Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Crop protection Research project Wildfire impact on disease and pest populations and successional re-establishment in a grain crop fire scar Recent bushfires across Australia adversely impacted a range of crops at different stages of growth. The impact of bushfires has … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Mar 2020 - 13 Jun 2021
Dairy Research project DairyBio Animal - Massive throughput phenotyping for complex traits in dairy cattle Continuation of existing projects (Improving Herds and MIR for Profit) with a focus on delivering technology on-farm. Key prjoject outcomes … Funded by Dairy Australia Project date 1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisations Agriculture Victoria, Dairy Australia
Other rural industries Animal technology Research project Improved bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing This project will generate epidemiological data on the bacterial species associated with different infectious diseases in horses in south eastern … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 28 Sep 2018 - 31 Dec 2020 Research organisation Charles Sturt University (CSU)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Cotton Research project SATACROP This project provides support to an online crop mapping tool, SataCrop, designed to reduce the risk of damage to sensitive … Funded by Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2019 - 30 Jun 2021 Research organisation Cotton Research and Development Corporation (CRDC)
Essential oils Plant science Research project Operationalising a breeding management system for tea tree This project scopes the system and training requirements of a Breeding Management System database linked with computational functionality to support … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 30 Sep 2019 - 31 May 2020 Research organisation Southern Cross University (SCU)
Wool Research project New Chemicals for Sheep Blowfly Control Control of the sheep blowfly relies largely on the use of chemical insecticides applied as preventative treatments to protect against … Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Project date 31 Aug 2017 - 30 Jun 2020 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Wine Crop protection Research project Managing fungicide resistance in Australian viticulture The overall aim of this work is to improve our knowledge on the mechanisms of chemical resistance by fungal pathogens … Funded by Wine Australia Project date 1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2022 Research organisation South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)
Other rural industries Multiple technology areas Harvest technology Plant science Processing & packaging Research project Australian Coffee Growers' Manual This project will develop a Manual of current best practices for growing, harvesting and processing coffee grown in Australia. The … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 29 Nov 2023 - 8 Jun 2024 Research organisation Peasley Horticultural Services Pty Ltd
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Validating a new sampling technique for estimating egg production This project aimed to improve the accuracy and precision of estimates of spawning biomass obtained using the Daily Egg Production … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 30 Sep 2017 - 27 Feb 2019 Research organisation South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)
Cross industry Research project Better understanding viral disinformation impacting Australia’s food and fibre system In early 2021, Agthentic Advisory, in collaboration with the Institute of the Future, developed a horizon scanning report for AgriFutures Australia, … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 10 Jan 2022 - 28 May 2022 Research organisation Tenacious Insights Pty Ltd
Pork Multiple technology areas Automation Consumer health Research project Standardised antimicrobial testing One of the key steps in controlling and managing bacterial infections in animals is by accurate identification of infections, and … Funded by Australian Pork (APL) Project date 31 May 2017 - 28 Jun 2018 Research organisation Murdoch University
Eggs Research project Egg Farming Systems Welfare Science Review A review of the research to date on physiological and behavioural welfare indicators of hens in caged, barn and alternate … Funded by Australian Eggs Project date - 1 Jul 2019 Research organisation Scolexia Pty Ltd
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Crop protection Research project Understanding mouse biology and ecology in zero- and no-till cropping systems to inform best practice crop production and mouse management practices This project is designed to explore and test a range of management practices with the aim of making some practical … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 25 Jun 2018 - 1 Aug 2023 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Wine Traceability Research project Benchmarking regional and subregional influences on Shiraz fine wines The sensory properties of Shiraz wines from regions across Australia will be determined to identify the attributes associated with typicality … Funded by Wine Australia Project date 9 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2020 Research organisation Charles Sturt University (CSU)
Pulse grains Crop protection Research project Program 5: IDM package for Ascochyta Blight in chickpeas Ascochyta blight (AB, Phoma rabiei) is a devastating fungal disease of chickpea in Australia and worldwide. Current control recommendations often … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2024 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Eggs Research project Determining manure deposition in free range sheds and free range areas Poultry farmers have an environmental duty of care to manage manure nutrients to minimise the risk of environmental impacts. Previous … Funded by Australian Eggs Project date 1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020
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)
Aquaculture Research project FRDC Sponsorship International Symposium for Genetics in Aquaculture XIII The International Symposium for Genetics in Aquaculture (ISGA) is a triennial premier aquaculture event that brings together globally leading researchers, … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 14 Jul 2018 - 19 Jul 2018 Research organisation James Cook University (JCU)
Vegetables Input management Research project Recycling SMS for fertiliser in a circular economy This investment is developing models for a spent mushroom substrate (SMS) circular economy by improving the value-proposition of SMS for … Funded by Hort Innovation Project date 26 Jun 2022 - 30 Mar 2024 Research organisation Frontier Ag and Environment
Wild catch fisheries Research project Risk analysis to identify and minimise biosecurity risks arising from recycling bivalve mollusc shell waste during shellfish reef restoration projects in Australia Attempts to restore lost shellfish reefs in Australian estuaries using recycled bivalve shells as reef cultch to attract wild oyster … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 23 Jan 2020 - 19 Nov 2020