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  • 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.

  • MLA and GRDC join forces in $2.1m initiative to support mixed farming businesses
    Announcements, 22 Aug 2024
    MLA and GRDC join forces in $2.1m initiative to support mixed farming businesses

    The joint project is targeting businesses producing both livestock and grain across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

  • New study to benchmark crop residue emissions
    Announcements, 21 Aug 2024
    New study to benchmark crop residue emissions

    A new $8 million national study is set to quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from crop residues, to help the Australian grains industry accurately report its carbon (C) footprint.

  • New tools in the toolbox for fungicide resistance detection
    Announcements, 14 Aug 2024
    New tools in the toolbox for fungicide resistance detection

    Researchers at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) have developed a new method for detecting fungicide resistance enabling them to detect multiple mutations, both known and novel, in just one test.

  • GRDC digs deep advancing soil productivity and nutrition through $55M collaboration
    Announcements, 07 Aug 2024
    GRDC digs deep advancing soil productivity and nutrition through $55M collaboration

    A transformational, new $55.9 million strategic collaboration is aiming to lift water and nutrient use efficiency in Western Australian grain production and support the state’s growers to achieve crop yield gains of more than 10 per cent.

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