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: 61 - 70 of 823 search results
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GRDC Code: LIV2403-004SAX
NGN - Investigating impact sowing rate on barley grain quality and WUE in the Geraldton port zone.
Growers in the Morawa district have been looking for options to diversify their cropping rotations to manage weeds, pests and diseases while maintaining profitability. Barely has been considered as one option however quality issues and achieving…- Project start date:
- 01/03/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2027
- Crop type:
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- Barley, (Cereal)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: ULA2402-002RTX
NGN - Gazanias incidence and impact on grain cropping in the Southern region.
Gazanias are an increasingly difficult to control weed in grain production paddocks of the Mallee, Riverland and Wimmera regions of Victoria and South Australia. Gazanias were raised as an emerging difficult to control weed at the 2023 Loxton,…- Project start date:
- 29/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/08/2026
- Crop type:
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- Not Crop Specific, (Not Crop Specific)
- Region:
- South
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: UCS2402-001RSX
GRS 2024 (Jordan Bathgate) - Improving physiological understanding and crop yield of early sown wheat genotypes under constrained…
This project aims to quantify the historical genetic gains in harvest index and grain yield of Australian winter wheats and to determine opportunities to further lift the yield frontier of winter wheats. This will be done by improving understanding…- Project start date:
- 26/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/07/2027
- Crop type:
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- Wheat, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: SQU2402-002SAX
Content Audit and Inventory
As identified in GRDC's Digital Strategy 2022-26, the website content will be inventoried and audited for findability, usability and relevance. This work is being undertaken by an external UX (usability) expert and includes the use of analytics…- Project start date:
- 12/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 29/03/2024
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Completed
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GRDC Code: UOQ2402-010RTX
Fast tracking deployment of chickpea heat tolerance to develop chickpea varieties with improved high temperature tolerance
Chickpea is the most important pulse crop in Australian farming systems and the largest in terms of production, cultivated area and export. High temperature is a threat to current and future chickpea production, impacting both yield and grain…- Project start date:
- 12/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2028
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: MGP2402-002RTX
Determination of Alternaria Leaf Spot incidence within canola cultivars
Determination of Alternaria Leaf Spot incidence within canola cultivars A two-year project conducted by GRDC and Marcroft Grains Pathology aims to investigate the incidence and severity of Alternaria infection in Australian canola crops, as well as…- Project start date:
- 01/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2026
- Crop type:
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- Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: CFL2308-001RTX
Evaluation of biodegradable mulch film in spring planting of sorghum and maize
Biodegradable mulch (BDM) film may be beneficial in the production of spring planted maize or sorghum in Darling Downs/Central Queensland region. The agronomic benefits of applying a BDM film in these regions include achieving enhanced water use…- Project start date:
- 01/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 30/09/2026
- Crop type:
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- Maize, (Cereal)
- Sorghum, (Cereal)
- Region:
- North
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: LIV2402-003RTX
Fertiliser recommendations for grain legumes in Western region with limited production area.
As adapted pulse crop species become available for growers in regions of Western Australia, associated fertiliser recommendations for the major elements (Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K) and Sulphur (S)) are required to maximise profitability.…- Project start date:
- 01/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/03/2027
- Crop type:
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- Chickpeas, (Legume)
- Field Peas, (Legume)
- Lentils, (Legume)
- Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
- Vetch, (Legume)
- Lupins, (Legume)
- Region:
- West
Project Status:
Active
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GRDC Code: QUT2401-001RTX
Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from the decomposition of crop residue
The grains baseline Greenhouse Gas (GHG) report indicated on-farm GHG emissions from crop residues account for 20.4% of total emissions, of which 89% is due to decomposition of residues left in the field. The lack of country specific crop residue…- Project start date:
- 01/02/2024
- 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: CSP2311-010RTX
Development and testing of a sprayable biodegradable (SBM) product for Australian broadacre crop production
GRDC are actively investing in a biodegradable mulch (BDM product with the main driver being preservation of summer rainfall or early autumn rainfall for broadacre winter crop production. Preliminary modelling analysis shows that retention of summer …- Project start date:
- 01/02/2024
- Project end date:
- 31/10/2027
- Crop type:
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- All Crops, (All Crops)
- Region:
- North, South, West
Project Status:
Active