EOY Sugar industry function

EOY Sugar industry function

Burdekin cane growers toast a successful year End of Year Sugar Celebration event at the Burdekin Theatre. A chance for those involved with the various NQ Dry Tropics sugar projects to celebrate a successful year. Sustainable Agriculture Program Manager Rob Hunt...
Zippas seal the deal

Zippas seal the deal

Zippas close the fertiliser groove… and a nitrogen loss pathway StoolZippas, funded through NQ Dry Tropics’ Lower Burdekin Major Grants project have improved the effectiveness of fertiliser applied by participating cane farmers. StoolZippas are designed to...
Sugar Innovation Field Day

Sugar Innovation Field Day

Cane farmers keep up with the leading edge of technology Lower Burdekin cane growers heard about the “latest and greatest” innovations available to improve efficiency, profitability and sustainability at a Field Day on Aaron Linton’s Home Hill farm recently. About 30...
Lower Burdekin Water Quality Grants

Lower Burdekin Water Quality Grants

Lower Burdekin Water Quality Grants to help growers Improve Nitrogen Use Efficiency to open the door to rebate grants Grants of up to a cap of $30,000 are available to Lower Burdekin cane growers as a 50 per cent rebate on equipment or agronomic services, or both....
Cane Innovation grants – 2021

Cane Innovation grants – 2021

Automated irrigation has saved water, power and, most importantly, time for cane farmers in the Lower Burdekin More cane, less water, less energy, less ecological impact BURDEKIN cane farmers involved in a project targeting innovative farming practices have succeeded...