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: 451 - 460 of 823 search results

  • GRDC Code: PHA2105-001RTX
    Updating exotic priority threat tables and the Grains Industry Biosecurity Plan
    This investment will enable the strategic review, update and re-prioritisation of exotic biosecurity threats to the grains industry. This will be delivered through an updated Grains Industry Biosecurity Plan (GIBP) and its associated lists of grains …
    Project start date:
    15/07/2021
    Project end date:
    31/12/2024
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: AAC2107-001SAX
    Current and potential costs of diseases and invertebrate pests in Australian grains
    This investment will estimate the economic impacts of pests and diseases across crops and grain growing regions. It will provide an indication of the scale of losses to be minimised to protect potential yield. It will inform on how these impacts may …
    Project start date:
    05/07/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: AEG2107-001RTX
    An economic analysis of Australia's main containerised grain supply chains
    The investment will conduct an analysis of Australia's containerised grain supply chains to identify constraints to improving efficiency. The study will also identify ways in which the containerised trade of Australian grain could be improved;…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2021
    Project end date:
    28/02/2023
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: DAW2106-001RTX
    Determining the economic impact of Native Budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera) in cereal crops in the Western Region
    Since 2018, there has been an annual and increasing trend in Western Australia of native budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera) causing feeding damage in cereal crops, particularly wheat, which is not the species' traditional host crop. An early…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: RDC2107-001OPX
    Rural Safety and Health Alliance
    There is an enormous social, emotional and economic toll from workplace death and injury, making workplace health and safety (WHS) a key focus in growers' risk management strategies. In order to inform best practice WHS guidelines on farms and…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: DAQ2107-002RTX
    Establish Australian economic management thresholds for fall armyworm in maize (rainfed and irrigated) and sorghum
    Sorghum and maize crops across Queensland Gulf, Tablelands and Burdekin regions in the 2019-20 season experienced injury and yield losses from FAW, a major pest new to Australia.This project proposes, for the first time in Australia, to bring…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2025
    Crop type:
    • Maize, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: CSP2107-003RTX
    Matching adapted pulse genotypes with soil and climate to maximise yield and profit, with manageable risk in Australian cropping systems.
    Historically, pulse crops have been encouraged as a disease break for cereal-dominated rotations, with the ability to fix nitrogen a welcome bonus. More recently, demand for pulses has seen increased prices, and in some areas, pulse crops have…
    Project start date:
    01/07/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2026
    Crop type:
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Lentils, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Lupins, (Legume)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: DAQ2106-007RTX
    Disease surveillance and related diagnostics for the Australian grains industry (within the Northern region)
    This project is part of a national disease surveillance program to monitor the changes in pathogen populations for cereals and pulses including their incidence and severity in association with changes in farming practice and other factors (such as…
    Project start date:
    30/06/2021
    Project end date:
    30/06/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Mungbeans, (Legume)
    • Peanuts, (Legume)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: MFM2106-001RTX
    Managing soils post-amelioration in the Upper South East SA
    This investment is designed help build growers' confidence and address gaps in knowledge relating to the agronomic management of recently ameliorated soils in the upper South East of South Australia.The project will include a three-year series…
    Project start date:
    29/06/2021
    Project end date:
    31/01/2025
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    South
    status icon Active Project Status: Active
  • GRDC Code: DJP2106-008SAX
    Increasing grower and advisor capacity and confidence in seasonal forecasting - Southern region and SNSW
    This project will build on the successful seasonal forecast extension project - GRDC South 'Using Seasonal Forecasts Project DAV1803-010SAX (2018-2020). The Agriculture Seasonal Risk project team have a proven track record, and come with an…
    Project start date:
    25/06/2021
    Project end date:
    30/04/2023
    Crop type:
    • Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
    Region:
    North, South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed