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    Sugar industry riparian management guidelines
    (2001) Lovett, S
    The sugar industry is responding to increasing external scrutiny by improving its environmental credentials. The Canegrowers Environmental Audit identified as s high priority the need for the industry to integrate sound strategies and practices for riparian management into industry expansion, property management planning and best management practice. This project has used research conducted into riparian land management through Land & Water Australia’s National Riparian Lands R&D Program, and tailored it to meet the needs of the sugar industry. Through consultation with cane growers and other industry bodies, the project has produced a publication that is based on the practicalities of cane growing and allows users to adapt it easily to their own situation and management objectives. The publication is entitled - Managing Riparian Lands in the Sugar Industry: A Guide to Principles and Practices, and will be made available through industry networks and organisations such as CANEGROWERS, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Station, Department of Natural Resources and catchment management committees.
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    Sugar Research and Development Corporation final report Increasing sugar cane yields by improvements in soil structure
    (1998) Hughes, M; Nielsen, P; Grabski, A
    A project to increase sugar cane yields by improvements in soil structure was conducted at Broadwater, NSW. It was instigated in response to the poor physical structure of many cane soils and poor root development in many sugar cane crops resulting in low cane yields. A number of alternative management practices were tested and cane and sugar yield as well as appropriate soil parameters were measured. The main findings were that ridging had the biggest effects on cane and sugar yields and on soil bulk density, soil moisture (drier in the top 30 cm and wetter at depth), and a leaching of Cl, Na and S when in excess amounts. Ridging also resulted in a stable inter-row and hence far less damage during wet harvests. Intensity of tillage had some small effect on yields and soil structure; it is not clear if these would have increased over a longer period of time. The main effect of soybean production during the fallow period was due to nitrogen input. There were some small but positive effects on subsequent cane root growth soil organic carbon and soil bulk density. Mole drains and deep ripping provided no clear advantage over laser levelling alone.