Saving water, time… and money
The Major Grants project, delivered by NQ Dry Tropics, supported by Sugar Research Australia and agronomy service providers Farmacist, AgriTech Solutions and Aglantis, was a part of the Lower Burdekin Water Quality Program. Grower David Fowler, pictured above with NQ Dry Tropics Project Officer Sarah Willis, installed an automated irrigation system with help from the […]
Save money, save waterway risk
Project Bluewater 2, delivered by Farmacist, was a part of the Lower Burdekin Water Quality program aimed at optmising the delivery of pesticide. Pictured above is grower Joe Quagliata, left, with Farmacist Project Officer Chris Doblo. Farmacist delivered 170 projects across 103 farms involving 60 landholders managing more than 11,300ha. They smashed their Waterway Risk […]
Fine-tuning nutrient application
Getting the most out of the modern technology available to sugar cane farmers to fine tune nutrient application, for instance, is a mission in itself as grower Andrew Cross (pictured, above) discovered. The Precision to Decision (P2D) Project delivered by Farmacist as part of the NQ Dry Tropics Lower Burdekin Water Quality project aimed to […]
Consortium supported Burdekin Irrigation
The Burdekin Irrigation Project was a part of the Lower Burdekin Water Quality Program. It was delivered by Sugar Research Australia with support from a consortium of stakeholders, including Agritech Solutions, Burdekin Productivity Services, Burdekin Bowen Integrated Floodplain Management Advisory Committee (BBIFMAC), the Department of Primary Industries, Farmacist and James Cook University. The project was […]
Cutting edge of technology attracts cane growers
Lower Burdekin cane growers heard about the “latest and greatest” innovations available to improve efficiency, profitability and sustainability at a Field Day.