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  • Health benefits one reason to love legumes
    Industry Insights, 25 Mar 2024
    Health benefits one reason to love legumes

    Most Australians are falling short of the recommended 50 grams of legumes in their diet per day. To understand the current legume market, the Grains and Legumes Nutrition Council conducted a comprehensive analysis of the category across major supermarkets in New South Wales in October 2023.

  • Helping noodle wheat meet Japanese expectations
    Industry Insights, 08 Mar 2024
    Helping noodle wheat meet Japanese expectations

    The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre is Australia’s market-facing agency for the Japanese noodle market, in collaboration with the Grain Industry Association of WA’s Wheat Council. For more than 10 years, AEGIC has been central to supporting this market through sensory assessment of new varieties, as well as providing technical support, crop reports and resources to address seasonal issues.

  • New insights into the most profitable cropping systems in southern NSW
    Industry Insights, 17 Jan 2024
    New insights into the most profitable cropping systems in southern NSW

    The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) has invested $9.5 million since 2017 in a groundbreaking project, led by CSIRO in collaboration with the NSW Department of Primary Industries, to identify the most profitable and least risky cropping rotations for southern New South Wales grain growers. The project, involving four experimental sites in NSW, has been closely monitoring the efficiency of rainfall conversion into profit across various farming systems. Key findings reveal that certain farming systems, integrating legumes and diverse crop sequences, were significantly more profitable and less risky compared to traditional canola-cereal systems.

  • Diverse diet boosts gut health
    Industry Insights, 15 Jan 2024
    Diverse diet boosts gut health

    Diet is a key influence in shaping the gut microbiome and associated health outcomes. While no specific diet or food improves gut health, increasing dietary fibre intake, predominantly found in vegetables, fruits, wholegrain bread and cereals, legumes, nuts and seeds, is one of the most effective ways to diversify the microbiome's composition and improve gut health.

  • Grain-ful reflections in 2023
    Industry Insights, 22 Dec 2023
    Grain-ful reflections in 2023

    GRDC extends our warmest wishes for a joyous festive season and a prosperous new year to everyone.

  • On the case of low-emission crop rotations
    Industry Insights, 20 Nov 2023
    On the case of low-emission crop rotations

    Bio-economic modellers are working with a major Western Australian farming systems project to determine how growers can profitably achieve low-emission crop rotations for the low and medium rainfall regions.

  • Healthy and sustainable foods in Asia: what are the opportunities?
    Industry Insights, 08 Nov 2023
    Healthy and sustainable foods in Asia: what are the opportunities?

    AEGIC research will increase the Australian industry’s understanding of health and sustainability drivers within its value chains. Ultimately, this helps align Australian grain and systems with future demand in the most-profitable markets. Insights into consumer food product labelling trends will help the Australian grains industry respond to expected future demand in South-East Asia for products with strong health and sustainability claims.

  • Whole grains for the whole family
    Industry Insights, 25 Sep 2023
    Whole grains for the whole family

    From supporting development in young children to reducing the risk of chronic diseases, wholegrains benefit the whole family. Wholegrains provide more than 26 powerful nutrients and compounds crucial for maintaining health at any age.

  • Podcasts capture a mobile grower audience
    Industry Insights, 22 Sep 2023
    Podcasts capture a mobile grower audience

    GRDC has produced hundreds of podcasts since 2018, many of them highly technical and focused on promoting new research or addressing a specific seasonal challenge for growers. In 2022, it embarked on a podcast with a difference, commissioning a series based on discussions after the Regional Cropping Solutions Network final dinner. The premise was to devote each episode to an individual with expertise in a different sector of the grains industry in the southern region, and delve into each of them as a person discussing their career history, influences and what motivates them.

  • Wholegrains promote a healthier future
    Industry Insights, 31 Aug 2023
    Wholegrains promote a healthier future

    A major risk factor for non-communicable diseases and early mortality is a diet low in wholegrains. Despite the Australian Dietary Guidelines recommending the inclusion of four to six serves of grain foods daily, mainly from wholegrains, most Australians do not eat the recommended amount.

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