Grains Research and Development Corporation

The 2024/25 season is off to a patchy start, with varied rainfall across the country. Credit: Mark Saunders.
CROPPING

Variable rainfall delivers mixed start to the season

Some Australian cropping regions have been receiving good rainfall while others miss out.

20 May 2024

Canola could be in short supply, as key growing regions continue to battle dry conditions. Credit: Mark Saunders.
CROPPING

Canola plantings predicted to drop as demand grows

Dry conditions in key growing regions are threatening this season's canola planting area.

20 May 2024

Birchip Cropping Group senior operations manager and research agronomist, Brooke Bennett, is leading a trial looking at the legacy effects of growing pulses, aiming to put some valuable figures around the benefits of nitrogen fixation. Credit: BCG.
PASTURES & SOILS

Legacy benefits of nitrogen fixation investigated

Victorian field trial looks at nitrogen fixation benefits from growing pulses.

02 May 2024

The GRDC and CSIRO are urging grain growers to monitor for mouse numbers. Image courtesy GRDC.
CROPPING

Call goes out to monitor mouse activity

The GRDC has voiced concerns for moderate to high mouse activity in some grain growing regions.

29 April 2024

Agronomists Sam Holmes and Michael Moodie and consultant Bill Long at the GRDC Update in Adelaide earlier this year. Photo by Claire Harris.
CROPPING

Lentils make a good choice in marginal areas

GRDC panel reinforce the benefits of lentils.

25 April 2024

RiskWi$e delivers insights into how Australian grain growers make farming decisions. Credit: Konstantin Zibert, Shutterstock.
CROPPING

Managing farm risks: early findings from a national risk management initiative

GRDC's $30 million risk management initiative delivers valuable insights.

15 April 2024

GRDC has partnered with Cicada Innovations on a series of innovative programs designed to support start-ups. Pictured: FarmDroid. Credit: Mark Saunders.
TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Grains agtech programs underway

GRDC and Cicada Innovations have partnered to launch a series of innovative agtech programs.

12 April 2024

 Planfarm business consultant, Peter Newman, said WA growers who practiced soil amelioration between 2013 and 2023 increased cropping profits by an additional $100/ha per year on average compared to growers who did not. Photo: Jenna Santos.  
CROPPING

Soil amelioration delivers millions to WA growers

A recent study showed soil amelioration boosted WA cropping profits by $100/ha a year on average.

13 March 2024

PARTNER CONTENT

Utrisha N: The new biostimulant boosting broadacre yield potential

Extensive trials conducted across Australia show boosted yields in a wide range of

PARTNER CONTENT

Maximise your nitrogen use efficiency

Losing nitrogen to the environment can be costly.

PARTNER CONTENT

Safety first for the year ahead

Since 1870, Blundstone, have supported & protecting farmers across Australia from

PARTNER CONTENT

Precise and Productive Seeding Equipment

The success of next year's harvest begins now, with strong preparation and planning.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

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Research Report: High Horsepower Tractors

Kondinin Group has rounded up some real broadacre muscle in this Research Report - looking at 447kW (600hp)-plus tractors.

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Research Report: Sheds

Sheds play a vital role in farming, offering shelter and protection for people, machinery, livestock and valuable inputs like chemicals and fertiliser.

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Research Report: Harvest Weed Seed Mills

The Report includes a round up of commercially-available batching plants as well as farmer-made approaches.

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Research Report: Agritechnica 2023

Kondinin Group’s Mark Saunders, Ben White and Josh Giumelli went to Agritechnica, Germany. This report covers the key award winners from the event and some of the latest autonomous platforms displayed.