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    • Total Research Investment for the Milling Sector 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      List of projects.

    • Sugar Research Australia Webinars 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      The SRA Milling Webinar series provides milling staff with the opportunity to learn more about milling research topics, as well as discuss the information being presented, and provide input and feedback.

    • Better data to help inform harvest best practice 

      Keeffe, E (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      A new research project is looking at real-time harvesting sensors, in a bid to drive improvements in harvest best practice across the industry.

    • Welcome to MillingMatters 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Welcome to the fifth edition of Milling Matters magazine. Sugar Research Australia (SRA) produces this publication twice each year to update our investors on research and other activity that is occurring for the milling ...

    • Biofuels mandate powers sustainable future 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      The Queensland Parliament has passed legislation requiring fuel sellers to meet targets for the sale of ethanol-blended petrol and bio-based diesel.

    • Two percent ethanol mandate on the agenda 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      The Queensland Government has announced a renewed push for biofuels in the State, in a move that has potential to yield benefits for sugarcane millers and growers.

    • Welcome to MillingMatters 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Welcome to the fourth edition of Milling Matters magazine. The purpose of this magazine is to provide updates on milling research activity for SRA's milling investors. SRA invests in a range of milling research projects, ...

    • Biorefineries to create a profitable future for agriculture in Australia 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Sugar millers and growers are expected to benefit from a new research project as part of the Rural Research and Development for Profit Programme.

    • Mill data analysis identifies key productivity drivers 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      The project demonstrated the yield benefits for growers who regularly obtained clean seed. A research project is using mill data to help inform and improve on-farm productivity, delivering benefit along the value chain for ...

    • New tool to deliver informed harvest decisions 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Harvesting is a very large part of the total cost of production of sugarcane, and if not done well, the loss of value through the harvest and transport operation can exceed the 'visible' costs of harvesting.

    • Overseas factories share options for efficiency 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      It is well known that farmers like to look over the fence to see what innovations their neighbours are up to. And while it is nowhere near as easy for millers to "look over the fence", a current project looking inside ...

    • Seed project investigates biological controls for disease 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      A new small-scale research project is investigating the use of biological controls in sugarcane that could help encourage growth and reduce the impact from some diseases.

    • Welcome to MillingMatters 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Wecome to the third edition of SRA's MillingMatters publication. This magazine continues to provide important updates on research activities in the milling sector, and in this edition there is a strong focus on the extra ...

    • Mill retrofit could improve efficiency 

      Kent, G (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      The six-roll mill is used almost exclusively by the Australian industry for juice extraction because it achieves higher throughput and performance than most other mill designs. However, it has the disadvantage of higher ...

    • Improving mill efficiency through rapid analysis methods 

      Keeffe, E (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      This project has sought to develop turn-key, diode array benchtop NIR spectroscopy systems for the rapid analysis of sugar factory products.

    • Pilot project looks at billet deterioration 

      Unknown author (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.

    • Climate forecasting to improve nitrogen management in the Wet Tropics 

      Rodman, G; Skocaj, D (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      SRA researcher Danielle Skocaj's PhD thesis investigated the impact of climatic conditions on Tully sugarcane yields and nitrogen fertiliser requirements. She found that climate forecasting can be used to predict N ...

    • New research project into sugarcane harvest losses builds momentum 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      A holistic research program is looking at the vexed challenge of sugarcane harvest losses right along the value chain. A major new research program is tackling the challenge of reducing the loss of sugarcane associated ...

    • Adding value to ash 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      A newly completed project conducted by Southern Cross University (SCU) and Australian Bio Refining has provided information that could help sugar mills redefine some of their 'waste' products as a valuable resource.

    • Getting the value from milling statistics 

      Pfeffer, B (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Sugar Research Australia has published a guide to milling statistics for the 2014 season, providing a document that gives a comprehensive run-down on last year's crush.