GRDC Grains Research Update – Dalby
2025-08-05 09:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Brisbane)
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 Spray Safe & Save Spray Day – Chinchilla
2025-08-12 08:30 - 15:00
Best practice spray application information for growers, spray operators, contractors and advisors, delivered by Craig Day, Spray Safe & Save.
Various specialists will address issues such as spray quality; fence line spraying – getting it right; and new sprayer technology. New videos created for this project, for example, Hormesis – the effects of sub-lethal dosing, will also be shown. Plus demonstrations of various nozzles at different pressures, with and without surfactants; pH testing; and weather technology including an inversion pole.
12 August 2025 8:45 am to 3:00 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
For more information, visit the GRDC website.

GRDC Spray Safe & Save Spray Day – Millmerran
2025-08-18 08:30 - 15:00
Best practice spray application information for growers, spray operators, contractors and advisors, delivered by Craig Day, Spray Safe & Save.
Various specialists will address issues such as spray quality; fence line spraying – getting it right; and new sprayer technology. New videos created for this project, for example, Hormesis – the effects of sub-lethal dosing, will also be shown. Plus demonstrations of various nozzles at different pressures, with and without surfactants; pH testing; and weather technology including an inversion pole.
18 August 2025 8:45 am to 3:00 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
For more information, visit the GRDC website.

Soilborne Diseases Initiative Field Walk – Toowoomba
2025-10-02 09:00 - 14:00
This free field day at Wellcamp Research Facility will cover:

Crown rot resistance and tolerance trials
Using crop sequences to manage root-lesion nematodes
Inspect National Variety Trials: crown rot, root-lesion nematodes and leaf rust
New sources of resistance: cereals for crown rot; wheat and chickpea for root-lesion nematodes
An update on mungbean root-lesion nematode yield loss trials
New ways to assess crop tolerance to root-lesion nematodes
Rust diseases of wheat and barley with a focus on leaf rust.

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.

GRDC Grains Research Update, online – Beneficial insects and resistance: making smarter spray decisions
2026-05-20 13:00 - 13:45
Lilia Jenkins, Cesar Australia 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. Lilia will share practical strategies for integrating beneficials into pest management programs, reducing unnecessary sprays, and using insecticides more strategically to slow resistance and support long‑term control outcomes.
For more information and to register, visit the GRDC website.
