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    • Research shows automation of irrigation stacks up with a range of benefits 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      Research shows automation of irrigation stacks up with a range of benefits

    • Research shows automation of irrigation stacks up with a range of benefits 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      A recent SRA-funded project has examined the potential for automation of furrow irrigation at three very different farms in the Burdekin.

    • Resistant varieties are the only solution to Pachymetra root rot 

      Plunkett, G; Magarey, R (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 ...

    • Rig gives an 'x-ray' view of harvest mechanics 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      Rig gives an 'x-ray' view of harvest mechanics

    • Roots project aims to fill missing link in YCS research quest 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Researchers are taking a look under the ground - into the roots - in the search for answers on the mysterious Yellow Canopy Syndrome.

    • Rotation crop delivers boost for Mulgrave grower 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
      Even more than two-and-a-half years into a crop cycle, Andrew Greenwood still continues to see visual benefits to his sugarcane following a rotation crop of peanuts, as SRA's Brad Pfeffer discovers.

    • RP20 - How one trial has changed a mindset 

      Evers, A (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      Collaborators in the RP20 project in the Burdekin speak in this article about the success of the project. The RP20 project began with on goal in mind - to validate the SIX EASY STEPs method for calculating the amount of ...

    • RSD vigilance a piece in the productivity jigsaw puzzle 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      The Australian sugarcane industry continues to work hard to minimise the impact of RSD, but it is an ongoing battle that must continue to be fought.

    • Rural industries on track with trust - key drivers, risks and opportunities revealed 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2020)
      Rural industries on track with trust - key drivers, risks and opportunities revealed

    • SCHLOT puts wealth of data at your fingertips 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Norris ECT has developed a new program that is aimed at giving the sugarcane value chain greater information about harvesting costs and practices.

    • Science brings nitrogen back to earth 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      A national research program has been scrutinising applied nitrogen use, to significantly lower fertiliser costs for sugarcane farmers, and to reduce wastage that ends up as an environmental hazard.

    • Science in the field - anatomy of a trial 

      Evers, A (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Over the past four years participants of the Burdekin Nitrogen Trials (RP20) have gone from sceptics to passionate supporters of the SIX EASY STEPS (TM) guidelines for nitrogen application. This can be partly explained by ...

    • Senors: where to next for sugarcane harvesters? 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      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.

    • Sensors: where to next for sugarcane harvesters? 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      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.

    • Serious economic loss for growers and millers 

      Patane, P (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.

    • Side-by-side trial examines after-market chopper systems 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2019)
      Side-by-side trial examines after-market chopper systems

    • Singing on the same song sheet: Examining harvester speed & components 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      Three modified sugarcane harvesters are part of field trials this season to examine improved synchronisation of ground speed and front-end components of the harvester.

    • Six Easy Steps TM meets industry, bovernment and community obligations 

      Calcino, D (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
      Backed by ongoing research, modification of the sugarcane industry's nutrient management guidelines has been occurring for the past 15 years. SRA has been extending those guidelines to the industry through a one-day, ...

    • Sniffing out ratoon stunting disease 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2015)
      While is may not be quite as cute as a beagle, 'e-nose' technolgoy is proving to be effective at sniffing out things that shouldn't be there. In this case it's ratoon stunting disease (RSD) in sugarcane.

    • Soil health a core focus for Rasmussen family 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      The Rasmussen family at Mossman take a broad-reaching approach to nutrient management and soil health at their properties, and are seeing good results