and economic impacts recent years. The Upper North is susceptible to frost damage at various stages in the growing season, leading to…- Project start date:
- 01/07/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2027
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Barley, (Cereal)
- Oats, (Cereal)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CSP2404-019RTX
Expediting the delivery to industry of a novel method of eliminating Late Maturity alpha-amylase in wheat
Wheat growers face quality and pricing challenges due to Late Maturity -Amylase (LMA) and Pre-harvest Sprouting (PHS), caused by the enzyme Wheat alpha-amylase type one (TaAMY1). This enzyme's stochastic accumulation during grain development can …- Project start date:
- 15/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/07/2028
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CSP2403-018RTX
Program 2: Enhancing the agronomic and nutritive value of narrow-leafed lupin by reducing seed coat thickness and increasing protein…
The Australian narrow-leafed lupin (NLL) is a vital pulse crop, serving as a cost-effective protein source for animal feed. NLLs are well adopted WA's climate and acidic soils, playing a pivotal role in crop rotations, enriching soil nitrogen…- Project start date:
- 02/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 28/04/2028
- Crop type:
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- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CRT2404-002BGX
GroundCover suite - editorial and hardcopy newspaper publication
Source and provide editorial and image content for Groundcover newspaper and Groundcover Supplement- Project start date:
- 01/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2027
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UMU2404-007RTX
Program 1: Enhancing the nutritional quality of narrow-leafed lupin by reducing anti-nutritional seed alkaloid levels.
Narrow-leafed lupin (NLL), commonly known as Australian Sweet Lupin, plays a pivotal role in Australia's agricultural landscape, serving as a cost-effective protein source, disrupting cereal disease cycles in crop rotations, and enriching…- Project start date:
- 01/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2028
- Crop type:
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- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UMU2404-003RTX
Increasing wheat nitrogen use efficiency through improved genetics
Nitrogenous fertilizers are vital to agriculture. However, wheat crop uses less than 40% of applied nitrogen and only 33% is recovered in the grain. Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) will maximise wheat yield and grain protein and thereby…- Project start date:
- 01/04/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2029
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CSP2403-017RTX
Sandy Soils II: Management to sustain production potential in the low to medium rainfall environments of the Southern cropping region
In the Southern cropping region of Australia (including SA and Vic) a three-component program to tackle key challenges of where, how and when to ameliorate sands, evidence based strategic and tactical management to sustain production potential,…- Project start date:
- 25/03/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2028
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: PCG2403-003SAX
Research Data Capture & Storage BAU Transition
The service provider will develop a scope of work and implementation plan to integrate data management, including quality assurance into GRDC's Investment Operating Model to optimise operational performance and overall effectiveness and ensure…- Project start date:
- 19/03/2024
- Project end date:
- 08/05/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- South, West
Project Status:
Active