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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.
