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On level ground : mastering your soils for greater productivity and profitability
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)The term soil health has been defined in various ways, but here, is referred to as: A measure of soil physical, chemical and biological condition that reflects the capacity of a given soil to support a profitable and ... -
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 ... -
Ongoing weed control battle to assist long-term productivity
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)As a new entrant to sugarcane farming, Damian Wirth has put a strong focus on Smartcane BMP and in particular farming practices such as weed and nutrient management to get himself started. -
Optimising CCS at harvest
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Farm management decisions for maximising profit don't always mean spending extra money. -
Optimising the front end for better harvesting
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2020)Optimising the front end for better harvesting -
Pathology research puts industry on a strong footing
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)Retiring SRA plant pathologist Barry Croft has played an integral role in vital industry research into biosecurity issues over 38 years. -
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. -
Peanut venture improves farming system
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019)Peanut venture improves farming system -
Piecing together a soil health jigsaw puzzle
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)Piecing together a soil health jigsaw puzzle -
Pilot project looks at billet deterioration
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)A small-scale career-development project has investigated the use of hormones in relation to deterioration of sugarcane billets after harvest. -
Planning the summer fallow
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2014)Fallowing should be an integral part of the cane production cycle. The fallow period provides a break from the cane monoculture and has important soil health benefits. However, the strategy you use needs to be one that ... -
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 ... -
Plenty of parallels in farm challenges with SA counterparts
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)Australian farmers face many similar challenges to those faced in the South African sugarcane industry -
PNG biosecurity research puts Australia on the front foot
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)A long-standing collaboration with researchers in Papua New Guinea has broadened Australia’s understanding of important diseases that pose a possible biosecurity threat to Australian sugarcane. -
PNG Biosecurity: research puts Australia on the front foot
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)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. -
PNG: a long-term sugarcane research partner
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)A research collaboration with Papua New Guinea is helping to put the Australian industry on the front foot and prepare for biosecurity risks. -
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 ... -
Positive practice change domino effect
(Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019)Positive practice change domino effect