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. ...

With 19 different species, canegrubs have the highest potential of all our pests to cause economic loss.

Metering systems have been used in other cropping systems for many years to precisely apply insecticides and herbicides. This technology is now beginning to be used by sugarcane growers.

Although good progress was made towards achieving the Reef Protection Plan’s 2013 target of a 50 per cent reduction in pesticide loads, with water quality improvement continuing to be a major priority, a new target of 60 ...

Sugar Research Australia (SRA) and the Sugarcane Research Institute (SRI) of Vietnam have signed an historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will pave the way for exchange of genetic material between the two countries' ...

Most farmers spend little time thinking about whether the tiny seeds from sugarcane flowers actually germinate in their paddocks or the broader environment.

While some people claim that you can tell how a woman will look in 20 years by looking at her mother, SRA researchers take a more rigorous approach to choosing breeding stock for their plant breeding program.

The Chapman family in the southern region have used a number of innovative techniques to improve soil health on their farm, reducing input costs and delivering other benefits.

You are reading a new look version of CaneConnection. This new format of the magazine brings together the latest information about how SRA is working for you into one handy location, combining articles on SRA-funded research ...

With in-field harvesting losses under the spotlight in New South Wales, industry members realised the best way to address the issue was to look at it from a whole of supply chain perspective.