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.
Please let us know what you think as we welcome any feedback.
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: 341 - 350 of 823 search results
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GRDC Code: CSP2206-010RMX
Using data analysis to increase attainable canola yield across Australia
This investment will contribute to improving canola yields in Australia, by analysing existing data sets from GRDC major investments to inform future research and identify data shortfalls. An alliance between data owners, physiologists, and…- Project start date:
- 01/06/2022
- Project end date:
- 15/11/2023
- Crop type:
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- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOA2206-009RTX
Updating acidification rates, lime recommendations and extension aids to overcome soil acidity constraints to crop production in the…
Soil acidification currently affects more than 2M ha in SA and, unless liming applications are expanded and rates increased, this could increase to 4-5 Mha over the next few decades, especially given increased cropping intensity and reliance on…- Project start date:
- 01/06/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2025
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CSP2204-009RTX
Frost and Heat Management Analytics
This project aims to develop and commercialise analytics-based technologies to help growers manage the impacts of frost and heat in wheat, barley, canola, chickpeas, and lentils. It will develop and deliver solutions to map and monitor frost and…- Project start date:
- 01/06/2022
- Project end date:
- 15/12/2026
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: SAG2205-003OPX
Agronomy strategies for frost management in pulse crops
GRDC has co-invested with SAGIT in this project to the University of Adelaide and SARDI that will provide management strategies for growers to successfully include a wider range of break crops in frost prone environments. The objective of this…- Project start date:
- 31/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 31/08/2025
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: SAG2205-004OPX
Developing a new high value noodle market for South Australian growers
This GRDC and SAGIT co-invested project to AEGIC is to establish a new high-value noodle wheat market for South Australia by increasing the demand in Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong that is estimated at $95 million annually for SA wheat and…- Project start date:
- 31/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/09/2025
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: SAG2205-002OPX
Revegetation for enhanced biocontrol of pest conical snails
Invasive conical snails are major pests of grain crops and pastures in South Australia and a spreading problem of national significance. These snails reach extreme densities in crops, leading to contamination of harvested grain and risks to the…- Project start date:
- 31/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/09/2025
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: AAG2205-001SAX
Improving WUE of Super High Oleic Safflower (SHOS) crops across South Australia
Super high oleic safflower (SHOS) may provide growers a with a profitable break crop option for cereal dominant systems in the lmedium rainfall regions, in systems where canola is unsuitable or unprofitable. For many regions however, SHOS is a new…- Project start date:
- 30/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 31/05/2023
- Crop type:
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- Safflower Seed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Completed
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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:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: EAS2205-004SAX
Residue Field Studies - Propyzamide Safflower
APVMA Minor Use Permit PER88228 Propyzamide / Safflower / Various Weeds was issued on the 28/07/2020 with an expiry date of 31/07/2022. The investment will produce the data and study reports, in accordance with GLP requirements, to be provided as…- Project start date:
- 25/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2023
- Crop type:
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- Safflower Seed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: DPI2205-022RTX
Bench marking chickpea yield genetic gain
National chickpea yields have remained stable with an average of 1.08 t/ha over the last four decades, peaking in 2016 at 1.88 t/ha. There are many potential reasons for the lack of apparent improvement in national average yield, including the…- Project start date:
- 23/05/2022
- Project end date:
- 30/06/2024
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed