Case Study S-BMP-NSM-2013-002-01Adjoining the Babinda Creek, the Destro cane farm has used Reef Rescue funding and teamed up with the local Landcare group and Terrain NRM in projects to repair…
Year: 2017
Irrigation and Drainage Management - #2
Case Study S-BMP-IDM-2013-002-01At his cane farm in the foothills of magnificent Mount Bartle Frere, Ray Vicarioli has learnt to make a sustainable living from the land, while dealing with Mother…
Irrigation and Drainage Management
Case Study S-BMP-IDM-2013-001-01Despite several rainy days, a marshy area through Neale Mittelheuser’s farm near Childers is now yielding about 100 ML a year of additional irrigation water for the farm.“The…
Farm Business Management
Case Study S-BMP-BUS-2013-001-011Farming in the Herbert River region for more than 90 years, Stephen Accornero’s family has seen a lot of advances throughout the sugarcane industry over the years.Since his…
Crop Production and Harvest Management
Case Study S-BMP-CPH-2013-001-01As futuristic as the notion of hands-free, semi-robotic farm machinery may sound, the reality is that space-age GPS technology, capable of delivering significant productivity benefits and improved environmental…
Eye on the future with Smartcane BMP
It is a year since Tony and Margaret Bugeja, with their son Mark and brother John, achieved their accreditation in the sugar industry’s best management practice program Smartcane BMP.As one…