Rice Breeding Australia

Breeding Rice Varieties for the Australian Rice Industry

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👋🏼 Meet the Team: Dr Christopher Proud, Senior Rice Breeder

Thank you, Chris, for your dedication to leading the team and breeding rice for the future! 🌾

#meettheteam #ricebreeding #riceforthefuture #agscience #localcommunity

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Would it really be harvest without breakdowns, lots of rain and a few cracking sunsets? 🌅🌾
That’s a wrap on CY26 harvest! Go team! 💙

#rice #RiceForTheFuture #harvest #fieldtrials #dreamteam

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Our team are smashing through CY26 harvest 💪☀️

#harvest #rice #riceharvest #ricebreedingaustralia #paddock #dreamteam

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Fantastic progress happening at our new facility! The birdcage is up and the glasshouse is nearing completion 🌱🌾

#ricebreedingaustralia #rice #newfacility #riceforthefuture #leeton #nsw

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ANTHESIS DATING
🌾 The rice crops are flowering and the team are recording anthesis dates on our paddock trials
🌼 We record the date at which approximately 50% of the panicles within the plot are flowering
🍚 Allowing us to compare our potential varieties to industry standards

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Today RBA met with Brianna Casey, the new CEO of AgriFutures Australia. It was a valuable opportunity to share priorities, discuss the future of rice breeding, and the critical role AgriFutures plays.

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Field trials are looking fantastic! They will start flowering before we know it 🌾

#ricebreedingaustralia #rice #breedingforthefuture #fieldtrials

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#Lightning #ricebreedingaustralia #rice #newfacility #drone

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All wrapped up for the holidays! 🎁
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the team at RBA🎄🎅🏼

#ricebreedingaustralia #rice #seasonsgreetings #merrychristmas #happynewyear

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This CY26 season the team have been transplanting from glasshouse to field, in order to further accelerate the breeding process 🌱

#ricebreedingaustralia #rice #RiceForTheFuture #transplanting

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Members Day 2025!

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The CY26 district trials are looking fantastic! We can’t thank our host farmers enough 🌱

#ricebreedingaustralia #rice #fieldtrials #RiceForTheFuture

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A quick progress update on the new facility! Works are well underway with land prep and the glasshouse build coming along nicely. Exciting times ahead!

#ricebreedingaustralia #RiceForTheFuture #leeton #leetonnsw

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Happy National Ag Day! Australia’s biggest celebration of the people, places and innovations that keep us fed and clothed! 🌾

#NationalAgDay #rice #ricebreedingaustralia #agriculture

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Happy international day of rural women 🩷

#ruralwomen #womeninag #womeninagriculture #womeninrice #rice

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Almost there! Wrapping up packing for the CY26 rice field trials 🌾📦

#cy26 #sowing #rice #ricebreedingaustralia #ricetrials

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Last week the RBA team attended the 2025 Australian Rice Conference, celebrating 100 years of rice growing in the Riverina and 75 years of SunRice. An amaizing week showcasing Australian rice and our growers! 🌾

#riceindustry #australianriceconference #whittonmalthouse

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After milling, samples are run through the Seed Analyser. This machine measures grain dimensions, wholegrain %, cracks and chalkiness. 🍚

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Update on the glasshouse. Crossing is in full swing for our top crosses. F1’s seed increase nurseries have flowered, the DNA test results have come back, harvest will start soon. Bulk seed increases for the field are progressing well. SSD nurseries harvest will start next week.

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Thanks @LeetonRotary for your second visit to our facilities. This time we were able to show our processing area and explain more of what goes on behind the scenes at Rice Breeding Australia.
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