Milling Matters articles: Recent submissions

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    • Biorefineries for profit : harnessing the potential from sugarcane biorefineries 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      The new Biorefineries for Profit project is looking further than just research into value-add products from farm by-products, and is also researching the next steps of seeing innovation translated into real-world commercial ...

    • $75M green power station for Tableland Mill near Mareeba, QLD 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      MSF Sugar has announced that a $75M green power station will be built at its Tableland Sugar Mill. The power station will use bagasse to produce 24 megawatts of electricity - enough to power every house in the Tableland region.

    • Total Research Investment for the Milling Sector 

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

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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, ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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.

    • Updated traits to maximise profitability along the value chain 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      An extensive consultation process involving an industry reference group has helped determine a new approach for selecting sugarcane varieties as part of the Sugar Research Australia (SRA) plant breeding program.

    • SRA Performance Report sets a benchmark in accountability 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Sugar Research Australia (SRA) has developed and released its first Performance Report, for the period ending 30 June 2015, which details the achievements and progress of the Australian sugarcane industry's owned corporation ...

    • Total Research Investment for the Milling Sector 

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

    • Milling research delivered direct to industry 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Milling researchers have hit the road in early 2016 to bring the latest research findings and information to the millers of the Australian sugarcane industry.

    • New precision agriculture manual helps put even more information at growers' fingertips 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Sugar Research Australia (SRA) has released a new manual that is aiming to hasten the uptake of precision agriculture technology in the Australian sugarcane industry. The manual, Precision agriculture for the sugarcane ...

    • SRA unveils new and comprehensive library of industry research 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      Sugar Research Australia (SRA) has unveiled a new resource for the Australian sugarcane industry bringing together a comprehensive library of industry research into one publicly accessible location.

    • Research looks to improve shelf-life of bagasse stockpiles 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      A recently completed project has looked closely at what is happening inside bagasse stockpiles in order to provide information that would allow millers to more efficiently and sustainably store this important resource.

    • Research looks at cane cleaning options that could reduce the need for cane fires in NSW 

      Unknown author (Sugar Research Australia Limited, 2016)
      New research is hoping to provide innovative solutions that could greatly reduce the need for sugarcane burning in NSW, which is still commonly needed immediately before harvest in this region of the sugarcane industry.