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  • Trust is key to ‘social licence’ for grain growers
    Announcements, 03 Dec 2024
    Trust is key to ‘social licence’ for grain growers

    The work builds on data collected as part of a three-year program, which identified challenges facing the grains industry as well as strategies to strengthen trust within communities.

  • Grains and horticulture join forces to fight pest insects
    Announcements, 19 Nov 2024
    Grains and horticulture join forces to fight pest insects

    GRDC is investing $10 million in the five-year-project alongside significant contributions from Hort Innovation, the University of Melbourne, and Cesar Australia.

  • New app paints clear picture of pesticide resistance across Australia
    Announcements, 12 Nov 2024
    New app paints clear picture of pesticide resistance across Australia

    The Pesticide Resistance Integrated Mapping (PRIM) tool was developed through the Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry (AAGI) program, a major investment by GRDC.

  • $10M project to explore farming systems for HRZ growers
    Announcements, 09 Nov 2024
    $10M project to explore farming systems for HRZ growers

    The $10 million, five-year project was announced today (November 9) by Agriculture and Food Minister Jackie Jarvis at the Albany Agricultural Show in Albany.

  • Pulse protein research to meet global demand
    Announcements, 23 Oct 2024
    Pulse protein research to meet global demand

    GRDC is investing $8.8 million dollars on behalf of grain growers in an innovative $13.6 million plant protein project set to position Australia to capitalise on growing consumer demand across the world.

  • GRDC recommends review to determine ‘right-size’ RD&E
    Announcements, 27 Sep 2024
    GRDC recommends review to determine ‘right-size’ RD&E

    This is the first time in the organisation’s 34-year history that the GRDC Board and Executive team have triggered an in-depth review that will assess this critical question. To help answer this, the review will focus on three key areas: GRDC’s financial position; the sector’s research and development capacity alongside research, development and extension (RD&E) opportunities; and GRDC reserves and the grains industry levy.

  • GRDC welcomes SA grower as Board Chair
    Announcements, 12 Sep 2024
    GRDC welcomes SA grower as Board Chair

    Southern grain grower Sharon Starick will become one of the first growers from her state, as well as the first female to lead the largest of the rural research and development corporations, when she officially takes the reins on October 1.

  • New summer weed control app helps growers understand costs
    Announcements, 27 Aug 2024
    New summer weed control app helps growers understand costs

    A $310,835 investment initiative of GRDC in partnership with CSIRO, the $ummer weeds decision support tool was officially launched at the 23rd Australasian Weeds Conference in Brisbane.

  • Australian faba bean growers to benefit from renewed breeding approach
    Announcements, 26 Aug 2024
    Australian faba bean growers to benefit from renewed breeding approach

    Faba bean is one of Australia's major cool season food legumes with production extending over a wide eco-geographic range including Victoria, South Australia, northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.

  • GRDC invests $11M in collaborative projects for WA
    Announcements, 23 Aug 2024
    GRDC invests $11M in collaborative projects for WA

    Four new research, development and extension projects underway in 2024 are set to deliver sustainability and profitability gains for Western Australian grain growers on-farm across areas such as nitrogen use efficiency, disease resistance and legumes in crop rotations. The projects, which have collective investment from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) of $11 million, are part of the WA Agricultural Research Collaboration (WAARC), which was established in 2022 to build applied research programs focused on the state’s emerging industry issues.

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