This PDF explains NVT Online, the digital reporting platform for the Grains Research and Development Corporation's National Variety Trials (NVT) program in Australia. It describes the platform's core tools (MET Long Term Yield Reporter, Harvest Reports, Disease Ratings), the scope and management of the NVT program, and provides deep dives into data collection protocols, experimental/statistical designs (including spatial, p-rep and MET/FA analyses), and technology (satellite/NDVI, weather modelling, digital data capture). The document also outlines the program's economic value for growers, breeders and the industry.
Questions this document answers
About 550+ varieties per year.
About 650 trial sites.
Normalized to 12.5% moisture for wheat (example in text).
74% of Australian growers (reported penetration).
Approximately 2 to 3 years.