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Accelerating precision agriculture to decision agriculture : a review of on-farm telecommunications challenges and opportunities in supporting a digital agriculture future for Australia
(University of New England, 2017)
This project is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources as part of its Rural R&D for Profit programme. The P2D project involves all Rural Research and Development ...
Development and implementation of harvest management planning tools for the maximisation of CCS in the Tully district
(2010)
The Tully Sugar Limited milling district is characterised by large geographical, varietal, and seasonal differences in sugar yield. Growers are increasingly looking for ways to increase profitability by capitalising on ...
Evaluating alternative irrigation for a greener future
(2011)
The potential agronomic and environmental benefits of green cane harvesting and trash blanketing, the ongoing issues of nutrients and pesticides threatening the Great Barrier Reef, the rising ground water levels in the ...
A review of opportunities to improve the design and performance of sugarcane harvesters
(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 ...
Accelerating precision agriculture to decision agriculture: the needs and drivers for the present and future of digital agriculture in Australia
(Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationCotton Research and Development Corporation, 2017)
The aim of the project was to benchmark Australian producers’ needs, perceived risks and benefits, and expectations associated with digital agriculture and big data context. Such understanding will inform strategies aimed ...
Quantification of the potential to reduce harvesting losses by utilisation of field edge trash separation technology
(2013)
NorrisECT conducted a series of SRDC supported trials into the potential to improve industry profitability through the use of post-harvest cleaning at sites in the New South Wales Sugar Milling Cooperative and Isis Mill ...
National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
(2010)
The National Program for Sustainable Irrigation was a unique collaboration as it involved governments, irrigators, water providers and researchers from across Australia. It covered every aspect of irrigation from dam ...
Preliminary assessment of the impact of Cyclone Yasi and weather conditions from early 2010 on the 2011 sugarcane crop in North to Central Queensland
(2011)
An assessment of the impacts of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi and poor weather conditions prevailing since early 2010 (including previous cyclones) on the 2011 sugarcane crop was made from 18 February 2011 to 4 March 2011 ...
Water consumption - growth relationships of the variety Q80
(2013)
A drainage lysimeter was installed at Ayr Sugar Experiment Station, 1964 and after a settling-in period, planted to sugar cane 1965, to determine the amount of water used by cane and lost by evaporation from the soil during ...
Improving billet planter efficiency : SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project final report
(2010)
The aim of North Clarence Innovative Planting Group was to produce an efficient billet planter for a dual row cane system that provided minimal working hours and labour, thus reducing costs, and having minimal impact on ...