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An assessment of the potential of remote sensing based irrigation scheduling for sugarcane in Australia : Final report 2015/082
(Cotton Research and Development Corporation, 2017)
There is currently no operational method of managing irrigation in Australia’s sugar industry on the basis of systematic, direct monitoring of sugar plant physiology. Satellite remote sensing systems, having come a long ...
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 ...
Measurement and feedback systems for improving market signals for harvesting : SRDC Final report BSS261
(BSES, 2005)
One of the market impediments hindering the adoption of best practice for harvesting is
the one-price, dollar-per-tonne payment method for harvesting. It provides no incentive
for growers to improve farm layout or ...
Benchmarking harvest group practices in the Burdekin : SRDC Final report CSR033
(2006)
This project was initiated due to a lack of information available to harvesting groups as to whether their operation was economically comparable to other harvesting groups in the Burdekin and if their current practices ...
Masterclasses in soil health and soil biology for the sugar industry : Final report 2016/025
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
A total of 252 sugar growers, productivity services staff and others attended a series of Master Classes in Soil Health/Soil Biology that were held in 2017 and 2018. During those classes they had the opportunity to see ...
Investigation of the limits to high density planting : SRDC Final report BSS212
(2002)
Plant-density trials were successful in demonstrating the effect of row spacing and withinrow plant spacing on cane yield. Increasing plant density resulted in an increase in cane
yield and stalk numbers at harvest. Cane ...
Innovative farmers in the Herbert : Environmental protection agency project final report
(2007)
Farming systems innovation has been taking place in the Herbert region since the early days of the sugar industry. During the 1960s and 1970s a complete change in the farming system took place with the introduction of ...