Browsing Farming systems and production management by Author "Thorburn, P"
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Increasing in-mill NIR effectiveness and communicating data to all sectors for improved decision making in the sugarcane value chain : SRDC Final report CSR038
Markely, J; Griffin, D; Staunton, S; Thorburn, P; Crowley, T (2009)In 2005 Mackay Sugar introduced changes to their cane payment formula that primarily used Near Infra Red (NIR) data as the basis for grower payments. The cane payment system was based on the principle of sharing risks and ... -
Integrating and optimising farm-to-mill decisions to maximise industry profitability : SRDC Final report CSE005
Higgins, A; Prestwidge, D; Sandell, G; Antony, G; Laredo, L; Thorburn, P (2006)Late in the 1990’s, the Australian sugar industry recognised the need to achieve increased integration across its value chain, so as to reduce costs and increase international competitiveness. Past projects and independent ... -
Precision agriculture; an avenue for profitable innovation in the Australian sugar industry, or expensive technology we can do without? : SRDC Final report CSE018
Bramley, R; Webster, T; Thorburn, P (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 ...