GRDC Grains Research Update, Live stream
In addition to being run as a face-to-face Update, the Main Auditorium sessions at the 2025 Goondiwindi GRDC Grains Research Update will be live streamed for online viewing. Not all concurrent sessions will be run in the Main Auditorium, so not all sessions will be live streamed. The livestream has been broken down into individual Zoom webinars for people to select those they are interested in. Click on the registration button below the session(s) of interest to register for that session.
***Please note all times are AEST time (Brisbane)***
Day 1 - Tuesday 4 March 2025
Goondiwindi Session 1 – General plenary day 1
Date: Tuesday 4 March 2025
Time: 10:00am – 12:05pm AEST
Topics:
10:00 am - GRDC welcome
10:30 am - Precision decisions in a tight economic climate – manage inputs, maximise productivity/environmental efficiencies and build economic resilience in high input-cost seasons. Tim Neale (DataFarming)
11:05 am - N cycling and loss pathways – what don’t we know and what insights and questions have come from preliminary data sets in a major new national project. Mike Bell (Uni of Qld)
11:40 am - Paraquat regulatory review – what's happening & what other products are or will be under APVMA review and what are the implications for industry stewardship?Gordon Cumming (GRDC)
Grain Automate
Date: Tuesday 4 March 2025
Time: 1:05pm – 2:50pm AEST
Topics:
1:05 pm - On farm autonomy – connectivity, robots and machinery. Tom Andrews (Connected Farms)
1:35 pm - The autonomous agronomist – automating data collection tasks for agros. Tim Neale (Data Farming)
2:05 pm - Technology to enable site-specific herbicide application or prescriptions. Lara Vallejo-Roosdorp (Syngenta)
2:35 pm - Discussion
Spray Application with Tom Wolf (Agrimetrix, Canada)
Date: Tuesday 4 March 2025
Time: 3:20pm – 5:05pm AEST
Topics:
- Nozzle selection with pulse width modulation (PWM) and selecting the correct frequency to run these systems on
- Experiences with spot sprayers in Nth America – implications for resistance, economics, nozzles for systems
- Sprayer width & speed impacts on spray deposition of aerodynamic turbulence of wheels, tractor units & boom components. The observations are sobering.
- Drones: canopy deposition uniformity, roles, water volumes, droplet sizes & drift.
- Sprayer cleanout – where are most issues occurring?
Day 2 - Wednesday 5 March 2025
Farming systems
Date: Wednesday 5 March 2025
Time: 8:30am – 10:15am AEST
Topics:
8:30 am - Farming systems impact on soil biology, soil pathogens and system resilience. Gupta Vadakattu (CSIRO)
9:00 am - How do regenerative practices such as ley pastures and manure compare to more conventional management systems in long term farming systems trials. Lindsay Bell (CSIRO)
9:25 am - Farming system impacts of running higher levels of crop competition with weeds. Andrew Erbacher (DPI Qld)
9:50 am - Does increasing wheat sowing rates to combat weeds lead to yield or quality instability & what are the implications for crown-rot? Maurie Street (GOA)
Chickpeas
Date: Wednesday 5 March 2025
Time: 10:45am – 12:30pm AEST
Topics:
10:45 am - Breeding & growing chickpeas for market quality & preparing for shifts in market demand. The influence of genetics & growing environment on grain composition & quality for target markets. Sally Buck(CSIRO)
11:15 am - Water use and water use efficiency in chickpea during key stages for yield formation. Fernanda Dreccer (CSIRO)
11:40 am - Understanding the nitrogen contribution of chickpeas – paddock survey of 25 crops across Queensland. Jordan Davis (DPI Qld)
12:05 pm - Benchmarking genetic gains in chickpea for yield and Ascochyta. What's in the pipeline; yield, heat tolerance, protein & N fixation in chickpea & other pulses. Nicole Dron (NSW DPIRD)
Goondiwindi GRDC Grains Research Update – General plenary 2
Date: Wednesday 5 March 2025
Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm AEST
Topics:
1:30 pm - What's stripe rust really costing us? Maurie Street (GOA)
1:55 pm - Regional fungicide resistance and disease management update. Steve Simpfendorfer (NSW DPIRD)
2:35 pm - Do multi-purpose biofuel crops have a place in Australian farming systems?Anthony van Herwaarden (CSIRO)