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.

To help fortify their western Darling Downs property against climate variability, the Coggan family has put together a comprehensive strategy combining improved seeding and harvesting efficiencies and crop diversification.

For growers in the Mallee and Wimmera, an eleventh-hour rain-front at the end of September signalled the difference between a below-average and an average season.

Pulse growers are being urged to implement the necessary management required to ensure they deliver a premium grade product this harvest.

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.

Study topics range from business structures and weather data in decision making, to weed control, seed coatings and energy efficiency for the GRDC’s latest Nuffield scholars.

Like any successful union, the relationship Ward McKenzie enjoys with pulse and cereal growers is founded on trust, loyalty and mutual gain.

This Victorian grain grower uses flexible decision-making and contingency plans to deal with drier and hotter finishes to the growing seasons on his property.

In our popular series following a group of growers through the season, we see how people have been preparing for this year’s harvest. Their responses reflect the situation at the end of September

Growers pay the price if biosecurity concerns are ignored, says Queensland’s Peter Mifsud