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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 ...
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 ...
Sodic soils and rising groundwater management in the Burdekin
(2013)
Sodic soils are a production limiting issue for large areas of the Burdekin region. Saline soils, saline groundwater and rising groundwater tables also have a high possibility to further limit yield potential. Rising ...
User manual for CaneLCA Eco-efficiency Calculator V1.01
(BSES, 2013)
CaneLCA calculates the eco-efficiency of sugarcane production over its lifecycle, to help sugarcane producers and their advisors identify sustainable farming practices. CaneLCA can assist sugarcane producers to:
Remote sensing-based precision agriculture tools for the sugar industry : SRDC Final report DPI021
(2013)
This project aimed to develop remote sensing applications that were both relevant and of commercial benefit to the Australian sugar industry and therefore adoptable. Such applications included the in season mapping of crop ...
Investigate skip row configuration in sugar cane: Final report GGP046
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
The aim of the project was to compare a double skip row sugarcane system with
conventional solid plant on 1.8 m row spacing. Comparisons were made of productivity,
profitability and water relationships. The skip row ...
Measurement of in-field sucrose loss by mobile refractometry : SRDC Final report BSS318
(2013)
A world-first mobile system to measure sugar loss during harvesting has been developed and successfully field tested. This sugar is lost in all parts of the field residue: trash, tops, smashed billets and juice extracted ...
Advancing Australian sugarcane farming systems : Final report 2013/803
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
Vertical tillage principles were discussed vigorously at each strip tillage company visited. Most
notably the presentation given by Jerry Hatfield from Iowa State University gave the group a
thorough understanding of why ...
Developing a robust soybean industry in Central and Northern Queensland : Final report GGP060
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
The benefits of using soybeans as a break crop during the traditional sugarcane crop fallow period has been well documented. Trials conducted under the SYDJV highlighted that legumes, such as soybeans, produced the following ...