Search
Now showing items 1-6 of 6
SRDC Grower Group innovation project final report Profits through Recycling: Pilot processing of sugar industry and community by-products to improve on-farm sustainability
(2010)
GGP034 set out to establish if cane farmers could produce on farm a percentage of their farm’s nutrient requirement from sugar industry and community wastes at a competitive cost and thus reduce off farm inputs. It was ...
Utilising a predictive model for the monitoring and management of canegrubs in the Mackay region by the Mount Kinchant Growers Group : SRDC Grower Group innovation project
(BSES, 2010)
Of the nineteen canegrub species in Australia, greyback canegrub which occurs from Plane Creek northwards is the most important. Growers rely heavily on insecticides for greyback canegrub management, and effective ...
An integrated approach to nutgrass control : SRDC final report NFS002
(BSES, 2010)
This project aimed to formulate and promote an integrated approach to nutgrass control in
sugarcane cropping systems. The project was a Grower Group Research Project
undertaken from July 2007 to June 2010 by the NSW ...
Mulgrave cane growers strategic grub management; implementing BSES decision-making tools : SRDC Grower Group innovation project
(BSES, 2010)
This project was a continuation of previous SRDC/BSES GrubPlan projects in which the importance of a thorough grub monitoring program was highlighted. Essentially, the need for more grower involvement led to the creation ...
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 ...
Better frost tolerant varieties for NSW : SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project
(2010)
Frost damage to sugarcane crops affects about one third of the NSW cane