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Barton, ACT 22,469 followers

Invest in research, development and extension to create enduring profitability for Australian grain growers.

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The Grains Research & Development Corporation is one of the world's leading grains research organisations. Our purpose is to invest in research, development and extension to create enduring profitability for Australian grain growers.

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Company size

51-200 employees

Headquarters

Barton, ACT

Type

Government Agency

Founded

1990

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Grains Research

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On-farm grain storage is playing an increasingly important role in cropping and other grain-related businesses. But among the many benefits, there are also challenges. Here, 2 growers and a brewer share their insights into how they're managing storage on-site – and what advances they would like to see in the future. Read it now ▶️ https://bit.ly/4hHqcLQ📷 Lucy RC PHotography, Melissa Marino, Evan Collis#GroundCoverOnline #GrainStorage #OnSiteGrainStorage
The results of our 2024 grower survey are in! We've been surveying grain growers since 1993. The information helps us improve how we invest in RD&E to create enduring profitability for Australian grain growers. We asked about: 🌱 crop area and tonnages harvested 🌱 grower mood towards industry 🌱 satisfaction with GRDC 🌱 farm practices... and more! 👉 Read the survey report https://bit.ly/495S093
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🎙️ NEW PODCAST - GRDC in Conversation In this episode of GRDC In Conversation, we’re joined by Brianna Peake, Chief Stakeholder Relations Sustainability and Strategy Officer at CBH Group. Brianna’s journey of growing up in WA shapes how she approaches sustainability today in one of nations largest agricultural cooperatives. Enriched with travel and a diverse set of experiences, she shares her leadership style and how it aims to address the rapid needs of the industry. We explore her thoughts on women in leadership, the role of cooperatives in sustainability, and the importance of professionals in ag. Listen now: https://bit.ly/3Z2oVYy Humans of Agriculture #GRDCinConversation #GRDCPodcast #HumansOfAg
💻 WEBINAR - Strategies for Predicta B testing 💻 With crops experiencing a tight finish across the region, potential root pests and diseases will be front of mind for growers. Join Blake Gontar (Department of Primary Industries and Regions, #SARDI) discuss key strategies for Predicta B testing and how to best leverage the results when planning for the season ahead. 📅 20 November, Wednesday ⏰ 1.00pm - 1.45pm (AEDT) 📍 ONLINE It’s free! 👉 REGISTER NOW: https://bit.ly/4fJe8YE #GRDCUpdate ORM Pty Ltd
🌾🌾 GROWER STORY Each year, GRDC's GroundCover follows a group of growers from across Australia as they manage the cropping season. Mitch and Emma Miolini farm with Mitch’s brother Adam, sister-in-law India and their parents Robert and Maxine. The Miolini family are 4th-generation farmers at Mt Walker, 40 kilometres east of Narembeen in the WA central wheatbelt. Their enterprise is a mixed farm comprising wheat, canola, oats, barley and lupins and 1500 head of breeding ewes. Mitch says: This season’s weeds are annoying us. There are not many but we know we must control them. Our pre-emergent spray program has worked well but we look to use a range of tools. We have been continuously cropping to drive down our weed burden but are also looking to move away from imidazoline-tolerant crop types to reduce our use of this herbicide due to residue issues. Harvest weed seed control is being considered and we are watching with interest what other growers – who have been using the systems for two to three years – have learnt. We are due to change our header over next season and may consider this tool then. Stored moisture from summer rains enabled us to sow early and as of mid-July the cereals were tillering well and at the first to second node stage. It really helps to have the crops up and going as soon as possible to capitalise on [good] seasonal conditions. This season has been warmer, and we have had heavy dews compared to last year, which was cold and frosty. Our rainfall to mid-July has been 170 to 210 millimetres across our farms. This puts our growing season at decile three but with summer rain of 100mm (decile 9), we are sitting on an average decile five at this time of the year. Once we complete the spray program we will be top-dressing with Flexi-N nitrogen ahead of further rain fronts. The 200 hectares we seeded to a pasture mix of oat, vetch and tillage radish has not established quite as well as we would have liked. So, we’ve decided to selectively spray out oats and grasses and then harvest what vetch seed we can and reduce our stock numbers. This decision is also in accord with the decline in market opportunities for our sheep. We have reduced our numbers by five to six hundred ewes and are fattening lambs to get them off earlier. Hear more from our growers this year: https://bit.ly/3Z4m2qf #GroundCoverOnline #GRDC #GrowerStory #SeasonUpdate
From paddock to pint 🍻 Rocky Ridge Brewing Co.’s quality assurance manager Drew Hennessy has been getting up to speed on the particulars of storing malted barley. Founded in 2016 by Hamish Coates and his partner, Mel Holland, with Hamish’s father Colin, the brewery is located on the family farm, ‘Rocky Ridge’, at Jindong, near Busselton in WA. Since 2021, they have sourced barley from Brendan and Gab Savage’s ‘Tolga Farm’ in Kulin, 340 kilometres north-east of them. Hamish says the goal is to optimise every part of the process for sustainability, and grain hygiene is imperative throughout the value chain. "It’s not just about reducing emissions; it’s about creating a responsible and efficient value chain from the farm to the glass," he says. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Z4jOHt📷 Evan Collis/GRDC#GroundCoverOnline #Barley #PaddocktoPint
"I went to my first field day when I got home, and I was so out of my depth, and they were using all these acronyms, and I felt like I shouldn't be in that room at all." "So I asked the guy who was sitting to my right, who was a very well known, very intelligent farmer, what that meant, and he said he had no idea. And then I asked the guy to my left. And I realised that none of us know. And that you have to feel comfortable asking the question." Don't miss this week's GRDC in Conversation podcast with Oli le Lievre from Humans of Agriculture and Mingenew grower and Nuffield Australia Scholar Bec Kelly. Listen to the podcast ▶️ https://bit.ly/3AA5WLxWatch the full interview on YouTube ▶️ https://bit.ly/40ClyZC #GRDCPodcast #GRDCinConversation #HumansofAg

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