GRDC Grains Research Updates, online bring you the latest grains research straight to your screen. Log in for a selection of the latest farm-ready research and regionally relevant topics. Webinar topics and links will be listed below when they go live.
Dates and topics for August 2022 webinars (click on the title for speakers and to register for the event)
- Thursday 4 August, 9am AEST - Summer crop agronomy and options for Central Western NSW
- Tuesday 9 August, 9am AEST - Managing new stripe rust pathotypes in durum and crown rust in oats
- Thursday 11 August, 9am AEST - Safflower agronomy, market opportunities for and field experience with the new high oleic acid variety
1-day GRDC Grains Research Updates
Topics for 1-day GRDC Grains Research Updates are chosen by a local planning committee comprising local growers and agronomists. This ensures that agendas cover priority research issues that are regionally relevant. Locations of the 1-day Updates change each year.
Dates and locations for July/August 2022 1-day GRDC Grains Research Updates
- Spring Plains - Wednesday 20 July 2022 - Spring Plains Hall, Spring Plains Rd, Spring Plains, NSW 2388
- Gunnedah - Thursday 21 July 2022 - Gunnedah Band Hall, South St, Gunnedah, NSW 2380
- Miles - Tuesday 26 July 2022 - Miles Leichhardt Centre, Memorial Hall, 29 Dawson Street, Miles, QLD, 4415
- Pittsworth is now FULL due COVID limits Email Erica for waitlisting- Wednesday 27 July 2022 - Pittsworth Function Centre, Hume St, Pittsworth, QLD 4356
- Goondiwindi - Thursday 28 July 2022 - Goondiwindi Community Centre, Cnr Russell & Short Sts, Goondiwindi, QLD 4390
- Lockhart - Tuesday 2 August 2022 - Lockhart Memorial Hall, 69-71 Green St, Lockhart, NSW 2656
- Temora - Wednesday 3 August 2022 - Temora Ex-Services Club, 130 Baker St, Temora, NSW 2666
Dates and locations for November 2022 1-day Updates
- Capella - Wednesday 23 November 2022 - Capella Cultural Centre, 89 Peak Downs St, Capella QLD 4723
- Biloela - Thursday 24 November 2022 - Biloela ANZAC Club, 94 Callide St, Biloela, QLD 4715
Dates and locations for February/March 2023 1-day Updates
- Corowa - Thursday 16 February 2023 - Corowa RSL, 30 Betterment Pde, Corowa, NSW 2646
- Forbes - Wednesday 22 February 2023 - Club Forbes, 41-43 Templar St, Forbes NSW 2871
- Mullaley - Thursday 2 March 2023 - Mullaley Memorial Hall, Oxley Hwy, Mullaley, NSW 2379
** Please note: As we will be operating under Covid-safe guidelines, registration is essential as we may not be able to accept walk-ins on the day.**
Cost: $30 per person. Lunch, morning tea and proceedings provided.
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2-day Updates
Researchers, agronomists, growers and consultants network, share ideas and update their knowledge at the 2-day GRDC Grains Research Updates. If you are involved in the production side of the grains industry, these are events that you cannot afford to miss.
Dates and locations for the 2023, 2-day GRDC Grains Research Updates
- Wagga Wagga, NSW (CSU) - Tuesday 14 & Wednesday 15 February 2023
- Dubbo, NSW (RSL) - Thursday 23 & Friday 24 February 2023
- Goondiwindi, Qld (Community Centre) - Tuesday 28 February & Wednesday 1 March 2023
February/March 2022 GRDC Grains Research Updates (online) - recordings and papers
The program from the February/March 2022 GRDC Grains Research Updates was moved online.
Looking for papers or recordings from 15, 16 or 17 of February (Wagga/Corowa)? Click on the "Week 1 links" button below to go directly to the index page for this week. Looking for papers or recordings from 24 or 25 of February (Dubbo)? Click on the "Week 2 links" button below to go directly to the index page for this week. Looking for papers or recordings from the 1, 2 or 8 of March (Goondiwindi/Pallamallawa)? Click on the "Week 3 links" button below to go directly to the index page for this week.
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GRDC Grains Research Updates, livestream - Recordings
Links to recordings are available below
- Nindigully GRDC Grains Research Update - August 2021
- Millmerran GRDC Grains Research Update - August 2021
- Wagga Wagga GRDC Grains Research Update - February 2021
- Dalby GRDC Grains Research Update - March 2021
- Narrabri GRDC Grains Research Update - March 2021
GRDC Grains Research Updates, online - Recordings
Links to recordings are available below
- Grain quality in storage - June 2022
- Nitrogen and its impact on the greenhouse gas footprint of grain production in the northern grains region of Australia - June 2022
- The Australian Grains Industry demand drivers in 2022 and changes issues at 2040 - May 2022
- Biological nitrogen banking with legumes in the SNSW cropping systems – how hardseeded summer legumes can make a difference - May 2022
- Mungbean diseases - December 2021
- Mungbean agronomy - November 2021
- Canola harvest management - September 2021
- Mouse update – spring management in winter crops and in the lead up to summer crop sowing - September 2021
- cereal and chickpea disease update - August 2021
- Strategies for managing glyphosate resistant broadleaves (sowthistle and fleabane) - June 2021
- Strategies for managing feathertop Rhodes grass and ecology and biology of windmill grass - June 2021
- Spray application and buffer zones - May 2021
- Farming plant available water – Differences in crop ability to extract soil water and implications for subsequent crops - May 2021
- Re-thinking N across the farming system - May 2021
- Forewarned is forearmed, exploring new forecast products for more informed decisions - May 2021
- Cereal disease management for 2021 - risks on the horizon, things to be wary of after 2020 - April 2021
- Mice - February 2021
- Changing nutrition strategies for profit in CQ - November 2020
- Strategies to help crops deal with heat in CQ - November 2020
- Fall armyworm - November 2020
- Estimating soil plant available water capacity (PAWC) - November 2020
- Chickpeas - September 2020
- Rhizobia - September 2020
- Sorghum for 2050 - September 2020
- Future Farming - September 2020
- Sorghum for human consumption - September 2020
- Grains industry in 2030 - September 2020
- Diseases (north NSW/Qld) - August 2020
- Diseases (southern/central NSW) - August 2020
- Farming systems (north) - August 2020
- Farming systems (southern NSW) - August 2020
- Mungbean physiology, rhizobium & nematodes - August 2020
- Feathertop Rhodes grass (southern NSW) - August 2020
- Mungbean agronomy and WUE - August 2020
- Peanuts and soybeans - August 2020
- Summer crops in western regions - July 2020
- Early sown sorghum - July 2020
- Optimising crop production – Capitalising on a good start (Moama) - July 2020
- Irrigation (north) - July 2020
- Dual purpose crops - July 2020
Papers from previous GRDC Updates
Click on the location below to be taken to the GRDC website dedicated to the event and links to papers
2021 Grains Research Updates
- Gunnedah - August 2021
- Walgett - August 2021
- Millmerran - August 2021
- Nindigully - August 2021
- Hillston - July 2021
- Jerilderie - July 2021
- Wagga Wagga - February 2021
- West Wyalong - February 2021
- Tottenham - February 2021
- Coonamble - February 2021
- Dubbo - February 2021
- Dalby - March 2021
- Meandarra - March 2021
- Narrabri - March 2021
2020 Grains Research Updates
- Toowoomba (summer crop) - July 2020
- Chinchilla - July 2020
- Talwood - July 2020
- North Star - July 2020
- Burren Junction - July 2020
- Mullaley - July 2020
- Narrandera - August 2020
- Rankins Springs - August 2020
- Dubbo - February 2020
- Nyngan - February 2020
- Goondiwindi - March 2020
- Mungindi - March 2020
- Barellan - March 2020
- Lake Cargelligo - March 2020
- Gulargambone - March 2020
- Bellata - March 2020
2019 Grains Research Updates
- Moura - November 2019
- Capella - November 2019
- Walgett - August 2019
- Warialda - August 2019
- Quirindi - August 2019
- Dalby - August 2019
- Surat - August 2019
- Dubbo - February 2019
- Coolah - February 2019
- Spring Plains - March 2019
- Goondiwindi - March 2019
- Moonie - March 2019
- Warra - March 2019
2018 Grains Research Updates
- Biloela - December 2018
- Emerald - December 2018
- Narromine - July 2018
- Gunnedah - July 2018
- North Star - July 2018
- Pittsworth - July 2018
- Allora - March 2018
- Goondiwindi - March 2018
- Breeza - March 2018
- Wee Waa - March 2018
- Dubbo - February 2018
2017 Grains Research Updates
- Pallamallawa - July 2017
- Rowena - July 2017
- Narromine - July 2017
- Jondaryan - July 2017
- Westmar - July 2017
- Gulargambone - February 2017
- Dubbo - February 2017
- Goondiwindi - March 2017
- Condamine - March 2017
- Bellata - March 2017
2016 Grains Research Updates
- Coonabarabran - February 2016
- Walgett - February 2016
- Nyngan - February 2016
- Goondiwindi - March 2016
- North Star - March 2016
- Toowoomba - June 2016
- Chinchilla - June 2016
- Gilgandra - July 2016
- Mullaley - July 2016
- Narrabri - July 2016
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