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  • Set up a successful season with area-wide biosecurity tactics
    Industry Insights, 17 Jan 2022
    Set up a successful season with area-wide biosecurity tactics

    It is the perfect time to implement area-wide biosecurity tactics. Setting the season up correctly with practical farm biosecurity practices will safeguard market access, reduce the risk of pests and diseases and ensure the safety, quality and integrity of crops.

  • Study looks at safety of GM omega-3 canola
    Industry Insights, 16 Jan 2022
    Study looks at safety of GM omega-3 canola

    Scientists from Australia and the US have published a study in the Frontiers of Nutrition journal on the food and feed safety of genetically modified omega-3 canola, revealing its safety for use in human foods, nutraceuticals and animal feeds. The study also shows results that bring the GM canola a step closer to being part of a solution to alleviate the high pressure in marine resources for the production of omega-3 fatty acids.

  • Legume product landscape shifts
    Industry Insights, 14 Jan 2022
    Legume product landscape shifts

    Legume products are increasingly recognised as sustainable foods with environmental, nutritional and economic benefits. Research findings by Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council suggest plant-based diets rich in legumes could help optimise human and planetary health.

  • Asian biscuit demand presents new opportunity
    Industry Insights, 12 Jan 2022
    Asian biscuit demand presents new opportunity

    The popularity of baked products such as biscuits and cakes is growing across South-East Asia and China as incomes grow and diets change. Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC) analysis identified that the annual growth rate for cakes and biscuits is twice that of noodles in South-East Asia.

  • Must-have reference to understand plant biosecurity in Australia
    Industry Insights, 10 Jan 2022
    Must-have reference to understand plant biosecurity in Australia

    The annual National Plant Biosecurity Status Report, released by Plant Health Australia, is a must-have reference guide for producers seeking to understand Australia’s plant biosecurity system, the performance of the system and the greatest pest threats to the grains industry.

  • Happy holidays from GroundCover
    Industry Insights, 24 Dec 2021
    Happy holidays from GroundCover

    GRDC wishes everybody a fun festive season and hopes everybody stays safe.

  • New research to reveal true cost of harvest losses to growers
    Industry Insights, 02 Dec 2021
    New research to reveal true cost of harvest losses to growers

    Research is under way in Western Australia to measure the magnitude of grain and profit lost during harvest.

  • The next generation: our bridge to the future
    Industry Insights, 27 Nov 2021
    The next generation: our bridge to the future

    GRDC has a proud history of investing in the next generation of young PhD and postdoctorate students to build research capacity in the Australian grains industry. The students come from different environments and educational backgrounds, and many are already having an impact as early career researchers in the grains sector.

  • Survey shows farmers viewed as responsible stewards
    Industry Insights, 23 Nov 2021
    Survey shows farmers viewed as responsible stewards

    Study highlights community perceptions of Australian agriculture.

  • No time for complacency when resistance is on the rise
    Industry Insights, 17 Nov 2021
    No time for complacency when resistance is on the rise

    Agronomists, researchers, growers and industry members participated in a one-day forum with a focus on fungicide, herbicide and pesticide resistance facing Australian cropping systems.

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