The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) has released a report into the value of investments in the national Farming and Fishing Health and Safety Research and Development Program.

The program aims to undertake research and development and research application activities that improve the physical and mental health of farming and fishing workers and their families, and the safety of the work environment and practices in farming and fishing industries.

It is a collaborative partnership between RIRDC, the Grains Research and Development Corporation, Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Sugar Research and Development Corporation, Cotton Research and Development Corporation and the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Some of the world’s largest biotech companies are withdrawing their GM research and products from Europe, citing the ongoing political and consumer resistance there to the technology.

It can take many years for novel solutions to evolve from concept to products. Here we look at the progress of some of the projects previously reported in Ground Cover

Pulse exporters are becoming increasingly bullish about the prospect of pulse crops as they expand from being handy break crops into strong export performers in their own right

A Queensland pulse processor’s steady business expansion is seen as one sign that the demand for Australian pulses is beginning to accelerate

A new five-year investment in the Australian durum industry is aiming to improve the reliability of this high-value crop for growers

Their Scottish forebears spent time at the Victorian goldfields before taking up land in South Australia’s Clare Valley in the 1860s, but it is the current generation of the Maitland family that has struck gold with what is purported to be Australia’s first wholegrain dry pasta

Recent field days in south-eastern Australia have given growers the opportunity to consider options for growing soybeans

The latest GM crop-use statistics have been released by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA).

We are almost through our pre-winter crop GRDC Grower and Adviser Updates and at each, we asked growers, advisers and researchers to have input into our five-year strategic R&D plan for 2012–17.