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Maximising yield – by the numbers

19 Apr 2024

At a recent GRDC Hyper Yielding Crops field day, crop ecologist Professor Victor Sadras spoke about the critical period, and its role in grain production. Professor Sadras says that yield is a function of grain...

Crops

Trials help faba beans build promise in HRZ

15 Apr 2024

Faba bean trials over several years are looking at integrated disease management and optimal nutrition and canopy growth to provide...

Grower Stories

Strong yields open new chapters in cereal story

01 Apr 2024

In his first year in the GRDC Hyper Yielding Crops program, sixth-generation Tasmanian beef producer and grower achieved the highest-yielding crop of wheat in Australia....

GRDC News

SA grain growers to shape research investment

15 Mar 2024

6 South Australian grain growers, particularly those in the Eyre Peninsula, are being called upon to participate in a series of National Grower Network (NGN) forums...

Crops

Fine-tuning legume agronomy to benefit SA growers

23 Jan 2024

Pod drop caused by strong winds is one of the biggest challenges faced by South Australian lentil growers, who frequently report losses of up to 0.5 tonnes per hectare due to wind events prior to harvest.

GRDC News

GRDC infrastructure investments to build research capacity across southern Australia

18 Dec 2023

The grants are part of a $20 million investment program to build Australia’s long-term grains research capacity and support the...

GRDC News

Weeds challenge sparks search for non-herbicide tools

15 Dec 2023

GRDC Nuffield Scholar Mitch Henderson has explored new technologies that one day may take the pressure off herbicides

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