The GRDC's mission is to invest in research and development for the greatest benefit to its stakeholders - graingrowers and the Commonwealth. The Corporation links innovative research with industry needs. The GRDC's vision is for a profitable, internationally competitive and ecologically sustainable grains industry.

The GRDC's research portfolio covers 25 leviable crops* spanning temperate and tropical cereals, oilseeds and pulses, worth over $7 billion a year in farm production, alone. The GRDC is a statutory corporation, operating as a research investment body in partnership with growers and Government.