GRDC proposes new series of technical workshops
Australia
October 15, 2013
The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is seeking support for the delivery of specialised technical workshops to encourage greater on-farm uptake of practices recommended as a result of cutting-edge research.
Through its 2014-15 External Investment Plan, the GRDC is aiming to fund six separate workshop series within the southern cropping region which comprises Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and southern and central New South Wales.
The proposed technical workshops – to be conducted in 2013-14 – are designed to deliver highly detailed insights into key grains research, development and extension (RD&E) issues. They will also address gaps in the extension and training support being delivered by GRDC and its partners through other investments.
Topics identified for the proposed new workshop series in the southern region are:
- Trace elements – with a focus on deficiencies and management approaches to correct these in cereals, pulses and canola;
- Fungicides – with a focus on timing of use and resistance;
- Trace element/micronutrient deficiencies – with a focus on new direct-drill/no-till systems where nutrient cycling impacts and rainfall zone correlations are not well understood;
- Herbicide resistance – with a focus on why it is occurring, current survey results, the status of current commonly used products, whether resistance is reversible and what strategies are available in resistance situations;
- Root diseases – with a focus on available management options;
- Crop nutrition – with a large focus on nitrogen management both at a crop specific and at a ‘system’ level.
All research, development and extension activities funded by the GRDC’s Investment Plan are aimed at providing growers with the technologies and practices they require to remain competitive in global grain markets. The 2014-15 Investment Planbuilds on the GRDC Strategic R&D Plan 2012-17.
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