CaneConnection articles: Recent submissions

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    • Eyes on herbicides 

      Ross, P (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      Growers will be very aware of the increasing scrutiny the sugarcane industry is under regarding herbicide run-off from farms.

    • Exotic weed finds its way to Australia : Red witchweed : Striga asiatica 

      Ross, P (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      Growers will be aware that the Class 1 Declared weed Striga asiatica (red witchweed) is present on a few farms in the Mackay area. Biosecurity Queensland is continuing to survey properties to define the weed’s distribution. ...

    • Efficient pumps : keeping your costs down 

      Davis, M (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      Knowing how much a pump costs to run and how efficiently it is pumping makes it easier to decide what to change. Replacing a pump is a significant investment, but poorly performing pumps could be costing more to run than ...

    • For our growers in New South Wales 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      New soil management guidelines to help you manage costs and farm more sustainably. On-farm nutrient management should be based on a sound understanding of soils.

    • It's planting time and diseases are waiting to attack 

      Ogden-Brown, J (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      With spring planting approaching, it is important that growers are aware of the soil-borne diseases that could affect their overall crop performance. The two diseases that could have the most impact are pineapple sett rot ...

    • Yellow Canopy Syndrome update 

      Olsen, D (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      SRA is leading the Solving the Yellow Canopy Syndrome research project, which is funded by the Sugar Research Development Corporation, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Queensland (DAFFQ) and BSES. With ...

    • Are you rat ready? 

      Ross, P (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      Cane growers are allowed to bait for rats from 1 October through to 30 June. However, there are a few things you need to consider in managing rats. The rats that cause most damage to cane, the ground rat (Rattus sordidus) ...

    • Benefits of controlled traffic farming : the Mackay experience 

      Hussey, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      Many growers in the Mackay region have moved to controlled traffic farming. This system is built on permanent wheel tracks where the crop zone and traffic lanes are permanently separated. Growers using this system have ...

    • Which fertiliser should I apply to my ratoons? 

      Calcino, D (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      The 2013 harvest is well into the current season. Now until Christmas is the time the ratoons receive fertiliser to take them through the next 12 months. Which fertiliser do ratoons need and how much nutrient should be ...

    • Welcome to the first edition of CaneConnection 

      Ward, A (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2013)
      In this edition we cover a variety of seasonally relevant issues as well as an update on our work into understanding Yellow Canopy Syndrome.