The GRDC is pleased to present the Investment Plan 2009-10 (Open and Multi-stage Tenders).

The purpose of the GRDC Investment Plan 2009-10 (Open and Multi-stage Tenders) is to inform our potential research partners about some of the Corporation’s new investment priorities for 2009-10. This document includes only those priorities with open tender and multi-stage tendering procurement methods. Other open tenders and multi-stage tenders may be advertised throughout the year.

The GRDC, in consultation with its industry partners, has developed a comprehensive Plan. This Plan will ensure that environmental issues will be prioritised when developing research policy that impacts on the grains industry.

• Mid-North growers urged to attend update at Balaklava
• Latest applicable research extended to growers at GRDC Updates
• Focus on reducing input costs without reducing profitability

Strategies for coping with a dry spring and other key climate change implications will be a main feature at the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Update in South Australia’s Mid-North.

Australian researchers are nearer to turning crop plants into ‘biofactories’ capable of producing oils that can be used to replace petrochemicals in a range of industrial products. 

About 15 years ago, when southern Queensland grower Rod Petersen decided on a circular layout for his farm’s silos, he thought that if he ever completed the design, he would have more than enough storage space.

Before the seeder was even out of the shed on his property ‘Niribi’, west of Buntine, this year Michael Dodd had already put in hundreds of tractor hours.

Even with higher wheat prices, changing marketing arrangements mean that, more than ever before, making the right marketing decisions will be critical this year.

GRDC Activity

The world’s agricultural researchers are calling for a renewed commitment to sustainable agriculture, saying efforts are being stalled by waning financial support.

The development of new crop varieties resistant to drought, cold and salinity is the central ambition of a new $205 million Victorian Government R&D initiative for farming in Victoria.