Skip to content
menu icon
217 results found
  • Tasmanian grower earns top gong in agronomy awards
    Industry Insights, 03 Nov 2022
    Tasmanian grower earns top gong in agronomy awards

    A Tasmanian wheat crop has ranked first in GRDC’s 2021 Hyper Yielding Crops awards.

  • Premium Chinese products a target for wheat industry
    Industry Insights, 31 Oct 2022
    Premium Chinese products a target for wheat industry

    China is an important wheat market for Australia and research has proven that premium Chinese noodles, dumplings and steamed buns are improved by the addition of high-quality Australian wheat.

  • Global breeding collaboration pays off in the paddock
    Industry Insights, 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.

  • Improving productivity on South Australia’s ironstone gravel soils
    Industry Insights, 14 Oct 2022
    Improving productivity on South Australia’s ironstone gravel soils

    Occurring on 2 million hectares of agricultural land across South Australia and Western Australia, ironstone gravels have limited capacity to hold moisture and nutrients that prevents them being as productive as they could be.

  • Growers must be proactive to manage increased stripe rust pressure
    Industry Insights, 10 Oct 2022
    Growers must be proactive to manage increased stripe rust pressure

    Predictions of a high-pressure stripe rust season have well and truly come to fruition, with inoculum extremely high across the Eastern Australian wheat belt. Growers have been urged to focus on being proactive with management, especially prior to flowering, to preserve yield and avoid risking withholding periods at harvest from delayed foliar fungicide applications.

  • Key ‘megatrends’ present challenges and opportunities
    Industry Insights, 08 Oct 2022
    Key ‘megatrends’ present challenges and opportunities

    Broad 'megatrends' that are influencing Australian and global agriculture will become increasingly important in the future, a leading agricultural economist believes. Dr Jared Greenville, who is executive director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, says an expected decline in agricultural production and value in coming years – due to the return of “more usual” seasonal conditions – will be part of a broader set of trends affecting the industry.

  • Key issues for WA growers raised on GRDC panel tour
    Industry Insights, 23 Sep 2022
    Key issues for WA growers raised on GRDC panel tour

    Board members and staff toured the Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions in September, visiting growers and grower groups from Dale down to Frankland.

  • Summer sorghum window on the horizon for northern growers
    Industry Insights, 07 Sep 2022
    Summer sorghum window on the horizon for northern growers

    The summer cropping area in the northern region is expected to increase this year, with many growers missing out on planting their full winter cropping area or losing young crops to waterlogging due to ongoing wet conditions over the past few months.

  • Long-standing panelist shines a light on critical research
    Industry Insights, 06 Sep 2022
    Long-standing panelist shines a light on critical research

    John Minogue spent 11 years as a GRDC panel member. Here he reflects on research that has made a difference to grower returns.

  • Panel chair reflects on a decade of grower representation
    Industry Insights, 05 Sep 2022
    Panel chair reflects on a decade of grower representation

    Earlier this year, John stepped down from the role of chair of GRDC’s Southern Panel. The grain grower from Lawloit in Victoria’s West Wimmera's exuberance has fuelled positive outcomes in Australian grains RD&E over the past 10 years.

back to top