On-farm trials looking at the effect of nitrogen, zinc and phosphorus applications on the nodulation, biomass and grain yield of mungbeans suggest fertilising the crop is not economical.

As better crop production practices boost yields in Australia's high rainfall zones (HRZ), stubble management has emerged as a double-edged sword for the region's growers.

Alternative species of perennial pasture legumes from southern Africa could help Australian producers fill traditional green feed gaps in autumn and late spring, the 17th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation has been told.

A new audio compact disc covering new developments in grains research offers growers a great way to help pass the time spent in the header this harvest.

The GRDC Board is accountable to Australia's grain growers, through the industry peak organisation and to the Commonwealth Parliament, through the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. The GRDC Board normally has between seven and nine directors.

The Chairman is selected and appointed by the Minister. Mr Keith Perrett was appointed by the Minister on 1 October 2007, and reappointed until 30 September 2013.

The Managing Director is appointed by the Board of the Corporation. The Managing Director is the sole Executive Director and holds office at the Corporation's pleasure. John Harvey was appointed as the GRDC’s Managing Director on 1 March 2011.

Five to seven Directors are appointed by the Minister, on advice from a selection committee selected by the Minister. On 22 November 2011 the Minister announced the appointment of 6 directors, until 30 September 2014.

Farmers assessing their enterprise balance for 2012 will find plenty of useful technical information in a new publication about mixed farming.

Agronomists and growers who find chickpea crops affected by ascochyta blight are urged to send samples to the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Tamworth as part of this season’s diseases survey.

Stem rust inoculum levels in late spring and early summer have southern growers on crop monitoring duty as the damaging pathogen takes hold across the high rainfall grain zone.

Berkshire, a high-yielding and highly digestible triticale variety named after a pig breed, is showing promise as a versatile stockfeed on one Western Australian farm.

With more farms running high debt and low equity levels, Nuffield scholar Rob Egerton-Warburton went overseas to investigate how other countries’ farmers are managing risk through integrated livestock cropping systems.