Farming systems and production management

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Research outcomes: Growers and harvesters benefit from the ongoing research in productivity improvement, production management and agronomical techniques. Developed technologies and management practices that enhance productivity and demonstrate a high rate of return on investment.

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    Adoption of an optimal season length for increased industry profitability : SRDC Final report BSS264
    (BSES, 2007) Di Bella, LP; Cristaudo, A; Wood, AW
    The project aimed to maximise commercial cane sugar (CCS), sugar yields (TSPH) and industry profitability in the Herbert region by exploiting regional variation in CCS, soil moisture and trafficability. There is significant potential to increase total sugar production, and individual grower and district CCS through better management of harvesting scheduling.
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    Farm assessment of productivity limits in the wet tropics : SRDC Final report BSS159
    (2000) Hurney, AP; Bown, PA
    There is an ongoing concern in the wet tropics over productivity levels, particularly with regard to low CCS. Previously, productivity trends within the region have been assessed utilising mill area statistics (Smith, 1991; Hurney, 1995; Leslie and Wilson, 1996). These studies indicate there has been a negative trend for CCS over the last 30 years in the wet tropics. Consequently, sugar yields have remained relatively static during the same period despite an increase in cane yield and, therefore, economic viability has been adversely affected.While mill area statistics can be of value in assessing broad issues, they suffer from the disadvantage that problem definition may be limited because causal factors can be confounded. This project has assessed productivity trends at the farm and district level rather than mill level. It was considered that assessment of production functions at this level rather than the mill level may provide a clearer understanding of factors influencing productivity, particularly CCS trends. The concept was to focus on high performance farms to determine if there were exceptions to general productivity trends. If exceptions could be identified, detailed evaluation of this group might assist in a better definition of the problem, diagnosis of causes and may even identify some solutions to factors influencing productivity.
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    The influence of time of harvest on yields and CCS and the subsequent ratoon crop
    (1975) Moller, RB
    This report deals with the second trial of the growth analysis trial programme on the Bundaberg Sugar Experiment Station. Full details of the purpose of this programme are outlined in Project Report 1973