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GRDC project to unlock productivity in high P-fixing soils

A new GRDC project is aiming to improve strategies for managing high phosphorus-fixing soils, and is working with research partners in WA, SA and Vic…Read More

Grain Central, June 19, 2026

Chickpea rhizobia strains sought in quest to lower synthetic N use

NSW DPIRD researchers are part of a team seeking elite strains of chickpea rhizobia which will help reduce grower reliance on synthetic nitrogen. ..Read More

Grain Central, May 28, 2026

Visiting Fellow talks Kansas, Aus wheat ahead of N price hike

GRDC International Visiting Fellow delivers growers wheat cultivar selection and nitrogen management masterclass. ..Read More

Liz Wells, May 4, 2026

SA sorghum trials test sowing at lower temperatures

The Grassland Society is trialing different varieties of sorghum with an eye to improving summer fodder options for growers in SA’s South East…Read More

Grain Central, March 11, 2026

GRDC Update: Satellites reveal crunch times for frost

A CSIRO project is using Himawari satellite imagery coupled with APSIM modelling to predict in-crop wheat, barley, canola, chickpea and lentil yield losses to frost…Read More

Liz Wells, February 18, 2026

Spraying to control bacteria shows promise in curbing frost hits

WA DPIRD research shows frost impact can be mitigated by spraying oxide-based formulations on ice-nucleating bacteria found on senesced wheat and barley leaves. ..Read More

Grain Central, February 17, 2026

CSIRO delivers insights into costly fungal pathogen

CSIRO has unlocked the most detailed genetic blueprint yet of a major soil-borne crop pathogen,  an advance that paves the way for better crop-disease management in Australian agriculture…Read More

Liz Wells, January 23, 2026

Tools to tackle waterlogging sought in GRDC project

Growers in medium and high-rainfall zones will have new tools to tackle waterlogging, run-off and evaporation thanks to a new GRDC-funded national project…Read More

Grain Central, December 8, 2025

TropAg hears manual in pipeline to aid steps into cropping

A TropAg session gave the latest on a manual being developed to help those wishing to incorporate sustainable cropping into their North Qld cattle enterprises…Read More

Liz Wells, November 28, 2025

UQ discovery could boost mungbean yields

UQ and GRDC-supported research has found mungbean time and length of flowering are controlled by separate traits, a discovery that could help boost yields. ..Read More

Grain Central, November 28, 2025

UQ researchers delve deep to improve soil health in NT

UQ researchers are trialing delving as a means of improving soil health in the NT and demonstrating the potential of an emerging crop industry…Read More

Grain Central, October 7, 2025

Resistance surveillance project targets fall armyworm

Qld and NSW ag departments are working on a GRDC-funded project to survey fall armyworm resistance to insecticides. ..Read More

Grain Central, September 25, 2025

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