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GRDC Grower Solutions - North logo
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GRDC Grower Solutions - North

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The GRDC Grower Solutions Projects are the link between regional research and localised development resulting in fast-tracked locally relevant outcomes and answers to research questions that help growers and agronomists make decisions on farm and result in practice changes that will increase farm production and profitability. Northern Grower Alliance (NGA)...

1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Northern Grower Alliance (NGA)

Improved sampling methods to better predict nutrient availability and supply for soils in the western region logo
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Improved sampling methods to better predict nutrient availability and supply for soils in the western region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

With the widescale uptake of minimum tillage, controlled traffic and precision farming techniques across Western Australia's grainbelt, new sampling guidelines are required to better measure nutrient availability in the soil. Current soil sampling techniques might not be giving growers a clear picture of what nutrients are available to a plant;...

1 Jan 2018 - 30 Mar 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Growers Solutions project for Coastal/Hinterland Queensland and NSW North Coast logo
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Growers Solutions project for Coastal/Hinterland Queensland and NSW North Coast

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

The GRDC Grower Solutions Projects are the link between regional research and localised development resulting in fast-tracked locally relevant outcomes and answers to research questions that help growers and agronomists make decisions on farm and result in practice changes that will increase farm production and profitability. GRDC Coastal Grower Solutions...

1 Jul 2015 - 30 Jun 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland (DAFQ)

Increasing profit from N, P and K fertiliser inputs into the evolving cropping sequences in the western region logo
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Increasing profit from N, P and K fertiliser inputs into the evolving cropping sequences in the western region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This project aims to give GRDC's western region grain growers increased confidence in decision making around fertilisers with a focus on nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). As a result an improved N decision support model will be delivered. The work will include modelling of economic responses to N,...

1 Jan 2018 - 1 Oct 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Western Australia (UWA)

Agronomic management of weeds, crop nutrition and farming practices in Northern NSW & Southern QLD to maximise crop profitability logo
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Agronomic management of weeds, crop nutrition and farming practices in Northern NSW & Southern QLD to maximise crop profitability

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment aims to validate and extend current key research findings into weed management, crop nutrition and farming systems across the production regions in Northern NSW and Southern Queensland.

15 Sep 2020 - 15 Jul 2023

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Northern Grower Alliance (NGA)

Nutrient re-distribution and availability in ameliorated and cultivated soils in the western region logo
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Nutrient re-distribution and availability in ameliorated and cultivated soils in the western region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

This investment aims to improve grain growers and advisers' understanding of how soil modifications alter the availability of nutrients in the soil and for how long, and consequently how this may impact decision making regarding fertiliser requirements. Substantial modification of soils through one-off mechanical soil amelioration activities including ploughing, ripping,...

1 Jan 2018 - 30 Sep 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]

Innovative approaches to managing subsoil acidity in the western region logo
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Innovative approaches to managing subsoil acidity in the western region

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Soil acidity is one of the few soil constraints to agriculture for which there is a profitable solution. However, treatment and management of subsurface acidity requires a more direct and aggressive approach than surface or topsoil acidity. This project will work with a number of grower groups to understand more...

1 Apr 2015 - 30 Sep 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]

Re-engineering soils to improve the access of crop root systems to water and nutrients stored in the subsoil. logo
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Re-engineering soils to improve the access of crop root systems to water and nutrients stored in the subsoil.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Multiple interacting soil constraints are reducing Plant Available Water (PAW), grain production and long-term profitability of crops across most of the 12 M ha of sandplain soils in the medium-high rainfall zone (van Gool 2018) of the western region resulting in lost yields with an estimated value of $1.2 Billion...

1 Feb 2019 - 30 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]

Increasing farming system profitability and longevity of benefits following soil amelioration logo
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Increasing farming system profitability and longevity of benefits following soil amelioration

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Research and consultant analysis indicates that amelioration of sandplain soils in the western region is highly profitable, resulting in consistent and persistent improvement in crop water use efficiency and productivity. Factors that limit adoption or benefits of soil amelioration include uncertainty about how to sustain long-term benefits, poor crop establishment...

1 Jan 2019 - 15 Jun 2024

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) [WA]

Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Exploiting the Potential of a Novel Fungal Biofertiliser logo
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Exploiting the Potential of a Novel Fungal Biofertiliser

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Majority of agricultural crops establish mutually beneficial associations with AM fungi, which benefit the host plants directly via enhanced uptake of nutrients that might be physically or chemically inaccessible to root systems, or indirectly via conferring resistance to host plants against biotic/abiotic stresses. The great potential of AM fungi in...

1 Apr 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

University of Western Australia (UWA)