September 2014
Cutting edge grain industry research will take centre stage next week when the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Northern Panel visits Kingaroy on Wednesday.
The panel plans to meet representatives from the Coastal Grower Solution group and also visit GRDC-funded PhD students studying peanut breeding, soil and leaf disease screening and discuss current research into pulse agronomy and soil/crop nutrition.
The GRDC tour offers growers and consultants an opportunity to directly express their research priorities to key decision makers and have a valuable input into the future direction of research, development and extension in the northern region.
GRDC Northern Panel chairman James Clark said regular industry consultation was invaluable and enabled the panel to refine research priorities.
“The northern panel, which comprises a mix of growers, senior agronomists and consultants, is dedicated to ensuring that grower levies are directed into research and development activities that have a meaningful, lasting and profitable impact in the paddock,” Mr Clark said.
“The spring tour is an ideal opportunity for us to travel into key production areas and source feedback from growers and industry personnel about the major agronomic and production challenges they are facing,” Mr Clark said.
At the conclusion of the tour, which also takes in the Northern Rivers of NSW, Toowoomba and Gatton, participants will gather in Brisbane to discuss their observations, industry feedback and suggestions.
Growers seeking information about the tour should contact David Lord on 0422-082-105 or by email
