Nutgrass competes intensely with cane for water and nutrients and can affect cane emergence and growth even before it emerges.

New value-adding research is looking at capturing the value of the sugarcane biomass and putting this into the context of other important competitive advantages that currently exist for the Australian sugarcane industry.

Cane losses through harvesters operating outside Harvest Best Practice (HBP) are a major cost to the sugar industry. Where they exist, current information systems provide feedback to the operator only after the cane has ...

In the 2017 and 2018 crushing seasons, Sugar Research Australia Limited (SRA) conducted a project to assist harvesting groups to reduce sugar loss. The principles of harvesting practice to reduce loss have been well ...

Is there potential to push the boundaries of current sugarcane production further by expanding into frost-prone areas? The team at Isis Central Sugar Mill is keen to find out, with research support from SRA and implications ...

The use of timely and accurate records can improve farm profitability through the evaluation of past, current and future performance of the business. Electronic farm management records are relatively new for the sugar ...

The Herbert River Catchment is situated in the Wet Tropics Region of Far North Queensland and covers approximately 10,000 square kilometers and unlike many other coastal streams in the wet tropics, the Herbert River has a ...

In 1984 a wide range of herbicide treatments were evaluated against a number of weed species. Results demonstrated the weakness and strengths of various products, and the optimum timing of application. To further improve ...