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A recent field day at Brookstead, QLD, showcased how strip tillage and fertiliser management can lift sorghum establishment and productivity. 🌾Best results came from strip tilling straight after harvest rather than delaying until later. 🌾Slower planting speeds also showed a trend towards more even emergence. Read more ▶️ bit.ly/3R05Kgo #GroundCoverOnline #Sorghum #Tillage #NationalGrowerNetwork

🎧 GRDC podcast special edition: SA grain legume series 5/6. Disease prevention is pivotal in any cereal crop. This episode explores recognising and preventing diseases in lentils with research scientist Mohsen Khani from the South Australian Research and Development Institute. @SA_PIRSA Listen now ▶️ bit.ly/4uil4DR #GRDCPodcast #Lentils #Legumes #Disease

Two years into its 5-year co‑investment by GRDC and the @WAAgCollab, the Lupin Disease Resistance project is delivering strong progress. @DPIRDbroadacre @CurtinUni @agtbreeding @MurdochUni It aims to identify sources of resistance to 4 key diseases – cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), Phomopsis stem and pod blight, anthracnose and Sclerotinia stem rot – and improve screening methodologies. Read more: bit.ly/42qUxYK 📷 Evan Collis #GroundCoverOnline #GRDC #Lupins #LupinDisease

Understanding how fungicide resistance develops and what can be done to manage it is key to protecting crops. @theCCDM Watch the full video: bit.ly/4tUHsmz #GRDCVideo #CCDM #FungicideResistance #AFREN #CropProtection #Disease

Jock McNeil was an early adopter of soil amelioration in his district. Farming at Loxton in the SA Mallee, he kept a close eye on techniques being used in WA. Today, 13 years later, Jock has ameliorated 40% of his 16,000 ha of arable cropping land, resetting the soil structure with a range of fit-for-purpose machinery matched to soil constraints. Read his story ▶️ bit.ly/3QWGnw3 📷 Paul White #GroundCoverOnline #SoilAmelioration #GrowerStory #Soils

🎧 GRDC podcast special edition: we're back this week with the final 3 podcasts in our SA grain legume series. In this episode, lentil farmer Tim Millard and agronomist Sam Trengove, from Trengove Consulting, talk about one of the greatest challenges for legume growers: lentil pod loss. Listen now ▶️ bit.ly/3OXYAJ4 @SA_PIRSA #GRDCPodcast #Lentils #Legumes #LentilPodLoss

.@agtbreeding has been awarded the national chickpea breeding program following a competitive tender process led by GRDC. GRDC MD Nigel Hart said the selection followed a rigorous process designed to secure the strongest possible future for Australian chickpea breeding. Read the media release ▶️ bit.ly/4dvojlg 📷 AGT #GroundCoverOnline #Chickpea #CropGenetics #PlantBreeding

John and Sarah Bruce, with 2 full-time staff, farm 800 hectares near Barooga in southern NSW. In this GroundCover grower series update, John fills us in on how season 2026 has begun ▶️ bit.ly/3QurwJ5 📷 Rob Lacey #GrowerSeries #AgChat #Season2026 #agriculture

NEW FACT SHEET: efficient cost management is central to running a profitable farming business. Successful farms monitor 5 cost types: variable, overhead, finance, personal and capital. Knowing these cost types helps you choose profitable enterprises, plan budget needs and compare performance with other farms. Download the fact sheet now bit.ly/4nkF1Y3 #GRDCPublications #FarmBusiness #FarmManagement

Researcher @AmberB_C is on a mission to help WA grain growers make the most of the ‘free’ pest control already available in their paddocks – tiny parasitoid wasps and other beneficial insects that attack diamondback moth in canola ▶️ bit.ly/4tLKedZ 📷 Amber Balfour- Cunningham @DPIRDbroadacre @uwanews #GroundCoverOnline #CropProtection #BeneficialInsects #CapacityBuilding #GrainsResearch

👏👏 We are proud to sponsor the 2026 @AgriFuturesAU Horizon Scholarship cohort! Congratulations to our GRDC sponsored Scholars: 🍏 Zara Egerton-Warburton, @uwanews 🍏 Rose Fisher, The University of Melbourne 🍏 Nicholas Blersch, The University of Queensland 🍏 Sharni Blacker, @UniofAdelaide Read more: bit.ly/4uGxUvD #GRDC #Capacity #AgriFuturesHorizonScholarship #AgCareers #FutureLeaders

A deliberate ‘gap year’ in 2023 helped WA grower Brady Green steady his farm business after damage from Cyclone Seroja. He’s moved to #robotics and is revising traditional wheat/canola/wheat/lupin rotations to test higher-value #lentils. Read more ▶️ bit.ly/49t859V #GroundCoverOnline #GrowerStory #Automation

Across countries, systems and enterprises - the best ag businesses tend to follow the same principles. Find out more in this week's #GRDCinConversation podcast with James Hillcoat and @humans_of_ag: 🎧 bit.ly/4w7QqhX 👀 bit.ly/4cXlZCg #GRDCPodcast #HumansofAg #NextGen #CapacityBuilding #agriculture #farming

In this edition's #GroundCoverOnline grower series update, Scott Smith of Green Range, WA, shares how season 2026 has begun. Read more ▶️ bit.ly/3QurwJ5 📷 Evan Collis/GRDC #GrowerSeries #AgChat #Season2026 #agriculture

Missed last week's Fighting Fleabane webinar? Watch the replay now! Catch up on the latest fleabane resistance news, management strategies and tips to prevent herbicide resistance. buff.ly/AR3qNda

🐞 Upcoming webinar: Beneficial insects and resistance - making smarter spray decisions 📆 1pm AEST, Wed 20 May 🔗 bit.ly/4f5in3ALilia Lilia Jenkins from @cesaraustralia will unpack the role beneficial insects play in Australian grain systems and how smart insecticide decisions can help protect them while maintaining effective pest control. #GRDCUpdate #GRDCEvent #BeneficialInsects #CropProtection

James Hillcoat didn’t grow up on a farm. His journey began cycling five miles to a Lincolnshire farm in England, evolved through painting houses and teaching sailing in France, and eventually led him to Australian grain consulting. Hear @JamesHillcoat's story in this week's #GRDCinConversation podcast. Listen now 🎧 bit.ly/4w7QqhX @humans_of_ag #GRDCPodcast #HumansofAg #NextGen #CapacityBuilding #agriculture #farming

The Moloney family from Tullamore in central NSW is halfway through a 4-year demonstration trial exploring the advantages and disadvantages of growing a double break of faba beans and canola, followed by wheat and barley. @CSIRO @nswagriculture Read more ▶️ bit.ly/4wasbzJ #GroundCoverOnline #CropRotations #FarmingSystems #NSWfarmers

Understanding how fungicide resistance develops and what can be done to manage it is key to protecting crops. At the @theCCDM at @CurtinUni, Dr Nola D’Souza and her team detect and track fungicide resistance. It’s an ever-present challenge for Australian grain growers, but this video includes practical steps growers can take to slow its spread. Watch the full video: bit.ly/4tUHsmz #GRDCVideo #CCDM #FungicideResistance #AFREN #CropProtection #Disease

Mice are currently having a significant impact in several grain growing regions, especially in WA and SA. Check out these GRDC mouse management resources, produced in partnership with @CSIRO, for the latest monitoring and management advice ▶️ bit.ly/3ClpWgx 🐁 Mouse chew cards 🐁 Mouse baiting for grain growers publication (including case studies) 🐁 Tips and tactics for better mouse management #GRDCPublications #MouseManagement #MouseControl #Seeding2026