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.

Investment list

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  • GRDC Code: ICN2203-002SAX
    NGN GRDC Northern Region Industry Spray Day Initiative
    Spraying technology is adapting very quickly and growers are constantly considering how new technology fits in their business. This investment will deliver six GRDC Industry Spray Days (three annually for two years) in the GRDC Northern Region. The…
    Project start date:
    31/03/2022
    Project end date:
    20/11/2024
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North
  • GRDC Code: CSP2203-006RTX
    NGN Soil water modelling of stripper and draper header front stubbles to identify possible differences in water capture and storage for…
    The opportunity exists to demonstrate and validate soil water accumulation models under stripper and draper front stubbles across a range of environments using data from investment FLR2012-003RTX to ground truth model parameters. The modelling in…
    Project start date:
    28/03/2022
    Project end date:
    30/08/2025
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North
  • GRDC Code: CFG2203-001SAX
    NGN - Farming after Fire - soil and herbicide management post fire, pre-seeding
    There is need to respond to these bushfire events extremely rapidly whilst clean-up is being undertaken, damage being assessed and ahead of major 2022 crop planning decisions being made. The investment will provide soils and cropping related expert…
    Project start date:
    24/03/2022
    Project end date:
    31/05/2022
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    West
  • GRDC Code: DJP2203-005RTX
    Optimisation and validation of rapid screening method to quantify anti-nutritional factors (vicine and convicince) for faba beans
    Faba bean contains a number of anti-nutritional factors (ANF) in the seed and these can limit their use, both in the range of products and the amount included in some products. The most abundant group of faba antinutritional compounds are the…
    Project start date:
    14/03/2022
    Project end date:
    30/09/2022
    Crop type:
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    Region:
    North, South, West
  • GRDC Code: FMC2203-001CRX
    AgVet R6#003 - Sorghum - Fall Armyworm & Helicoverpa - Chlorantraniliprole
    Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a highly invasive and destructive caterpillar native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas that has recently become established in Australia.In January 2020 it was detected in far north…
    Project start date:
    14/03/2022
    Project end date:
    01/12/2026
    Crop type:
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North
  • GRDC Code: FMC2203-003CRX
    AgVet R6#002 - Linseed - Fall Armyworm & Helicoverpa Chlorantraniliprole
    Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a highly invasive and destructive caterpillar native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas has recently become established in Australia.In January 2020 it was detected in far north…
    Project start date:
    14/03/2022
    Project end date:
    01/12/2026
    Crop type:
    • Linseed/Linola, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South
  • GRDC Code: FMC2203-002CRX
    AgVet R6#001-Maize - Fall Armyworm & Helicoverpa - Chlorantraniliprole
    Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, is a highly invasive and destructive caterpillar native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas has recently become established in Australia.In January 2020 it was detected in far north…
    Project start date:
    14/03/2022
    Project end date:
    01/12/2026
    Crop type:
    • Maize, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North, South
  • GRDC Code: AIP2203-001SAX
    NGN Tactics to minimise frost damage on the Eyre Peninsula
    In 2022 and 2023, this investment will establish a frost management site to demonstrate tactics for growers and advisers to better manage frost in the central Eyre Peninsula. At additional sites (over both years), monitoring of canopy temperature…
    Project start date:
    04/03/2022
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Field Peas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    • Vetch, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    South
  • 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
  • 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