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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National Grower Network Pre-breeding

Investment list

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  • GRDC Code: ULA1906-002RTX
    Post-doctoral Fellowship: Integrating yield optimisation in mungbean aligned to UOQ1807-003RTX
    APSIM is an internationally recognised modelling framework to predict growth and yield of a variety of crops in different environments and underpin agronomic performance management decisions. This investment will upgrade the current APSIM - Mungbean …
    Project start date:
    20/06/2019
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • Mungbeans, (Legume)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOM1906-002RTX
    Novel suppression and resistance management of invertebrate pests
    This investment aims to assist the Australian grains industry transition to more sustainable and predictive approaches for the management of pests, through innovative solutions that will decrease disease transmission, improve chemical stewardship…
    Project start date:
    20/06/2019
    Project end date:
    30/04/2024
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Barley, (Cereal)
    • Oats, (Cereal)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UWA1906-008RTX
    Increasing knowledge and profitability of cropping on Ironstone gravel soils
    The term ironstone gravel is loosely defined, as it covers a broad range of gravel soils which are located predominantly within the medium to high rainfall zones of the western region and on Kangaroo Island in the southern region. It is estimated…
    Project start date:
    17/06/2019
    Project end date:
    01/06/2021
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: SCF1906-003SAX
    Investigating snail rollers to clean small conical snails out of barley and canola
    This investment aims to determine whether snail rollers can remove small conical snails from canola and barley in order to meet current/future receival standards through snail roller adjustments and/or the use of a rotary grain cleaner. The cost of…
    Project start date:
    16/06/2019
    Project end date:
    31/03/2020
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: DPI1906-007RTX
    Improving production of grower retained open pollinated canola seed using agronomic management to increase establishment in the MRZ and LRZ …
    The investment will characterise and evaluate agronomic management strategies that improve canola seed germination and vigour in addition to grower practices (seed size, speed of sowing, depth, fertiliser placement) that optimise plant establishment …
    Project start date:
    15/06/2019
    Project end date:
    15/12/2023
    Crop type:
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOQ1906-010RTX
    Post-doctoral Fellowship - Understanding sorghum root growth and function in cold soils aligned to UOQ1808-001RTX
    This investment aims to improve grower and adviser knowledge of the effects of establishing winter grown sorghum including the impact of cold soils on root growth and function, water use patterns, water use efficiency, yield, profit and risk…
    Project start date:
    01/06/2019
    Project end date:
    31/05/2022
    Crop type:
    • Sorghum, (Cereal)
    Region:
    North
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: DAQ1906-002RTX
    National resistance monitoring for insect pests of stored grain
    Insect pests of stored grain increase costs to grain growers, through physical losses, costs of controlling infestations, and limiting access to markets. Fumigants and grain protectants are used to manage these pests. Resistance monitoring generates …
    Project start date:
    01/06/2019
    Project end date:
    31/08/2022
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: DAV1907-001RTX
    Program 5 - Towards Effective Control of Blackleg of Canola : Canola infrastructure and FFS
    Blackleg, caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans, is the most serious disease of canola in Australia. A critical component of an effective blackleg genetic resistance improvement effort is industry having access to a reliable, accurate…
    Project start date:
    01/06/2019
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South, West
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: UOT1906-002RTX
    Optimising farm scale returns from irrigated grains: maximising dollar return per megalitre of water
    This investment will assist growers, advisers and the grains sector more broadly make informed decisions that maximise the economic return per megalitre of water from irrigating crops. The investment will generate an economic calculator that enables …
    Project start date:
    01/06/2019
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • All Crops, (All Crops)
    Region:
    North, South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed
  • GRDC Code: ICF1906-002RTX
    Facilitated action learning groups to support profitable irrigated farming systems in the northern and southern regions
    GRDC are putting growers at the center of a suite of irrigation investments. Irrigation Discussion Groups are able to focus on local challenges and opportunities whilst they benchmark and test the key learnings from the linked irrigation…
    Project start date:
    01/06/2019
    Project end date:
    30/06/2023
    Crop type:
    • Wheat, (Cereal)
    • Maize, (Cereal)
    • Chickpeas, (Legume)
    • Faba/Broad Beans, (Legume)
    • Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)
    Region:
    North, South
    status icon Completed Project Status: Completed