On-farm nutrient management has a key role in farm and industry sustainability, and in ensuring minimal off-site impacts occur.

Full edition of CaneConnection, Autumn 2018

The importance of testing for soil pathogens is already well understood and established, and current research is looking at the application of new technology for our industry to deliver improvements and efficiencies.

Sugar Research Australia aism to invest in projects that will deliver real benefits on key issues for its investors.

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

SRA has worked with harvesting groups across the industry on 43 demonstration trials in 2017, with 60 more planned to follow in 2018. Tully grower Chris Condon and his group were one participant.

A long-standing collaboration with researchers in Papau New Guinea has broadened Australia's understanding of important diseases that pose a possible biosecurity threat to Australian sugarcane.

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SRA researchers have worked collaboratively with the industry and leading technology experts to better understand opportunities for the future when it comes to harvesting sensors.

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