Browsing by Author "Davis, RJ"
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A review of opportunities to improve the design and performance of sugarcane harvesters
Davis, RJ; Whiteing, C; Norris, CP (2010)This review is a response to the recognition by the SRDC that the Australian sugarcane industry needs an informed basis from which to make decisions as to appropriate investments in harvesting sector research. There is a ... -
Commercialisation of lightweight elevator and advanced secondary cleaning system for sugarcane harvesters : Final report BSS251
Davis, RJ; Norris, CP (2002)The Australian sugar industry is facing the challenge of increasing extraneous matter (EM), depression of ccs, sugar quality issues, and increasing harvesting and transport costs per tonne of final product. In addition, ... -
Development of a trash rake : SRDC Final report BS144S
Davis, RJ; Chapman, FL (1999)Objectives of project were: to evaluate the performance of selected commercial rakes under various field conditions; to assess the ratooning vigour of varieties after raking trash from the stool area; to develop an improved ... -
Impact of chopper harvesting on the translation of field CCS to factory realised CCS : SRDC final report SD01007
Davis, RJ; Norris, CP (BSES, 2001)This project was designed to investigate the impact of chopper harvesting on CCS at the mill relative to measured CCS levels of cane in the field, as part of the reason behind declining CCS. Background for the project ... -
Improved feeding of green cane by harvesters : SRDC Final report BS1655
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Improving the performance of chopper systems in cane harvesters : SRDC Final report BS188S
Norris, CP; Davis, RJ; Hockings, PR (1999) -
Review, analysis and discussion of precision agriculture technologies : SRDC Final report NCA009
Davis, RJ; Schmidt, EJ (2007)The development of a range of new technologies has brought agriculture and agricultural equipment to a whole new level of sophistication. First hypothesised in the early 1990’s, Precision Agriculture (PA) is a crop management ... -
Sustaining un-burnt production systems in cool wet environments : SRDC Final report BSS168
Kingston, G; Davis, RJ; Parsons, D; Chapman, FL; Aitken, RL; Nielsen, PJ (2002)This project was initiated because the Green Cane Trash Blanket (GCTB) system had been rapidly adopted within tropical districts of the Queensland sugar industry between 1984 and 1990, yet there was minimal adoption in the ...