CaneConnection articles: Recent submissions

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    • Practical demonstration helps guide harvest efficiency 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      Participation in 2017 harvesting demonstration trials has shown Lorens Riera opportunities for improvement for harvesting efficiency.

    • 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.

    • Micro grids: Powering the future of irrigated sugarcane 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      Using a combination of renewable energy, battery storage or mechanical storage could be the most cost effective and efficient way to power irrigation on sugarcane farms, according to a new report.

    • Information and experimentation drive harvest efficiency 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      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.

    • Levelling trial shows 20 percent improvement to net return 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      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.

    • Welcome to the Autumn 2018 edition of CaneConnection 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)
      Table of contents

    • By the numbers 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2018)

    • Making the good better 

      Evers, A (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      When it comes to putting in place a new farming system in order to improve soil health and gain the associated benefits, it can seem a long and arduous journey. But for those who have implemented the learnings of the Sugar ...

    • Total research investment 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      Sugar Research Australia aims to invest in projects that will deliver real benefits on key issues for its investors.

    • Taking the next step forward in biofuel technology 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      New research is looking at the potential to turn bagasse into biofuel, and then take a step further by transforming it into products such as jet fuel.

    • Novel laboratory approach uses robotics and micro-dialysis in nitrogen use efficiency research 

      White, M (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      The Queensland Government's Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) project, New technologies and management: transforming nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in cane production is one of three sugar research projects into ...

    • Enhanced efficiency fertiliser trials rolling out on a major scale 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      A major collaborative project is underway assessing the role of enhanced efficiency fertilisers in the sugarcane farming system.

    • Research alliance investigates proper blending of enhanced efficiency fertilisers 

      White, M (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      Smart blending of enhanced efficiency fertilisers (EEFs) to maximise sugarcane profitability is one of ten research projects into nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) being conducted under the umbrella of the More Profit from ...

    • What lies beneath? 

      Young, A (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      It sounds like the catchphrase of a B-Grade horror film, but in terms of sugarcane soil health, it is of the greatest importance.

    • Broadening knowledge on downy mildew for Australian sugar industry 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      SRA Researcher Dr Nicole Thompson has learnt valuable information for the Australian sugarcane industry on downy mildew as part of a scientific visit to Frankfurt, Germany, recently.

    • Improving the nitrogen use efficiency of varieties 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      A range of research activities are underway looking at nutrient inputs and efficiency, and this is being complemented by further research into varietal differences with nitrogen use.

    • Working to improve RSD testing 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      A new sampling and testing process for RSD has been developed, with a research project underway to assess the potential for commercial and widespread use of this new technology for the Australian sugarcane industry.

    • 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.

    • Making the connections from Cane to Creek 

      Billing, G; Rodman, G (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      SRA is working with Fishery Falls grower Len Parisi, and other growers, to improve nutrient management and increase understanding of water quality science in a new project based in the Russell-Mulgrave catchment in the Wet ...

    • Going solo - thanks to ingenuity and innovation 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2017)
      He is 26 years old, but Bowen farmer David Richardson already has a decade of full time farming under his belt - something that is proving to be a valuable asset with the family being the only cane growers in the local region.