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  • GRDC kicks off regional grains updates series in Hyden
    GRDC kicks off regional grains updates series in Hyden
    Region: West, 2022-07-29T10:30:00+10:00

    Growers, advisors and grains industry professionals gathered in Hyden on July 26 as GRDC kicked off its regional grains research updates series.

  • Unlocking the hidden potential of ironstone gravel soils
    Unlocking the hidden potential of ironstone gravel soils
    Region: West, 2022-07-28T10:40:00+10:00

    Innovative new research into ironstone gravel soils is working to unlock potential and increase crop yields for Western Australian growers with these challenging soil types.

  • GRDC invests another $10M to bolster grains research in WA
    GRDC invests another $10M to bolster grains research in WA
    Region: West, 2022-07-22T07:00:00+10:00

    GRDC will invest $10 million over three years in the newly formed Western Australian Agricultural Research Collaboration.

  • New farming systems project for WA grain growers
    New farming systems project for WA grain growers
    Region: West, 2022-07-19T15:00:00+10:00

    An innovative $20.4 million research project will give Western Australian grain growers in low and medium rainfall zones new insights into farming systems practices that increase profit, manage risk and consider greenhouse gas (GHG) emission options.

  • Peers and advisers guide novel pasture pursuit
    Peers and advisers guide novel pasture pursuit
    Region: West, 2022-07-13T10:00:00+10:00

    Research, support and new species developed from the five-year operations of the Dryland Legume Pasture Systems project have been credited for the production improvements in a low to medium rainfall mixed farm in Western Australia. Anna-Lisa Newman and husband Craig took on an ambitious plan to renovate pastures in their expanding mixed farming business and were guided by peers and advisers in the successful adoption of novel legume species and new farming practices.

  • Latest grains research to visit regional WA
    Latest grains research to visit regional WA
    Region: West, 2022-07-08T10:00:00+10:00

    WA growers can learn about the latest research and innovations at the upcoming GRDC Regional Grains Research Updates.

  • Growers request footprint expansion for soils research
    Growers request footprint expansion for soils research
    Region: West, 2022-07-06T09:00:00+10:00

    Demonstrating the agility of GRDC’s National Grower Network to respond to grower needs, research on moisture retention in sodic-dispersive soils has been expanded to four more sites in the Western Region.

  • Pastures that can supercharge crop sequences
    Pastures that can supercharge crop sequences
    Region: West, 2022-06-23T13:00:00+10:00

    The nitrogen boost to subsequent crops is just one of many benefits from adding novel hard-seeded legume pasture species to low and medium-rainfall mixed farming systems. Western Australian researchers have quantified these and other benefits to support growers’ decisions to use these species.

  • Socio-economic factors will drive blotch management practice change
    Socio-economic factors will drive blotch management practice change
    Region: West, 2022-06-22T09:00:00+10:00

    Growers face multiple risks in their farming business. In the face of fungicide resistance risk, a recent survey has found that the socio-economic impact of fungicide resistance remains a dominant factor driving net blotch management practice change. Using this information Curtin University’s Centre for Crop and Disease Management is developing methods to effect greater practice change for net blotch management.

  • Co-innovation to curb barley blotches
    Co-innovation to curb barley blotches
    Region: West, 2022-06-21T09:00:00+10:00

    A unique approach has been taken to learn about the incidence of net blotch fungicide resistance across southern WA and researchers are now advocating the same approach is necessary for management

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