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Connecting with research
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
SRA aims to fund and conduct research that matters. Research that creates a sustainable, productive and profitable industry. Research that benefits our members and levy payers.
Pre-emergent herbicide options to help growers overcome diruon restrictions
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
A recent collaborative demonstration—between Sugar Research Australia, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), and Plane Creek Productivity Services—has shown that other pre-emergent herbicide strategies ...
Welcome to the 2014 summer edition of CaneConnection
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Welcome to the summer edition of CaneConnection. We feature updates on Sugar Research Australia’s (SRA) strategy to enhance adoption; progress being made by our plant breeders; ways to maximise productivity and profitability ...
Welcome to the third edition of CaneConnection
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
In our last edition of CaneConnection, we focused on the fallow period and some of the key steps that can be taken to lay the foundations for the next crop cycle. Having navigated his important phase, we focus on some of ...
Driving adoption of RD&E findings in our industry
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Driving adoption of new and existing technologies is one of the key initiatives that SRA will focus on to improve the production, profitability and sustainability of businesses of our members and levy payers.
Irrigation scheduling
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Scheduling irrigation can help growers apply the right amount of water, in the right place, at the right time, to produce optimum yield. A range of tools are available to help with this important process.
Welcome to the 2014 spring edition of CaneConnection
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Welcome to the Spring edition of CaneConnection. With harvest now in full swing, we have entered one of our busier times of the year, with the crush progressing, fertiliser application under way and fallow planning commencing. ...
Legumes : the pros and cons
(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 ...
Stool tipping? Yellowing? Gaps in ratoons? Maybe you’ve got canegrubs
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
With 19 different species, canegrubs have the highest potential of all our pests to cause economic loss.
Fertilising the 2014 ratoon crop
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
With the planting for 2014 well advanced, attention needs to be paid to the nutrition of the ratoon cane.