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Optimisation of cultural practices for efficient mechanical harvesting : SRDC Final report BS20S
(1991)Some progress has already been made in identifying field conditions and practices which lead to high dirt levels. These include lodged cane, wet field conditions and cutting with the harvester basecutter below ground ... -
Optimising benefits of GPS integration into controlled traffic farming (CTF) system : SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project final report
(2008)The modification of the haulout has been completed and been in operation for the 2007 harvesting season. The aim of the project was to primarily reduce the compacted area on the ends of the rows during the turning around ... -
Optimising cane harvester extractor performance : SRDC Final report BS65S
(1996)The three year project to optimise cane harvester extractor peformance was directed into three separate areas - evaluation of existing commercial or semi commercial cleaning system -development of an extractor hood design ... -
Optimising rejection of dirt by cane harvesters : SRDC Final report BS26S
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Optimum time of harvest for high early sugar varieties : SRDC Final report BS705
(1997)To assess the optimum time of harvest for high early ccs varieties, two experiments were conducted on the BSES Experiment Station at Bundaberg between 1993 and 1996. The first experiment included eight varieties selected ... -
Options for auditing and certification of farm management systems : Farm Management Systems for the Sugarcane Industry, sub-program 4
(2006)Key stakeholders within the sugar industry, surrounding community and Government are concerned over the potential impact of sugar production on the environment in general and the highly sensitive world heritage listed ... -
Overcoming barriers to controlled traffic adoption : SRDC Grower Group Innovation Project final report
(2007)At the commencement of this project, the available solutions for keeping harvesting traffic centred on wider row spacings while adequately filling cane bins are not effective. This was due to unsuitable harvester elevator ... -
Precision agriculture options for the Australian sugarcane industry
(2007)Precision agriculture (PA) has been embraced in other Australian agricultural industries. With the increase in adoption rates of new farming system principles including controlled traffic within the sugarcane industry, ... -
Precision agriculture; an avenue for profitable innovation in the Australian sugar industry, or expensive technology we can do without? : SRDC Final report CSE018
(2007)Precision Agriculture (PA) is an all-encompassing term given to a suite of technologies which promote improved management of agricultural production through recognition that the potential productivity of agricultural land ... -
Precision farming with controlled traffic and GPS guidance system : SRA Grower Group Innovation Project final report
(2007)After working with the Central Region new farming system grower group we decided to take the system to the next level and implement GPS guidance and precision. Our aim was to overcome the problems associated with converting ... -
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 ... -
Preparing the Sugar Industry for Climate Change and Emissions Trading Workshop
(2009)This document provides a brief summary of key points arising from a climate change workshop held in Brisbane on June 19, 2009. -
Product and profit; delivering precision to users of precision agriculture in the Australian sugar industry; yield monitoring : Final report 2014/028
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)The ability to collect robust yield data has been demonstrated in a previous SRA-funded project CSE022 (=2008/022) across a range of different yield sensing options. This same project documented a set of procedures and ... -
Provision of improved varieties and pathology services for the Ord Sugar Industry : Final report CTA043
(2012)This project was established to introduce and evaluate new sugarcane varieties into the Ord river Irrigation Area (ORIA), and to provide advice on pathology issues relating to the ORIA. Cultivars in the ORIA currently are ... -
QNR-3 the Australian On-line Agrometeorological Information Service (SILO)
(Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation, 2000)Australian agriculture operates in an extremely variable climate that impacts on productivity, profitability and resource condition. This climate variability, in conjunction with declining terms of trade, has driven farmers ... -
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 ... -
Quantifying the socio-economic impacts of harvesting residue retention systems : SRDC Final report BSS173
(2002)BSS173: 'Quantifying the socio-economic impacts of harvesting residue retention systems' is a project jointly funded by the Sugar Research and Development Corporation and Land and Water Australia (formally Land and Water ... -
Raising awareness and adoption of sustainable cane growing practices : SRDC Final report BSS238
(2002)This project aimed to raise awareness and adoption of sustainable canegrowing practices in the Queensland and New South Wales sugar industries by providing canegrowers with the capacity to critically assess their farming ... -
Ratooning and ratoon management in overseas cane-sugar industries
(2003)Travel was undertaken to Florida, Louisiana, Brazil and Argentina in March-April 1994 and to southern Africa in October 1994. I assessed the environments and management of production systems in relation to productivity ... -
Regional adoption of alternative harvester configurations for sustainable harvesting efficiency : SRDC Final report BSS270
(2008)The project aimed to improve harvester efficiency in a range of crops sizes and conditions by: