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  • Want to supercharge your profit? Dual-purpose canola may be just the ticket
    Delivering Impact, 15 Mar 2023
    Want to supercharge your profit? Dual-purpose canola may be just the ticket

    CSIRO researchers estimate that adding dual-purpose canola into Australian mixed farming systems has generated more than $1 billion over the past 15 years.

  • New winter wheats add agility in low-rainfall regions
    Delivering Impact, 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.

  • Global breeding collaboration pays off in the paddock
    Delivering Impact, 21 Oct 2022
    Global breeding collaboration pays off in the paddock

    A review of the CAIGE program that gives Australian wheat and barley breeders access to international germplasm that is vital to crop improvement has reported a benefit:cost return of 20:1. This assessment reflects the value of international collaborations that are critical to lifting crop yields in the face of climate and other evolving production challenges.

  • Adding value to Australia's canola industry
    Delivering Impact, 01 Jul 2022
    Adding value to Australia's canola industry

    Australian grain growers have increasingly embraced canola as a profitable winter crop option with annual plantings tripling over the past 20 years to almost three million hectares. Growers now produce more than six million tonnes of canola per season, contributing well over $3 billion to the national economy each year.

  • Mitigating the impact of blackleg in canola
    Delivering Impact, 01 Jul 2022
    Mitigating the impact of blackleg in canola

    The Australian canola industry has grown rapidly over the past few decades, from a few thousand tonnes in the early 1990’s to more than six million tonnes in the 2021/22 season. Now an intrinsic part of Australian cropping landscapes, canola provides both genetic and financial diversity in Australian grains farming systems that are otherwise heavily reliant on cereals.

  • Supporting long-term control of cereal rusts
    Delivering Impact, 01 Jul 2022
    Supporting long-term control of cereal rusts

    Wheat and barley rusts are prevalent in Australia. They are highly infective diseases that can spread widely and quickly within and between regions and have the potential to cause significant crop damage.

  • Investing in water use efficiency yields results
    Delivering Impact, 01 Jul 2022
    Investing in water use efficiency yields results

    One of the greatest barriers to improving farm productivity in Australia is water. Not simply a lack of it or variations in the timing and intensity of rainfall events, but efficiently capturing, storing and converting every millimetre into plant biomass and grain yield.

  • Ensuring yield benefits through informed fertiliser decisions
    Delivering Impact, 01 Jul 2022
    Ensuring yield benefits through informed fertiliser decisions

    Deep placed phosphorus (P) has become an important consideration for growers when planning a fertiliser strategy, with the growing recognition that it can offer long-term yield benefits in many environments and growing conditions.

  • GRDC investment in lupin breeding underpins productivity
    Delivering Impact, 01 Jul 2022
    GRDC investment in lupin breeding underpins productivity

    Lupin crops deliver valuable productivity benefits by reducing the need for nitrogenous fertiliser, providing disease breaks and boosting cereal yields.

  • Improving seasonal forecasting
    Delivering Impact, 01 Jul 2022
    Improving seasonal forecasting

    Improved seasonal forecasts are an essential part of helping Australian producers manage climate risk and successfully mitigate the impact on farm production and income.

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