Browsing by Author "Billing, B"

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2,4-D: new labelling for sugarcane
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018) Ross, P; Billing, B
2,4-D: new labelling for sugarcane
Accounting for Legume nitrogen with cane to creek
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019) Billing, B
Accounting for Legume nitrogen with cane to creek
CCS considerations for harvesting YCS cane
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015) Billing, B
Many growers who are experiencing or have experienced Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) in their sugarcane may have noticed the syndrome appears to impact sugar levels
Chemcial stewardship - we can all make a difference
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019) Billing, B
Chemcial stewardship - we can all make a difference
Continued innovation delivers in the Burdekin
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016) Billing, B
Burdekin cane grower Denis Pozzebon says trialling new technology and innovation has led to positive outcomes and improved farm management practices.
Herbicides and the water quality conundrum
(ASSCT, 2017) Ross, P; Fillols, E; Billing, B; Davis, A
Herbicidal impact on the health of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon came to the forefront in 2009 with the Queensland Government’s Great Barrier Reef Protection Amendment Act 2009 and the concurrent review of diuron by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). Subsequently, Federal and Queensland government programs have maintained the spotlight on both freshwater and marine water quality. Ambitious pesticide load reduction targets have been set by the Reef 2050 Plan, as one of the means to improve water quality and the resilience of the GBR ecosystem. Photosystem II (PSII) herbicides in particular are targeted under the plan. Gaining sustained industry practice change is paramount to achieving these targets. Progress is being made, although the challenges remain, both on the practice change level and on the technical knowledge level. Weed management practices with demonstrated environmental benefits include timing spray applications to avoid run-off within the 20–25 days following spraying, incorporation of residual herbicides by non-run-off inducing irrigation or rainfall, switching to strategic and/or banded application of residual herbicides, and avoiding the use of residual herbicides on ratoons where trash blanketing provides sufficient weed suppression. Other farming system improvements such as controlled traffic may reduce the amount of run-off, contributing to reductions in overall herbicide losses. Growers are switching to alternative residual herbicides in response to tighter controls on the PS II herbicides diuron, atrazine, ametryn and hexazinone. Relative risk rankings being developed indicate that alternative herbicides can offer reduced environmental risk.
Improve water quality with the improved farming system
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016) Billing, B
Sugarcane farmers using an improved farming system are not only seeing benefits to their production, but also improved water quality outcomes.
Nuffield scholar looks at Brazil planting system
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015) Billing, B
When Joe Muscat set out on his Nuffield Scholarship he had three main objectives regarding fibre crops, but along the way he discovered something else.
Practical on-farm demonstrations help boost efficiency and sustainability
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017) Billing, B
Protecting Our Chemicals for the Future is a project based in the northern Wet Tropics that works with grower groups to demonstrate the value of best management practices for chemical management on sugarcane farms.
Protecting our chemicals for the future through the accelerated adoption of best management practices : final report 2016/002
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2020) Billing, B
The project ran in the Wet Tropics for three years from September 2017. The project set out to improve water quality in Great Barrier Reef catchments through increasing the uptake of management practices to reduce losses of herbicides and pesticides to the environment with sugarcane growers in the Tully, Innisfail/Babinda and Mulgrave milling areas. The project utilised tools such as rainfall simulation, grower group work and field demonstrations to connect sugarcane grower collaborators and sugar industry extension staff with science and solutions to water quality and weed and pest issues facing the farmers. The project used behaviour change principles to inform project design, messaging and interactions with industry and the grower community aner program run in the Wet Tropics by behavioural science experts Behaviour Innovation. The project focussed on the promotion of selected principle-based key messages, giving grower collaborators the opportunity to identify their own means of applying these on-farm: Less on = Less off d also drew on the learnings of the Cane Chang Timing really matters Apply imidacloprid products according to label Do I have canegrubs, or is it something else? Protecting our Chemicals for the Future has resulted in practice change among participating growers and collaborators, the provision of resources and messaging for industry extension staff and resellers, and shifted culture among many involved to be accepting of an ability to influence water quality for the better. Key messages have been shared beyond the immediate project collaborators through regular updates in SRA’s Cane Connection magazine, presentations at shed meetings and industry events and provision of information and resources to extension staff outside of the Wet Tropics.
Sugar innovation expo a success The
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015) Billing, B
The Brandon Sugar Research Australia (SRA) station welcomed about 70 growers and sugar extension providers to the Sugar Innovation Expo recently.
Yellow Canopy Syndrome Update
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015) Billing, B
Yellow Canopy Syndrome Update, September 2015