SRA publications: Recent submissions
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The in-field sucrose loss measurement system (ISMS)
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)The ISMS trailer is a mobile system to measure harvesting losses in the paddock that can provide fast and accurate information to the industry. Both Wilmar sugar and Mackay Area Productivity Services (MAPS) have invested ... -
Mastering your soils for greater productivity and profitability
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)A series of workshops is delving deep into the soil to provide practical information on soil health to farmers. In recent times our knowledge, understanding and interest in soil biology and the impact of management on soil ... -
Collaborative use of mill data creates path for productivity improvement
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)SRA has worked collaboratively with Wilmar and HCSPL in the Herbert region to analyse mill data to drive productivity improvements. Research that has analysed mill data to help improve productivity in the Herbert region ... -
Strategic approach delivers long-lasting benefits for grub control
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Soon to retire from sugarcane research and management, Dr Peter Allsopp leaves a strong legacy that has delivered multiple benefits to Australian sugarcane growers and millers. -
Total research investment
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Sugar Research Australia aims to invest in projects that will deliver real benefits on key issues for its investors. -
New investment to allow for improved fertiliser efficiency
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Sharing machinery and some labour between farming enterprises is delivering efficiency gains for three Proserpine farming enterprises. A cooperative approach to machinery ownership is delivering productivity and efficiency ... -
Tracing the origins of ratoon stunting disease (RSD) of sugarcane
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Anthony Young, used an SRA Travel and Learning Award to visit the Indonesian Sugar Research Institute (ISRI), East Java, in August 2016. ... -
How effective is your fallow?
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)A successful crop cycle starts with the fallow. A well-managed fallow is one of the keys to a profitable crop cycle. In this article, SRA Adoption Officer Gavin Rodman, Tully, looks at the key aspects of a fallow which ... -
Positive performance sets 2016 as a year to remember
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)The 2016 season is shaping up as positive for sugarcane grower Bruce Davies. Bruce Davies started his farming career in 1993, and in those 23 years of farming he can't recall many years like 2016 when good yields have lined ... -
Peanut rotation lifts marginal soil production at Bundaberg
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)The Loeskow family at Bundaberg is successfully using a peanut rotational crop to improve soil health and lift sugarcane production. -
Solid yields and sugar for Rocky Point growers
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Two good crops in 2015 and 2016 are showing the performance of sugarcane varieties for Rocky Point cane growers, although the region has had challenges in harvesting the crop -
Harnessing cane's potential for animal feed
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)New value-adding research is looking at capturing the value of the sugarcane biomass and putting this into the context of other important competitive advantages that currently exist for the Australian sugarcane industry. -
CLEAN team improving harvest efficiency at Isis
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)A collaborative effort between the mill, growers, harvester operators and researchers is delivering productivity and profitability outcomes for the local industry at Isis. Isis mill Chief Field Officer Paul Nicol knows ... -
On the hunt for improved NUE options
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)A background in split fertiliser application in other industries has led Burdekin canegrower Chris Lyne to investigate enhanced efficiency fertilisers. Burdekin sugarcane grower Chris Lyne has seen record-breaking yields ... -
On-ground work demonstrates harvesting efficiency at a regional level
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)SRA demonstration trials are continuing across the Australian industry, delivering information according to local requirements and helping to optimise harvesting efficiency. A series of demonstration trials over recent ... -
Practice changes add up to significant efficiency gains
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)The Russo family at Isis is seeing big improvements to their harvesting efficiency this season after introducing a number of changes. Childers harvesting contractor Michael Russo is pleased to see big improvements to cane ... -
Wecome to the Summer 2016 edition of CaneConnection
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)This edition of your quarterly magazine once again updates you on the latest research and adoption activities occurring at SRA, as well as other important innovation that is occurring within the Australian sugarcane industry. -
Plant breeding collaboration delivers industry-wide benefits
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)The Burdekin breeding program continues to be enhanced by an ongoing collaboration in the region. A collaboration between Wilmar Sugar and SRA in the Burdekin is helping to boost the sugarcane breeding program in that ... -
Q240(PBR) delivering solid results in the Burdekin
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Burdekin grower Laurence Dal Santo is having positive results with the relatively new variety for the region, Q240(PBR). -
CaneConnection Summer 2016
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Full edition of CaneConnection, Summer 2016