GRDC Grower Network
Rural Management Strategies was recently successful in tendering to coordinate and facilitate the GRDC’s Grower Network in Southern NSW until 2025. The Grower Network will be coordinated and administered by the business, with RMS partner Chris Minehan as the Primary Facilitator.
A continuation of the Regional Cropping Solutions Network (RCSN), the Grower Network is one of the GRDC’s mechanisms for understanding the constraints and opportunities that affect the profitability of grain growing businesses in Southern NSW.
The Grower Network comprises a panel of 10 growers, advisors, researchers and other industry members, who meet twice per year to help GRDC understand the key constraints and opportunities, set priorities and provide feedback on previous investments.
At the recent Grower Network member meeting, held as a video conference due to COVID-19 restrictions, the members discussed, among other things:
Ryegrass escapes at sowing in autumn 2020
Best use of Paraquat as a tool for controlling Glyphosate resistant annual ryegrass
Return on investment for fungicide use in the medium to low rainfall zones, both for cereals and canola
Long-term approach to funding farming systems research
Understanding Nitrogen cycling, losses and gains in different farming systems and environments
Update on GRDC’s Hyper-yielding Crops initiative
An important element of the Grower Network process is the six Local Forums held throughout Southern NSW on an annual basis. Local Forums provide anyone involved in the grains industry the chance to bring forward issues, constraints and opportunities to go towards the next Network member meeting.
Due to COVID-19, Forums were held online in August 2020. To complement the online Forums and provide additional opportunities to bring forward issues, the Grower Network is running a survey of grower priorities. Clients are encouraged to take this opportunity to shape the investment of grain levies by filling out the brief survey on the link below:
SURVEY LINK.
For more information, contact Chris Minehan
0427 213 660