👋🏼 Meet the team: Nathan Doss, Technical Officer Thank you, Nathan, for your top notch machinery skills and for empowering the team in the field! 🌾 #meettheteam #ricebreeding #innovations #fieldtrials #riceforthefuture

The team have finished packing for the CY27 field trials ✅📦 A huge achievement, and done in great time before the first trial was sown. We are officially 2 trials down, with Widgelli and Wakool both in the ground! #cy27 #fieldtrials #sowing #riceforthefuture #ricebreeding

Jo Eady from ruralscope joined us last week for a fantastic team workshop! Our roles at RBA have such a huge reliance on effective team work, and this is something we pride ourselves on being good at, especially thanks to Jo! 💚

👋🏼 Meet the Team: Wah Paw, Technical Officer Thank you, Wah, for your innovative ideas and fun team spirit! 🌾 #meettheteam #ricebreeding #localcommunity #innovation #riceforthefuture #agscience

Our new glasshouse facility is well up and running, with most tanks full of rice. We now have the capacity to grow well over double the amount of rice than before! 🌱 Massive thanks to our glasshouse team, Greg and Kylie for all their hard work and ensuring a smooth transition.

Last week our rice breeders attended the 2026 Australian Crop Breeders Week in the Gold Coast. 🧬🌱 They also took this opportunity to visit the University of Queensland where some of our research is being undertaken. 🥼🏫 #australiancropbreeders #universityofqueensland #rice

👋🏼 Meet the Team: Carmel Cristofaro, Chief Financial and Admin Officer Thank you, Carmel, for your commitment to RBA ensuring its success! 🌾 #meettheteam #ricebreeding #finance #riceforthefuture #agscience #localcommunity

A few members of the RBA team recently attended the Rice Growers Association 2026 International Rice Study Tour. 📚👓 They spent 2 weeks visiting the key rice-growing regions in Vietnam, along with leading research institutions and SunRice operations.💡🌾

🛸 How do you measure thousands of rice plots in a single afternoon? At RBA we are taking to the skies. Throughout the season, our high-throughput phenotyping program deploys advanced drone technology to assess key trials. #agtech #ricebreeding #digitalagriculture #dronesinag

👋🏼 Meet the Team: Kathryn Bechaz, Assistant Rice Breeder Thank you, Foxy, for your uplifting team spirit and your passion for rice! 🌾 #meettheteam #ricebreeding #womeninag #riceforthefuture #agscience

Our team are currently running samples through the Rapid Visco Analyser (RVA) for quality testing. 🥼📈🍚 #rapidviscoanalyser #viscosity #rva #riceforthefuture #rice #qualitytesting

👋🏼 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

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

Our team are smashing through CY26 harvest 💪☀️ #harvest #rice #riceharvest #ricebreedingaustralia #paddock #dreamteam

Fantastic progress happening at our new facility! The birdcage is up and the glasshouse is nearing completion 🌱🌾 #ricebreedingaustralia #rice #newfacility #riceforthefuture #leeton #nsw

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

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.

Field trials are looking fantastic! They will start flowering before we know it 🌾 #ricebreedingaustralia #rice #breedingforthefuture #fieldtrials

⚡️ #Lightning #ricebreedingaustralia #rice #newfacility #drone

All wrapped up for the holidays! 🎁 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the team at RBA🎄🎅🏼 #ricebreedingaustralia #rice #seasonsgreetings #merrychristmas #happynewyear