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  • 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.

  • Victoria the focus of GRDC Southern Panel tour
    Industry Insights, 02 Sep 2022
    Victoria the focus of GRDC Southern Panel tour

    The Southern Panel together with GRDC staff will tour rural Victoria to connect with growers, researchers and industry.

  • Australians hold grains industry in high esteem
    Industry Insights, 29 Aug 2022
    Australians hold grains industry in high esteem

    Australians have a high level of trust and acceptance towards the grains industry, according to a recent survey commissioned by GRDC. The Grains Focus Study was part of a larger three-year cross-commodity study called Community Trust in Rural Industries. As well as finding strong trust levels, it identified opportunities to strengthen the broader community’s trust in the grains industry.

  • Growers retain community trust, shown ways to build it
    Industry Insights, 23 Aug 2022
    Growers retain community trust, shown ways to build it

    An in-depth survey of 1,000 Australians shows trust in the grains industry is high, and there are opportunities to further strengthen relationships with the community.

  • Record exports push grain farm incomes to average $620,000
    Industry Insights, 22 Aug 2022
    Record exports push grain farm incomes to average $620,000

    Cropping farm incomes climbed 28 per cent to an average $620,000 in 2021-22, on the back of a record $64 billion in exports, according to a leading agricultural economist. Speaking at the recent Australian Grains Industry Conference in Melbourne, Dr Jared Greenville said the export record was expected to be broken again in 2022-23, with a new benchmark of just over $65 billion.

  • Student’s barley rust breakthrough
    Industry Insights, 19 Aug 2022
    Student’s barley rust breakthrough

    A researcher at the University of Sydney has discovered and defined the sequence of an important gene behind leaf rust resistance in barley. The breakthrough could significantly progress the fight against rust disease, which decreases global food production significantly each year.

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