Sugar Input management Research project Complete nutrient management planning for the Russell-Mulgrave and Lower Barron catchments This project will work with up to 100 farms to promote nitrogen use efficiency by engaging agronomic specialists to provide high quality whole-of-farm nutrient management planning and associated farming systems advice. Funded by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) Project date 3 May 2020 - 31 Dec 2021 Research organisation Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Vegetables Research project Digital remote monitoring to improve horticultures environmental performance - AusVEG With an increasing range of real-time sensors and monitoring used in vegetable production, several real-time sensing options will be piloted … Funded by Hort Innovation Project date 8 Apr 2020 - 10 Jan 2024 Research organisation AUSVEG
Multiple industries Beef cattle Other rural industries Sheep & lamb Research project Grant Agreement National Landcare Program The Project will roll-out an innovative national online sustainability framework, offering five verifiable Sustainability Credentials: Vegetation retention and enhancement, Grass … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 17 Mar 2020 - 30 Jun 2023
Multiple industries Fruits Nuts Vegetables Research project Digital remote monitoring to improve horticultures environmental performance - Freshcare This project focuses on building an innovative smart monitoring framework to drive improvements in land use, soil, energy and water … Funded by Hort Innovation Project date 8 Mar 2020 - 10 Jan 2024
Forestry Input management Research project Database capture of individual significant-scale Australian forestry plantation fire losses The aim of this project is to build a knowledge base that will assist with risk management and strategic planning. … Funded by Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Project date 4 Mar 2020 - 1 Apr 2021
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)
Eggs Research project Cost effective and practical way to regenerate layer hen ranges The aim of the project is to address the problem of cost effective range regeneration. There is a need to … Funded by Australian Eggs Project date 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 Research organisation South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)
Cross industry Research project Summers Scholarships: Understanding capacity of aerial seed banks in revegetation of abandoned farming areas in an agroecological landscape A number of cropping areas in the northern Murray-Darling basin are becoming more marginal, and in some areas, active cropping … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 2 Dec 2019 - 3 Mar 2020 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), Griffith University
Sugar Multiple technology areas Input management Plant science Research project Australian sugar industry soil health benchmarking in the Central region of Qld - increasing profit and transforming soil health practices through cooperative industry research, extension and adoption This project will directly address soil and nutrient management practices which have off-farm impacts on water quality of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Funded by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 15 Dec 2021 Research organisation Farmacist
Sugar Plant science Research project Australian sugarcane industry soil health benchmarking in the Wet Tropics region of QLD - increasing profit and transforming soil health practices through cooperative industry research, extension and adoption This project will directly address soil and nutrient management practices which have off-farm impacts on water quality of the Great Barrier Reef. Funded by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 31 Oct 2021 Research organisation T.R.A.P. Services
Cotton Multiple technology areas Crop protection Plant science Research project Professor of Soil Biology (includes CottonInfo technical lead and myBMP module lead) Soil microbial communities mediate key soil functions that are directly relevant to crop productivity, through their effects on resource availability (… Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2024 Research organisations Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), University of New England (UNE)
Cotton Plant science Research project Increased yield through improved management of soil constraints in cotton farming systems Each year, soil compaction costs the Australian cotton industry $30 million. It increases waterlogging, and restricts crop growth, nutrition, yield and … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisations Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC), University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Multiple industries Beef cattle Other rural industries Sheep & lamb Wool Research project Manure value calculator This project will develop and validate a decision support tool for organo-mineral nutrient budgeting, assisting the farming community to reduce … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Jun 2019 - 1 Dec 2022 Research organisation Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Beef cattle Research project Phosphorus Map of Queensland Grazing Land This project will produce a one-hectare, high resolution phosphorus map for three of Queensland's major beef producing regions and create … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 17 May 2019 - 30 Mar 2022
Cross industry Research project Research into pasture dieback A 3 year (2019-2021) collaborative research program into diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of pasture dieback affecting meat producers in Queensland and … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 15 May 2019 - 30 Jun 2024
Multiple industries Beef cattle Other rural industries Sheep & lamb Wool Input management Research project Mapping Climate and Biodiversity Stakeholders To assist industry to prepare for evolving global policy, this project will engage with stakeholders to identify improved ways of … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 30 Apr 2019 - 30 Dec 2020
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pulse grains Plant science Research project Increased grower profitability on soils with sodicity and transient salinity in the eastern grain belt of the western region. Interacting combinations of sodicity and transient salinity, often associated with high subsoil pH, ion toxicities and poor subsoil structure, interact … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Feb 2019 - 31 Dec 2023 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Pork Research project Anticoagulant rodenticide excretion in rats following median lethal dose (LD50) administration While rodenticide residue levels are low and therefore unlikely to affect the safety of pork, there is a consumer perception … Funded by Australian Pork (APL) Project date 29 Nov 2018 - 29 Jan 2020 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)