Multiple industries Beef cattle Pasture, fodder & feed Input management Research project Indian couch invasion: scope production impacts and management options This project will address producer concerns about Indian couch grass significantly reducing the carrying capacity of pastures, by quantifying the … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 15 Apr 2018 - 30 Nov 2022 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Cross industry Input management Research project Wild Dog Control Coordinator SA This project will provide wild dog coordination in South Australia to landholders south of the Dog Fence. This Wild Dog … Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Project date 5 Apr 2018 - 28 Feb 2019 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)
Beef cattle Input management Research project "The Sweet Spot": Improving breeder herd performance through optimal pasture utilisation The level of pasture utilisation required for optimal cattle breeder productivity in northern Australia is unknown. Therefore, this project will … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 2 Apr 2018 - 30 May 2024 Research organisation Department of Industry Tourism and Trade (DITT) [NT]
Multiple industries Beef cattle Other rural industries Sheep & lamb Input management Research project Concentrated Solar Thermal Power This project involves a review of available concentrated solar thermal (CST) and power (CSP) technologies, to understand the technical and … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Apr 2018 - 1 Dec 2018 Research organisation All Energy Pty Ltd
Beef cattle Input management Research project Data collation, analysis and recommendations to support adoption of leucaena-grass pastures This project will collect data on current areas sown to leucaena and market research on producer's already growing leucaena, to … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Apr 2018 - 15 Jan 2019
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Economics of ameliorating soil constraints in the northern region: Economics of adoption This project aims to deliver an economic assessment framework and tool for growers and advisers to evaluate the economics of … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 30 Mar 2018 - 30 Apr 2022 Research organisation University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Wool Input management Research project Chemical Usage in the Wool Industry CLSD This project identified the current level of chemical consumption by the apparel wool processing industry as well as trends in … Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Project date 15 Mar 2018 - 30 Jun 2018
Wild catch fisheries Multiple technology areas Fisheries technology Input management Research project Improved risk management of paralytic shellfish toxins in Southern Rock Lobster Since 2012 the east coast of Tasmania has suffered from significant outbreaks of seafood contamination by paralytic shellfish toxins (PST) from … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 14 Mar 2018 - 7 Jul 2021 Research organisation University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Economics of ameliorating soil constraints in the northern region: Spatial soil constraint diagnoses Approximately 75% of Australian soils have single or multiple constraints that limit agricultural productivity, and in the GRDC's northern region, these … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 6 May 2022 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Economics of ameliorating soil constrains in the northern region: Program co-ordination – communication, extension and evaluation Approximately 75% of Australian soils have constraints that limit agricultural productivity. In the GRDC's northern region, these commonly take the form … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 11 May 2022 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Cross industry Input management Research project Additional On Ground Wild Dog This project will provide funding for wild dog on ground control to assist woolgrowers and landholders through QLD, NSW, VIC, … Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Project date 28 Feb 2018 - 30 Jun 2018
Nuts Input management Research project Hazelnuts in Australia: Productivity & Economic Analysis for Industry Expansion This investment will produce resources to inform and guide existing and new hazelnut growers on productive farm management strategies and … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 28 Feb 2018 - 30 May 2022 Research organisation New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
Vegetables Input management Research project Novel topical vegetable, cotton virus and whitefly protection This investment aims to minimise the economic impact of pest infestation on vegetables (and on cotton) through the development of … Funded by Hort Innovation Project date 22 Feb 2018 - 29 Oct 2021 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Sugar Input management Research project SIX EASY STEPS - continuing perspectives in time and space The objective of this project is to update and further refine the SIX EASY STEPS program, which is currently accepted as a best practice for nutrient management in the Australian sugar industry. Funded by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) Project date 1 Jan 2018 - 1 Feb 2022 Research organisation University of Southern Queensland
Multiple industries Sheep & lamb Wool Input management Research project Improving Drought Resilience through Cluster Fencing Cluster fences involves collaborative efforts by private landholders and governments to erect exclusion fences around a number of properties primarily … Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Project date 1 Jan 2018 - 30 Jun 2023
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Improved sampling methods to better predict nutrient availability and supply for soils in the western region With the widescale uptake of minimum tillage, controlled traffic and precision farming techniques across Western Australia's grainbelt, new sampling guidelines … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2018 - 30 Mar 2021 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Increasing profit from N, P and K fertiliser inputs into the evolving cropping sequences in the western region This project aims to give GRDC's western region grain growers increased confidence in decision making around fertilisers with a focus … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2018 - 1 Oct 2022 Research organisation The University of Western Australia (UWA)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Nutrient re-distribution and availability in ameliorated and cultivated soils in the western region This investment aims to improve grain growers and advisers' understanding of how soil modifications alter the availability of nutrients in … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Jan 2018 - 30 Sep 2022 Research organisation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]
Fruits Input management Research project Evaluation of new citrus varieties This investment is focused on rapidly and independently assessing new citrus varieties from public and commercial global programs under local … Funded by Hort Innovation Project date 12 Dec 2017 - 30 Oct 2022 Research organisation New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
Aquaculture Input management Research project Elucidating the nutritional requirements of farmed hybrid abalone This project is investigating the ideal level of protein in feed for hybrid abalone. It aims to produce recommendations for … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 14 Oct 2017 - 14 Oct 2020 Research organisation Deakin University