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  • Benefits of oats beyond the breakfast table
    Industry Insights, 27 May 2024
    Benefits of oats beyond the breakfast table

    Oats are rich in dietary fibre, protein, good fats and essential nutrients such as B vitamins and minerals, offering a strong nutritional profile that supports overall wellbeing. A key contributor to their impact on health is their beta-glucan content, a carbohydrate that slowly breaks down in the digestive system.

  • Australian wheat quality on display in South-East Asia
    Industry Insights, 24 May 2024
    Australian wheat quality on display in South-East Asia

    The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre’s wheat experts have been in South-East Asia engaging with customers about the benefits of choosing Australian wheat. The wheat quality seminar series in March 2024 included Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Manila, reaching about 450 flour millers, food manufacturers, government representatives and traders.

  • Why it is important for GRDC to invest in discovery
    Industry Insights, 07 May 2024
    Why it is important for GRDC to invest in discovery

    In the second part of a series, GroundCover magazine takes a continued look at the Herbicide Innovation Partnership, a long-term strategic initiative of GRDC and Bayer Crop Science launched in 2015.

  • GRDC invests in integrated solutions to tackle weed challenges
    Industry Insights, 12 Apr 2024
    GRDC invests in integrated solutions to tackle weed challenges

    In the third part of a series, GroundCover magazine takes a continued look at the Herbicide Innovation Partnership, a long-term strategic initiative of GRDC and Bayer Crop Science launched in 2015.

  • 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.

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