This project aims to ensure that Australian grains research is statistically sound and credible, as well as speeding up research outcomes for the benefit of growers. Statistics is an enabling discipline, with demands on it that are growing at an unprecedented rate as researchers seek to answer more complex questions, driven in part by the genomics revolution and ever-expanding computing capacity. The most effective adoption of new statistical methods is dependent on the availability of appropriate software. In the genomics era, the substantial increase in size and complexity of data sets requiring rigorous statistical analysis presents computational challenges. The proposed statistical software system, EssCargoT, aims to address this challenge for the grains industry.