JOHN WOODS

Chair (Non-Executive),
Grains Research and Development Corporation

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Appointed Chairman of the GRDC from 1 October 2016.

John owns and operates an integrated cropping enterprise in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, where he also participates in summer crop R&D trials and innovative new techniques.  He has a strong interest in economic policy that affects agriculture, reflected in the positions he has held in industry and on community advisory bodies such as the National Rural Advisory Council, National Agricultural Monitoring System and Agricultural Finance Forum.

John also has experience in technology transfer and extension of R&D, which he demonstrated in his role as Chairman of Chemcert Training Queensland, and as a Chemcert Trainer to the grains and cotton industries.  The extension and adoption of best management practice was integral to his role as Queensland Manager Cotton Australia.