Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Machine learning to extract maximum value from soil and crop variability The yields of major crops in Australia are often below their water-limited potential. A reason for this is the complexity … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 24 Feb 2020 - 23 Feb 2022 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Pulse grains Imagery Research project CropPhen: Remote mapping of grain crop type and phenology This project aims to develop a software-based tool to remotely map crop type (wheat, barley, chickpea, lentils, sorghum and mungbean) … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 24 Feb 2020 - 30 Jan 2024 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Beef cattle Other rural industries Sheep & lamb Wool Research project ‘Back to Business’ Bushfire Recovery Project The recent bushfires in NSW, ACT, WA, Vic, Tas and SA have affected an estimated 26,000 livestock producers (approx. 57,000 PICs). Meat … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 23 Feb 2020 - 15 Feb 2021 Research organisation Pinion Advisory Trust
Multiple industries Beef cattle Other rural industries Sheep & lamb Research project Carbon accounting workshops The goal of this project is to conduct seven pilot carbon accounting workshops to create producer case studies and aid … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 21 Feb 2020 - 31 Mar 2021
Cotton Plant science Research project CottonInfo Field Demonstration Trial: Soil health workshops - Upper Lachlan and Upper Namoi The principal outcome of the CottonInfo program is to provide an efficient and effective pathway for the delivery of the … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 20 Feb 2020 - 31 May 2020 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Cotton Seed Distributors (CSD)
Cross industry Input management Research project Glasshouse assays to determine the role Pasture dieback has emerged widespread across Queensland causing significant impacts to pasture, affecting beef production systems. This will determine the … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 20 Feb 2020 - 30 Nov 2021 Research organisation Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Cross industry Input management Research project Biology of Pasture Mealybug and Identification of Natural Enemies (CAS-1) Pasture dieback has emerged widespread across Queensland causing significant impacts to pasture, affecting beef production systems. This will investigate a … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 20 Feb 2020 - 30 Nov 2021 Research organisation Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Cross industry Input management Research project Resistant grass varieties and endophytes Pasture dieback has emerged across Queensland causing significant impacts to pasture, affecting beef production systems. This project aims to identify … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 20 Feb 2020 - 30 Nov 2021 Research organisation Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Multiple industries Beef cattle Sheep & lamb Research project Fescue; a low rainfall pasture tool This producer Demonstration Site aims to demonstrate that the inclusion of winter active fescue in pastures will increase production in … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 19 Feb 2020 - 30 Sep 2023
Sheep & lamb Research project Alternative Fodder Crops for Turning Off This Producer Demonstration Site aims to demonstrate an economical alternative fodder crop system that can increase weight gain in weaner … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 19 Feb 2020 - 30 Oct 2023
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Identifying a machine learning approach to weed recognition in Australian grain production systems The project will create an open source weed image library to make weed recognition data freely available to the weed … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 16 Feb 2021 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Applying machine learning to improve genetic gain delivered from genomic selection in plant breeding Machine learning is the next-generation solution to identifying patterns in large datasets and involves using computer science and statistics to … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 16 Feb 2022
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Using machine learning to increase genetic gain in canola blackleg resistance breeding This project will extend current research into deep learning and the genomics of disease resistance and apply findings to improve … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 16 Feb 2022 Research organisation The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Machine learning applied to high-throughput feature extraction from imagery to map spatial variability This project will advance upon existing techniques for image analytics by setting up datasets from a greater range of situations, … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 16 Feb 2022 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Using Machine Learning To Develop New Methods For Genetic Gain In Crops Challenged By Fungal Diseases This project will apply a machine learning approach to genetic and high throughput phenotyping data to draw out genetic markers … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 16 Feb 2022 Research organisation Curtin University
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Machine learning to map soil constraint variability and predict crop yield This project will use a variety of Machine Learning techniques to bring together previously underutilised on-farm, satellite, and weather data … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 31 Oct 2021 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Data and AI Research project Deep Learning for early detection and classification of crop disease and stress This project will utilise deep learning for the detection, identification, and evaluation of crop stress factors using a variety of … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 17 Feb 2020 - 16 Feb 2022 Research organisation The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Wild catch fisheries Research project Revisiting biological parameters and information used in the assessment of Commonwealth fisheries: a reality check and work plan for future proofing Much effort has been placed over the last couple of decades on the development of harvest strategies, stock assessments, risk … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 16 Feb 2020 - 16 Aug 2021 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Oceans and Atmosphere
Fruits Crop protection Research project Sex determination of fruit fly pupa using near-infrared spectometry This project aims to develop and semi-automate a non-invasive, rapid assessment technique for fast and consistent sorting of male and … Funded by Hort Innovation Project date 14 Feb 2020 - 14 Feb 2022 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Beef cattle Input management Research project ABSF balance of tree and grass cover indicator reporting This project will streamline data analysis processes required for reporting the balance of tree and grass cover (BoTGC) under the … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 14 Feb 2020 - 30 Jul 2021