Research indicates that the production potential of high-rainfall zones in the southern grains region could be increased considerably

Quantitative and qualitative analysis has taken the place of gut feel for a Wimmera grower keeping pace with a climate that is already exhibiting more extremes

The ways genes, environments and management systems interact to affect crop productivity has been captured in mathematical algorithms that turn computers into virtual paddocks, allowing simulated field trials to improve risk-management options and resource-use efficiency

Giving soils a ‘blue rinse’ could help reveal whether a physical problem is inhibiting root growth and, with appropriate remediation, retrieve up to $400 a hectare in otherwise lost returns.

While the concept of ‘peola’ – inter-cropping peas and canola – is not new, researchers at the South Australian Research and Development Institute’s (SARDI) Minnipa Agricultural Centre thought it might offer an option for improving wind and water erosion management.

Many growers realise the effects of frost on cereal yields too late for profitable salvage

Mixed farmers Gerri and Wade Hinkley have taken their own determined steps to fortify their business against losses resulting from what appears to be a trend towards drier and frostier seasons at their family’s Tincurrin farm.

The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Investment Plan (Open and Multi-stage Tenders) outlines some of the Corporation’s new investment priorities for 2011-12. 

The GRDC partners with researchers and other investors to help drive innovation in the Australian grains industry and ensure that grain growers have the technologies to enable them to effectively compete in global grain markets. 

Visit www.grdc.com.au/investmentplan for further information and documentation.

Issues of most concern to grain growers in the Griffith region will be discussed at a Grains Research and Development Corporation-Irrigation Research and Extension Committee research Update on August 10.

Industry leaders from throughout Australia will provide growers with the latest information on issues relating to water, locusts, on-farm grain storage and growing cotton.

A central electronic database of grain industry events and activities in the southern region and beyond has been established by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).