Sugar Research Australia Limited (SRA) is Australia’s specialist sugarcane research organisation. We invest in evidence-based research, development and adoption (RD&A) activities on behalf of sugarcane growers and ...

SRA was established in 2013 as a sugarcane grower and miller owned company and the declared Industry Services Body for the Australian sugarcane industry. At its formation, SRA was created as part of an amalgamation of ...

Most farmers spend little time thinking about whether the tiny seeds from sugarcane flowers actually germinate in their paddocks or the broader environment.

After almost seven years of growing sugarcane west of Mackay, Tim Bone and family are starting to see the positive results of productivity enhancements that they have made to their business.

The Complete Nutrient Management Planning for Cane Farming (RP161) project provides practical assistance to cane farmers in the Burdekin to adjust their fertiliser application rates to the industry standard, SIX EASY STEPS.

SRA has developed a ready reckoner that will quickly and easily allow advisors and growers to determine which commercially available fertiliser blend is best suited to their crop's requirements.

New research is looking at not only the potential to turn bagasse into biofuel, but also adding value to it by transforming it into advanced forms of biofuels such as jet fuel.

Taking the next steps with harvest efficiency

While your land has a break from growing cane, you have an ideal opportunity to undertake many farm operations which are not possible during the normal growing period. Make the most of the opportunities which the fallow ...

PESTS AND DISEASES have been major factors in canegrowing in Australia from at least the 1870s, when both canegrubs and a disease called ‘rust’ began to attack cane. Control measures against canegrubs were urgently ...