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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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The NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) is challenging the way in which N levels may be rapidly measured and monitored as part of their research on one- and two-year cane crops in the Tweed and Richmond catchments.

A recent SRA-funded project has examined the potential for automation of furrow irrigation at three very different farms in the Burdekin.

The Complete Nutrient Management Planning for Cane Farming (RP161) project provides practical assistance to cane farmers in the Burdekin to adjust their fertiliser application rates to the industry standard, SIX EASY STEPS.