Australian Crop Breeders is the peak body representing Australian public and private field crop breeding

Our Purpose

Provide leadership for the Australian crop breeding industry through collaboration and advocacy to ensure breeding efforts are maximised for the benefit of members and the broader agricultural community
ACB Board
Haydn Kuchel – AGT Tress Walmsley – InterGrain Neil Comben – LRPB



Dale Skepper – RAGT Amanda Box – Secobra RecherchesNick Willey – Trigall Australia
Our Value Statement
Valuing integrity, promoting collaboration and advocating effectively to advance crop breeding
We provide leadership to:
Research and development
To provide research leadership and guidance to the industry while serving as a platform for industry feedback
Variety trials & evaluation
To provide operational input and recommendations on policies and processes regarding industry variety trials and evaluations
End-point royalty collection
Monitor and improve royalty collection systems and compliance
Research Committee members:
  • INTERGRAIN: Dini Ganesalingam (chair)
  • AGT: Tristan Coram
  • LONGREACH PLANT BREEDERS: Bertus Jacobs
  • NSW DPIRD: Kristy Hobson / Ahsan Asif
  • NUSEED: Tony Leonforte
  • RICE BREEDING AUSTRALIA: Chris Proud
  • SECOBRA RECHERCHES: Amanda Box
  • RAGT: Maqbool Ahmad
  • TRIGALL AUSTRALIA: Nick Willey
  • AG VIC: Sukhjiwan Kaur
Regulatory & Legal
To provide leadership, advice, and advocacy on regulatory, legislative, and IP matters, including plant breeders' rights and royalty collection
Regulatory & Legal Committee members:
  • AGT: Andrew Cecil (chair)
  • INTERGRAIN: Tress Walmsley
  • NUSEED: Megan Shaw
  • RICE BREEDING AUSTRALIA: Georgie Pengilley
  • SECOBRA RECHERCHES: Amanda Box
  • LONGREACH PLANT BREEDERS: Neil Comben
  • TRIGALL AUSTRALIA: Nick Willey
  • AG VIC: Ben Thomson
  • RAGT: Dale Skepper
VT&E Committee members
  • SECOBRA RECHERCHES: Amanda Box (chair)
  • AGT: Douglas Lush / James Edwards
  • INTERGRAIN: Nicole Kerr
  • LONGREACH PLANT BREEDERS: Adrian McNair
  • NSW DPIRD: Kristy Hobson
  • NUSEED: Taylor Wollermann
  • RICE BREEDING AUSTRALIA: Chris Proud
  • RAGT: Maqbool Ahmad / Richard Prusa
  • TRIGALL AUSTRALIA: Chris Moore
  • AG VIC: Babu Pandey
EPR Committee members
  • LONGREACH PLANT BREEDERS: Sam Willsmore (chair)
  • AGT: Vicki Kokolakis / Andrew Cecil / Jacob Hayes
  • AVS: Ben Thomson
  • BARENBRUG: Steve Amery
  • EPG: Colin Smith
  • INTERGRAIN: Troy Keenan / Jodie Bell / Kyle McLean
  • LONGREACH PLANT BREEDERS: Neil Comben
  • NSW DPIRD: Glenn Lendon / Guy McMullen
  • NUSEED: Chris Roberts / Tara King
  • RICE BREEDING AUSTRALIA: Chris Proud
  • SEEDNET: Simon Crane Chris Dunmill
  • RAGT: Kirk Brehaut
  • TRIGALL AUSTRALIA: Nick Willey
  • GIA - Frank Delahunty

Industry Guide for Wheat Variety Phenology Description

The purpose of this document is to provide farmers, agronomists, extension officers, plant breeders, and others with a consistent approach to wheat variety phenology (relative heading date) description.
rating boundaries
SUMMARY OF ratings

EPRs

For information on EPR rates being charged on Australian varieties, please visit the Variety Central website.
VISIT VARIETY CENTRAL

Members

ACB's membership is actively involved in breeding bread wheat, barley, canola, sorghum, oats, durum, lentils and lupins.

Full Members

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EPR Members

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