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Development of a precision mill mud applicator for a new farming system : SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project final report
(2008)This aim was to construct an innovative mill mud spreader capable of accurately applying mill mud in a narrow band between 2m dual rows. The group postulated that applying mill mud in a band would increase the area that a ... -
Development of a real time information system for Clarence harvesters : SRDC Final report CHC002
(SRDC, 2008)The Clarence Harvesting Co-operative was formed from the amalgamation of two existing harvesting co-operatives, which in the later years of the project consisted of four harvesters cutting a total of between 350,000 and ... -
Development of a streamlined life cycle assessment (LCA) tool for assessing the environmental benefits of progressive cane growing : SRDC Final report UQ045
(SRDC, 2012)The Australian sugar industry faces continuing expectations to demonstrate environmentally sustainable sugarcane growing practices. This has been driven by moves to protect water quality (through the Australian Government’s ... -
Development of a trash rake : SRDC Final report BS144S
(1999)Objectives of project were: to evaluate the performance of selected commercial rakes under various field conditions; to assess the ratooning vigour of varieties after raking trash from the stool area; to develop an improved ... -
Development of an improved method of harvester performance testing - in association with the jet-clean system project : Final report NCA001
(2001)In seeking to evaluate the performance of some advanced cleaning system concepts such as the NCEA Jet Clean System (NCA 006) and the NCEA Clean Flow Fan the NCEA became aware of the lack of objective automated harvester ... -
Economic evaluation of sugarcane harvesting best practice (HBP) : ASSCT peer-reviewed paper
(ASSCT, 2019)Mechanical sugarcane harvesting is commonly undertaken at ground speeds that exceed the cleaning capacity of modern harvesters, which is likely to increase extraneous matter (EM) levels in the cane supply. To attempt to ... -
Efficient use of water resources in sugar production; optimising the use of limited water under supplementary irrigation
(2000)About 60% of sugar produced in Australia depends on irrigation. In some regions, production would be impossible without irrigation; in others, irrigation is used to supplement rainfall. It can improve production and reduce ... -
Electronic logbook for harvest record keeping : SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project final report
(2007)The main project aims were to develop an electronic harvester logging system that would be user friendly and reduce the requirements for manual entry of data. The information collected was then collated and reported to the ... -
Enhanced delivery of PROSPER to achieve adoption of best management practices in the Queensland Sugar Industry : SRDC Final report BSS260
(2006)The late 1990s and early 2000s saw declining productivity and profitability within the Australian sugar industry. This decline was driven by a combination of adverse climatic conditions, declining terms of trade, pest and ... -
Enhancing efficiency and integration from field to factory in the Herbert : SRDC Final report
(2010)The Herbert sugar region underwent major strategic change in the harvesting and transport sectors, which will involve $7M investment in siding rationalisation and a substantial reduction in the number of harvesting groups. ... -
Enhancing nutrient placement: Sub surface application of cane : SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project final report GGP044
(SRDC, 2011)Historically composting of wastes is used to reduce waste volume by about 50% so that cartage to a landfill site is reduced or in farming provides economics in application to pasture or broad acre. Responding to waste ... -
Enhancing the sugar industry value chain by addressing mechanical harvest losses through research, technology and adoption : Final report 2016/901
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2020)The project addressed the challenges of mechanical sugarcane harvesting, that include damage to the crop, cane loss from the harvester and high levels of extraneous matter sent to the mill. It did this by developing harvester ... -
Environmental and economic performance indicators : Farm Management Systems for the Sugarcane Industry, sub-program 2
(2006)This project examines the use of key performance indicators within a Farm Management System (FMS) to assess changes in environmental and economic circumstances attributable to exposure to key risk factors. Such indicators ... -
Establishing the second crop cycle into permanent beds : SRDC Final report BSS306
(2010)The 'establishing the second crop cycle into permanent beds' project operated over a 3-year period from 2007 until 2010. The project aimed to assist growers who had adopted controlled traffic to re-establish a second crop ... -
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 ... -
Evaluation of genotypes for a controlled traffic farming system : SRDC Final report BSS296
(BSES, 2012)The Sugar Yield Decline Joint Venture concluded that, in order to improve soil health, the sugar industry should break the monoculture using fallow legume crops, adopt controlled traffic and reduce soil cultivation. ... -
Evaluation of scheduling tools for the sugar industry : Final project 2015/082
(Cotton Research and Development Corporation, 2017)This study was commissioned to Sugar Research Australia (SRA) and AgriTech Solutions to evaluate the irrigation scheduling tools in the sugar industry and assess the feasibility of using satellite imagery as part of a ... -
Evaluation of the chop-throw system for incorporation in a two-row harvester : SRDC Final report BS103S
(2000)This report outlines a three-year project to develop a two-row, chop-throw harvester in conjunction with a Bundaberg innovator and evaluate its performance under commercial conditions. The role of the BSES in this project ... -
Evaluation of the sugar industry farm management systems : Farm Management Systems for the Sugarcane Industry, sub-program 5
(2007)This report documents the evaluation of the Sugar Industry FMS project funded by the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry under the Pathways to Industry Environmental Management Systems (EMS) ... -
evelopment of a strategy for selection of high-CCS cultivars for high-fertility environments in northern Queensland : SRDC Final report BSS179
(2004)The need to develop a strategy for cultivar development for high-fertility soils present in northern Queensland was driven by industry concerns regarding a declining CCS pattern in years prior to commencement of this ...