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GRDC Research Update – Dubbo
2025-02-27 - 2025-02-28
Hear and discuss the latest grains research topics, share ideas and network with colleagues and friends at the 2-day Update.
Thursday and Friday 27-28 February 2025.
Thursday includes a session on disease and Friday includes a presentation on turnip yellows virus and green peach aphid in canola.
For more information and to register, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Research Update – Goondiwindi
2025-03-04 - 2025-03-05
Goondi’s 2-day GRDC Grains Research Update is not one to miss for the Southern Qld & Northern NSW grains industry. Come along to hear and discuss the latest grains research topics, share ideas and network with colleagues and friends.
Tuesday and Wednesday 4-5 March, 2025.
For more information and to register, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Research Update – Pallamallawa
2025-03-06 08:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Brisbane)
Discuss the latest farm-ready information to improve profit, with researchers, agronomists and leading growers at the Pallamallawa GRDC Grains Research Update.
Thursday 6 March 2025 from 9-3 (Daylight Savings Time).
For more information and to register, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Grains Research Update – Wellington
2025-07-31 09:00 - 14:30
Topics covered at this update include a talk on ‘Disease management – regional issues with fungicide resistance, managing septoria, stripe rust blotches and powdery mildew in cereals’ by Brad Baxter (NSW DPIRD)
31 July 2025 9:00-2:30
For more information, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Grains Research Update – Dalby
2025-08-05 09:00 - 15:00
Topics covered at this Update include:

Products under APVMA regulatory review – what, when and why and implications for industry stewardship. Gordon Cumming (GRDC)
Fall armyworm update – what’s new and strategies for summer 2025/26. Joe Eyre (UQ)

05 August 2025 9:00-3:10
For more information, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Grains Research Update – Spring Ridge
2025-08-08 09:00 - 15:00
Topics covered in this Update include

Products under APVMA regulatory review – what, when and why and implications for industry stewardship. Gordon Cumming (GRDC)

08 August 2025 9:00-2:40
For more information, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Grains Research Update – Clermont
2025-11-25 08:30 - 15:00
25 November 2025 8:30 am to 3:00 pm at Clermont Civic Centre
Topics include talks on fall armyworm and grain storage.
For more information and to register, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Grains Research Update – Rolleston
2025-11-26 08:30 - 15:00
26 November 2025 8:30 am to 3:00 pm at Rolleston Memorial Hall
Topics include talks on fall armyworm and grain storage.
For more information and to register, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Grains Research Update – Wagga Wagga
2026-02-18 - 2026-02-19
This GRDC update on 18-19 February 2026 includes a disease session:
Disease management

Cereal disease update and management considerations for 2026. Brad Baxter (NSW DPIRD)
Management impacts in SNSW from fungicide resistance to blackleg and sclerotinia. Angela van de Wouw (Uni of Melb)
With new decision support tools, can we make better disease management decisions in wheat? Tom Price (FAR Australia)
Disease legacies from crop choice and in-paddock management including key diagnostic tools. Steven Simpfendorfer (NSW DPIRD)

For more information and to register, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Grains Research Update – West Wyalong
2026-02-25
Disease presentations at this update include:

Diverse farms! Challenging and improving farming systems at the whole farm scale – impacts of crop sequences on weed management, N legacy and root diseases such as crown-rot. Greg Condon (Grassroots Agronomy)
Soil pathogens in central west NSW – what’s out there that we need to be working on? Predicta®B test results. Maurie Street (GOA)
What’s stripe rust really costing us? Yield gap trials with different varieties and fungicide treatments – are we better to sow a MR rated variety and not spray, or sow a more susceptible cultivar and spray more? Maurie Street (GOA)

Find out more and register at the GRDC website.

GRDC Grains Research Update – Dubbo
2026-02-26 - 2026-02-27
The Dubbo update has a presentation by Steven Simpfendorfer (NSW DPIRD) on Regional fungicide resistance and disease management update on day 2.
For more information and to register, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Grains Research Update – Goondiwindi
2026-03-03 - 2026-03-04
The Goondiwindi update has a presentation by Steven Simpfendorfer (NSW DPIRD) on’ Regional fungicide resistance and disease management update’ on Day 1.
For more information or to register, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Grains Research Update – Narrabri
2026-03-05
The Narrabri update includes a session on Ascochyta in chickpeas – exciting new genetics that’s close and a look over the horizon by Kristy Hobson (NSW DPIRD).
For more information and to register, visit the GRDC website.
