Case Study S-BMP-OHS-2013-001-01Russell Jordan is fairly new to the cane industry. After spending 14 years under car bonnets as a mechanic, Russell was determined to try life on the land,…
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Soil Health and Plant Nutrition Management #2
Case Study S-BMP-SHM-2013-002-01Brothers Darryl and Lester Cronau farm 276 ha of cane and manage a total land area of 375 ha at Pilerwa and Yerra, south-west of Maryborough. This year…
Soil Health and Plant Nutrition
Case StudyFor many years, Tony and Katrina Chapman, along with son Mitchell and Tony’s father, Frank, have been implementing a controlled traffic, minimum tillage farming system that incorporates a legume…
Pest, Disease and Weed Management #2
Case StudyTowering above the cane fields at Murray Upper, just south of Tully Township, is a contraption that has allowed sugarcane grower Peter Vecchio to save time and chemical use.…
Pest, Disease and Weed Management
Case Study S-BMP-IPM-2013-001-01Highway rolls through the bayous and cane paddocks of the Murray Flats, the landscape changes rapidly as the unmistakable jagged chiselled outline of Hinchinbrook Island takes shape on…
Natural Systems Management #2
Case Study S-BMP-NSM-2013-001-01Vince and Rita Papale, who run a family farm just out of Home Hill, have rolled out a number of projects to lift the farm’s productivity, water efficiency…