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Milling Matters Issue 1 2014
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Milling Matters Issue 2 2014
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Improving nutrient application improves water quality and farm profitability
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
The maintenance of good quality water, whether drinking water, river water or ocean water, is in everyone’s interest. Over the last couple of decades, the sugar industry has played a significant part in attempting to address ...
Welcome to the 2014 winter edition of CaneConnection
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
A good crop starts with planting the right variety using high-quality plant material. So, in this edition of CaneConnection, we preview three new varieties selected by the Herbert Variety Adoption Committee for production ...
Serious economic loss for growers and millers
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
A prototype infield sucrose loss measurement system (ISMS) developed by the SRA engineering team has been successfully tested over the past four harvesting seasons from Mareeba down to NSW.
Improving harvesting efficiency
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
There are a number of actions that growers and operators can do to make this season’s and future harvests more efficient, to improve the productivity and profitability of their farming operations.
Local industries to drive the improvement of harvesting practices
(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 ...
Billet quality – a key element for planting success
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Planting is a major cost to the industry. It is important to get good plant establishment as it affects your ongoing returns through the crop cycle. Paying careful attention to the any components of the billet planting ...
Regional round-up of newly available varieties
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
With planting beginning soon, it’s time to consider which new varieties you might trial on your farm this year.
Resistant varieties are the only solution to Pachymetra root rot
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)
Pachymetra root rot (Pachymetra) is a major disease which will reduce your yields. In a survey of the Tully Mill area in 2004, the economic loss from Pachymetra totalled over $900,000. Resistant varieties are the only ...