THE Grains Research and Development Corporation will next year fund six new projects involving field trials and demonstrations.
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Southern regional grower services manager Andrew Rice said that the projects would be based around specific tactical agronomic management issues like soil health, crop nutrition, crop rotations and the identification and management of weeds, pests and diseases.
The corporation would like to hear from agribusiness organisations interested in conducting localised trial and extension projects in the Southern cropping region.
The projects will be aimed at addressing locally important agronomic issues through collaboration between growers, grower groups, advisers, agribusiness and researchers, Mr Rice said.
"There remains a need, outside GRDC's existing investment processes, to address a range of local cropping constraints through small-scale trials and for the targeted extension of results from these trials," he said.
"A key feature of these projects will be the extension of project outcomes and outputs through a locally based network which will work in close collaboration with the GRDC."
The corporation is seeking tenders from interested parties to:
● Locate, design and conduct field trials/demonstrations and analyse and interpret results.
● Plant, manage and harvest field trials/demonstrations.
● Prepare a financial analysis of the trial/demonstration results to be presented in a "grower-friendly" format and language.
● Develop and implement a targeted local communication and extension plan that clearly details implications of project outcomes/outputs for on-farm management and adoption (where applicable) by growers within local farming systems.
The corporation expected to invest a total of up to $150,000 for six individual Southern cropping region projects within the next year, Mr Rice said.
Tenders close at midnight on Thursday, October 23, and further information is available via www.grdc.com.au/Investment-Plan.