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    • Leading the charge on efficient & sustainable production 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers have used a scale-model of a wet scrubber to provide valuable information for sugar millers on how this piece of milling equipment functions � and to recommend possible ...

    • Learning from the overseas experience 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      SRA has approved funding for this project to commence in the latter half of 2015, which will look to bring some of the efficiencies of overseas milling operations to benefit Australian factories.

    • Legumes : the pros and cons 

      Hussey, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      As seen in the previous article, ‘Planning the summer fallow’, in this edition, fallow legumes can improve cane yields and soil health. This handy table helps to compare and evaluate the different types of legumes available ...

    • Legumes improving soil health and farm profitability 

      Ryalls, S (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019)
      Legumes improving soil health and farm profitability

    • Lessons from across Bass Strait drive sustainable production 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019)
      Lessons from across Bass Strait drive sustainable production

    • Lessons from South African approach to boosting farm productivity 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      The South African sugarcane industry has a diverse mix of farmers from small holders to large scale commercial growers with the largest growing around 4000 hectares. SRA Executive Manager Communications, Brad Pfeffer, ...

    • Levelling delivers major productivity boost in the Wet Tropics 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      Far North Queensland sugarcane grower Paul Gregory has seen an impressive productivity and profitability response by laser levelling and now says it will be part and parcel of his farming operation.

    • Levelling trial shows 20 percent improvement to net return 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      Glen Anderson already knows how important precise drainage is to his productivity, but work on an SRA-funded project run by MSF Sugar is providing eye-opening numbers for the impact on his bottom line.

    • Levelling trial shows 20 percent improvement to net return 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      Glen Anderson already knows how important precise drainage is to his productivity, but work on an SRA-funded project run by MSF Sugar is providing eye-opening numbers for the impact on his bottom line. By Brad Pfeffer

    • Local data gives the full picture on water quality 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019)
      Local data gives the full picture on water quality

    • Local industries to drive the improvement of harvesting practices 

      Patane, P (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      Each year the Australian sugar industry incurs avoidable cane losses during the harvesting process. Two new Regional Applied Research (RAR) projects, funded by SRA and led by productivity services groups with their local ...

    • Long term focus on improvement in the Wet Tropics 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Mossman farmer Drew Watson says the well-known Tully saying 'no drain, no cane' has strong application in the Wet Tropics and drainage improvement should be one of the first steps in improving farm efficiency.

    • Long-term assessment of fallow crops shows potential for cash legumes 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      A long-term research project has improved the understanding of fallow cash crops in the sugarcane farming system in the Burdekin.

    • Long-term strategy delivers results for Heidke family 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      The Heidke family of the Hummock area have made a number of long-term investments including lateral irrigation and fallow management options. These have delivered efficiencies and productivity to their business.

    • Looking at how mill by-products stack up 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019)
      Looking at how mill by-products stack up

    • Looking at the big picture with water quality 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      Looking at the big picture with water quality

    • Looking at the big picture with water quality 

      Rodman, G; Ross, P (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)

    • Looking for new weed management systems 

      Ross, P (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
      Weed management is one of the important factors that contributes to a successful farm management plan. With continued scrutiny on diuron, how do some of the alternative herbicides stack up in the Wet Tropics?

    • Making sure growers get the best spraying advice 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
      SRA plays an important role in upskilling the advisor community with the latest research findings and practical advice so that they can deliver the best advice on-farm for better results.

    • Making the connections from Cane to Creek 

      Billing, G; Rodman, G (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      SRA is working with Fishery Falls grower Len Parisi, and other growers, to improve nutrient management and increase understanding of water quality science in a new project based in the Russell-Mulgrave catchment in the Wet ...