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Cereals, 01 Jul 2024
GRDC launches new wave of oat investments
A new wave of strategically planned GRDC oat investments is set to build on a firm investment portfolio for the crop. Designed in close consultation with industry and with significant industry support, these new investments will position oats to capture increased market share for Australian growers.
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Cereals, 20 Sep 2023
Australia’s wheat productivity ranks highest globally
A benchmarking study has found Australia has experienced the highest growth in wheat productivity globally during the past 30 years. The study’s results help inform GRDC on investment strategies.
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Cereals, 14 Sep 2023
Are wheat and chickpeas better together?
Grown together as companion crops, wheat and chickpeas can yield well – food for thought in regions where chickpeas are popular but provide little stubble cover for water infiltration.
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Cereals, 24 Aug 2023
Study reveals essential ingredients for hyper-yielding wheat
GRDC’s Hyper Yielding Crops research has confirmed the varieties, nutrition and fungicide treatments required for growing high-yielding wheat
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Cereals, 04 Aug 2023
Plant early to beat heat and boost yields
Pushing sowing boundaries can pay off and points to how transformational research can help meet climate demands.
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Cereals, 29 May 2023
Project aims to expand options for Australian sorghum
A research project explored the value-adding markets for Australian sorghum revealed some promising options
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Cereals, 31 Mar 2023
Keen eyes define roles for long coleoptile wheats
Observation is key to problem solving and a team is using this skill in a GRDC National Grower Network project to understand the role of long coleoptiles in improving wheat productivity for changing farming systems and climate.
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Cereals, 20 Feb 2023
New winter wheats add agility in low-rainfall regions
Long-season winter wheats have been trialled to give growers and agronomists in central and southern NSW new data on the opportunities they offer for managing increasingly unpredictable seasons. The research and trials from 2018–20 confirmed the risk-management value, and potential production gains, from varieties able to be sown early and with vernalisation traits that delay flowering until after the frost risk period.
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Cereals, 07 Feb 2023
Australia reaps rewards as international oat conference host
The Australian grain industry has benefited from hosting the 11th International Oat Conference in Perth during October 2022. This unique event brought international experts from across the global oat value chain together with a large cohort of Australian oat specialists to learn about the opportunities and challenges for oat.
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Cereals, 06 Feb 2023
Oat breeding effort celebrated
The international oat community paid tribute to Dr Pamela Zwer upon her retirement and her decades of breeding improved oat varieties for Australian environments and varied end products at the 11th International Oat Conference held in Perth, late 2022.