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: 491 - 500 of 823 search results
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GRDC Code: FLR2012-003RTX
Impact of stripper header fronts and straw length on soil evaporation and fallow efficiency
The GRDC proposes to invest in a small 24-month pilot program in Southern and Central regions of NSW to compare the fallow efficiency of stubble residues remaining after the use of conventional and stripper header fronts.What's new and…- Project start date:
- 14/12/2020
- Project end date:
- 30/04/2023
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: PRB2011-001SAX
On-farm grain storage - development and extension to support best practice management
This national investment provides new knowledge to growers and the wider grains industry on grain storage infrastructure, effective grain storage hygiene and pest control as well as adding value to grain through blending or segregation to target…- Project start date:
- 20/11/2020
- Project end date:
- 20/11/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: MSF2010-002SAX
Practical tactics to improve ground cover and ensure soil preservation following successive low rainfall seasons
Following successive low rainfall years (2017-19), that resulted in very low to no ground cover on the lighter soils across the low rainfall zone of the Southern Region, growers and advisers were faced with difficult management decisions to…- Project start date:
- 26/10/2020
- Project end date:
- 26/10/2022
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North, South
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: CES2010-001RTX
Future options for the control of RLEM in Australian grain crops
The red legged earth mite (RLEM) is one of the most destructive and economically important establishment pests of grain crops. Insecticides are currently the most effective and widely used control method against RLEM, however the emergence and…- Project start date:
- 01/10/2020
- Project end date:
- 30/09/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CSP2009-003RTX
CSIRO - Understanding constraints to crop profits on highly calcareous soil
The aim of this proposed investment is to boost crop profitability in SA through increased understanding of constraints to crop growth and profitability on highly calcareous soils and identification of improved management practices to address these. …- Project start date:
- 15/09/2020
- Project end date:
- 19/01/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: NGA2009-002RTX
Agronomic management of weeds, crop nutrition and farming practices in Northern NSW & Southern QLD to maximise crop profitability
This investment aims to investigate, validate and extend current key research findings into pest management, crop nutrition and farming systems across grain production regions in Northern NSW and Southern Queensland.- Project start date:
- 15/09/2020
- Project end date:
- 31/12/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UCS2008-001RTX
Determining the incidence of herbicide resistance in Australian grain cropping
There are currently 47 weed species which have confirmed herbicide resistance status in Australia. These are resistant to 10 different Modes of Action and 30 of these species are known to be weeds in crop production systems.This investment seeks to…- Project start date:
- 17/08/2020
- Project end date:
- 18/08/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: PHA1911-002SAX
National Diagnosticians Biosecurity Blitz Workshop
An Exercise Planning Committee lead by PHA and drawing its membership from industry and government will be formed from the outset of the project. Its role will be to guide and provide input into the development of the exercise, including…- Project start date:
- 14/08/2020
- Project end date:
- 25/06/2023
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: GGA2008-001SAX
Applying current knowledge to inform grower decision making to mitigate the impact of frost, now and in the future
The purpose of this investment is to extend and apply the outcomes of previous research and development (R&D) relating to frost and share and build knowledge that will inform grower and advisor decisions relating to pre-season planning,…- Project start date:
- 12/08/2020
- Project end date:
- 01/07/2023
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOA2008-008RTX
Developing more informed decisions for management of infertile sandy soils in the southern Mallee region
This investment aims to complete research into the potential impacts of soil amelioration and herbicide residues on crop production on hostile soils in low rainfall Mallee farming systems.- Project start date:
- 01/08/2020
- Project end date:
- 31/05/2021
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Completed