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While the quality of your favourite tipple isn’t under threat from climate change, heat stress may have an impact on beer production, says University of Queensland food and nutrition scientist Dr Glen Fox.

If there is one thing most Australians agree on, it’s that we all want better animal welfare.

A new international study found that yields of barley, the main ingredient in beer, could fall up to 17 percent during the periods of extreme drought and heat expected in coming years. The yield declines could cause the price of beer to skyrocket or even lead to a beer shortage.

The University of Queensland today announced one of the world’s most influential researchers in animal genetics has accepted a key leadership role to shape the future animal industries research.

Productivity gains made by the Australian sorghum industry are unmatched anywhere else in the world, according to a report by the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI).

University of Queensland researchers are investigating the use of maggots, locusts and other alternative proteins in a range of specialty foods.

Queensland researchers are using advanced genomics and bioinformatics technologies to help egg farmers better identify and protect against fowl cholera.

In the next two decades, crop yields need to increase dramatically to feed the growing global population. Wouldn’t it be incredibly useful if we had a crystal ball to show us what are the best strategies available to increase crop yields? A team of scientists have just developed exactly that: a dynamic model that predicts which photosynthetic manipulations to plants will boost the yields of wheat and sorghum crops.

Australian researchers have turned to plant genetics to help solve DNA mysteries and create the horticultural tree crops of the future under a new $11.3 million joint research project.

The focus on wheat yield gains has sharpened considerably since estimates back in 2012 found that existing rates of improvement were not going to keep pace with rising demand. The world's response was the US$100 million International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP).

We are seeing the emergence of a new breeding system that can predict the likely paddock performance of breeding material based on a marriage of biological data, climate records and machine-based artificial intelligence (AI). The new system is called prediction-based crop improvement.

A deadly banana disease that first caused problems in South Sulawesi over a century ago has now spread across the Indonesian Archipelago and to peninsular Malaysia – posing a threat to Australia’s $600 million banana growing industry in northern Australia.

The University of Queensland is one of Australia’s most comprehensive, research-intensive universities, national research quality data released today confirms.

The world-first speed breeding technique was developed by scientists at the University of Queensland's alliance for agriculture and food innovation (QAAFI), who use light and temperature-controlled greenhouses to accelerate plant growth and deliver more tolerant crops.

The Queensland Minister for Innovation, the Hon Kate Jones, joined Vice-Chancellor Peter Høj and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Bronwyn Harch, for an update on Advance Queensland-funded research on breeding techniques for avocados.

Professor Robert Henry, Director of the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) at UQ, is conducting experiments to tailor sugarcane production to effectively produce biofuels and bioplastics.

Growers and researchers are looking at the viability of planting sorghum early to minimise the crop’s chance of running into yield-depleting heatwaves at flowering.

A new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) project will lay the foundation for a northern Australian rice sector with the potential to produce more than one million tonnes of specialty rice annually.