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Grdc Ann Rep 09 Cover.3 The GRDC The Grains Research and Development Corporation is a statutory authority established to plan and invest in R&D for the Australian grains industry. Its primary objective is to support effective competition by Australian grain growers in global grain markets, through enhanced profitability GRDC Annual Report and sustainability. 2008–09 Its primary business activity is the allocation and management of investment in grains R&D. GRDC ANNUAL REPORT 2008–09 GRDC ANNUAL REPORT GRDC Vision GRDC Mission GRDC Values Driving innovation for a To invest in innovation for • Commitment and action profitable and environmentally the greatest benefit to its in meeting the needs of sustainable Australian grains stakeholders. This will be our stakeholders and industry. achieved by being a exceeding their global leader in linking expectations science, technology and • Winning as a team commercialisation with • Achievement of superior industry and community results needs. • Creativity and innovation • Openness and trust in dealing with people • A performance-driven culture • Ethical behaviour in all our activities i www.grdc.com.au www.grdc.com.au The GRDC The Grains Research and Development Corporation is a statutory authority established to plan and invest in R&D for the Australian grains industry. Its primary objective is to support effective competition by Australian grain growers in global grain markets, through enhanced profitability GRDC Annual Report and sustainability. 2008–09 Its primary business activity is the allocation and management of investment in grains R&D. GRDC ANNUAL REPORT 2008–09 GRDC ANNUAL REPORT GRDC Vision GRDC Mission GRDC Values Driving innovation for a To invest in innovation for • Commitment and action profitable and environmentally the greatest benefit to its in meeting the needs of sustainable Australian grains stakeholders. This will be our stakeholders and industry. achieved by being a exceeding their global leader in linking expectations science, technology and • Winning as a team commercialisation with • Achievement of superior industry and community results needs. • Creativity and innovation • Openness and trust in dealing with people • A performance-driven culture • Ethical behaviour in all our activities i www.grdc.com.au www.grdc.com.au Highlights of 2008–09 Highlights of 2008–09 Successes Successes Contact details • The GRDC became responsible for Wheat Variety Classification, a system providing bulk export • TagTeam, a Rhizobium inoculant including phosphorous-solubilising microbes for use with grain Location Level 1, Tourism House market signals to Australian wheat breeders. More than 40 varieties have been successfully classified legumes, was launched. 40 Blackall Street under the new system. • The GRDC produced Grain Market Lingo, a free publication which provides factual, objective BARTON ACT 2600 • External and internal financial analysis of GRDC projects showed benefit to cost ratios ranging from information on price risk management. Grain Market Lingo has become a ‘must have’ resource in Postal address GRDC 1.5:1 to as high as 36:1. The Australian Cereal Rust Control Program benefit to cost ratio of 23:1 was many of the grain-marketing workshops held around Australia. PO Box 5367 the highest among a group of ‘Hero Projects’ reviewed across the rural R&D corporations. • The GRDC, in collaboration with CropLife Australia, distributed more than 40,000 copies of the KINGSTON ACT 2604 • A survey of growers showed that 83 percent of those surveyed believed the GRDC was delivering Herbicide Resistance Mode of Action Groups booklet. Contact officer GRDC Compliance Officer value in terms of research dollars invested. • The GRDC increased collaboration with the Cotton Research and Development Corporation Telephone: 02 6166 4500 • GRDC-supported breeding programs released many new, improved crop varieties: addressing productivity and climate change preparedness in cotton and grain farming systems. Facsimile: 02 6166 4599 – 14 wheat varieties (including two durum varieties), some of which yielded up to 11 percent higher • An international collaboration was established with AgResearch in New Zealand, to research the Website: www.grdc.com.au than varieties of comparable quality use of endophytes targeting the control of heat and water stress and insect control in cereals. – two barley varieties that are higher yielding than comparable popular varieties—CommanderA consistently recorded yields 2 percent to 17 percent higher than the dominant malting varieties Delivery dates – two mungbean varieties—CrystalA yielded 20 percent higher than the benchmark variety Challenges – one desi chickpea variety Submission of financial statements to the GRDC Finance, Risk and The GRDC operates in an ever changing grains industry driven by factors such as: evolving national – one faba bean variety. Audit Committee 6 August 2009 and international market dynamics, including the deregulation of wheat marketing; high volatility of • More than 50 blackleg-resistant canola lines with higher resistance than existing cultivars, including grain prices and input costs; and impacts of climate change. Submission of final draft to the GRDC Board 23 September 2009 both polygenic and major gene resistance sources, were accessed by private canola breeders. In Australia the grains industry ‘supply chain’ is experiencing significant changes at all levels, affecting Certification of financial statements by the Australian National Audit Office 12 August 2009 • All Australian breeders of wheat, barley, triticale, oats, pulses and canola (including GM canola) took marketing, grain handling/logistics, grower representative organisations, R&D and operations at the part in the GRDC’s National Variety Trials. farm level. Approval of final annual report by the GRDC Board 23 September 2009 • The longstanding strategic alliances between the GRDC, CIMMYT and ICARDA enabled Australian breeding programs to access more than 1,300 elite drought-tolerant and disease-resistant wheat and Factors directly affecting R&D include a declining rate of total factor productivity growth, pressure on Submission to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 30 September 2009 pulse breeding lines. state department of agriculture budgets, increasing private investment in research, development and extension (RD&E), and the potential impacts of biotechnology. Submission to the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, • The GRDC was a finalist in the Governance category of the NAB Agribusiness Awards, and the Fisheries and Forestry 30 September 2009 GRDC-supported Pulse Breeding Australia was a finalist in the Technology and Innovation category. These changes mean that the GRDC must: Tabling in parliament During the spring session • Fourteen new farming systems investments were established, bringing together grain growers, • work closely with its stakeholders (grain growers, the Australian Government and RD&E partners) researchers and agribusiness, to enhance the validation and integration of new technologies in local to develop strategies and programs that will positively contribute to productivity growth in a Presentation to the Grains Council of Australia On tabling farming systems. sustainable way • Fourteen case studies on the economic benefits of precision agriculture demonstrated an average • clearly demonstrate and communicate the financial, environmental and social impacts that RD&E incremental return of $19 per hectare through the use of precision agriculture methods. contributes to the growth of the Australian grains industry and the nation as a whole. Production notes Compliance editor Catherine Wells Figure 1: Total grain production and Figure 2: Area sown to grains by crop type, Figure 3: GRDC income in 2008–09 Figure 4: GRDC expenditure in 2008–09 Photo editor Maureen Cribb cropping area, 1998–09 to 2008–09 1998–99 to 2008–09 Program editor Zoltan Lukacs 50 Area sown (M ha) Financials Danielle White 45 18 Concepts, text and research GRDC 40 16 Editing and indexing WordsWorth Writing, Canberra 35 14 30 12 Design and typesetting Four Design Group, Queensland 25 10 Printing Goanna Print, Canberra 20 8 15 6 10 4 ISSN 1037–4531 5 2 0 0 © Grains Research and Development Corporation 2009 ■ Grain grower levy $89.1m (59.3%) ■ Research and development $106.3m (87.6%) ■ Australian Government $43.9m (29.2%) ■ Employee benefits $6.1m (5.0%) This publication is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 ■ Interest, royalties and other $17.3m (11.5%) ■ Suppliers & other $8.9m (7.4%) under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any 2007–08 est 2007–08 est — — 2008–09 est — — — — 2008–09 est process without written permission from the Grains Research and Grain Production (mt) Area sown (M ha) Wheat Coarse grains Pulses Oilseeds Development Corporation. ii iii Highlights of 2008–09 Highlights of 2008–09 Successes Successes Contact details • The GRDC became responsible for Wheat Variety Classification, a system providing bulk export • TagTeam, a Rhizobium inoculant including phosphorous-solubilising microbes for use with grain Location Level 1, Tourism House market signals to Australian wheat breeders. More than 40 varieties have been successfully classified legumes, was launched. 40 Blackall Street under the new system. • The GRDC produced Grain Market Lingo, a free publication which provides factual,
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