Sugarcane case studies
The Paddock to Reef program conducts paddock trials in various regions in partnership with other organisations.
2016 case studies
- Managing nitrogen runoff from sugarcane in Mackay Whitsunday region
- Benefits of shielded sprayer technology in reducing residual herbicide losses on irrigated cane farms in the lower Burdekin
- Nitrogen rate impacts sugar levels, runoff and leaching from plant cane in the Wet Tropics region
2013 case studies
- Comparing runoff loss of knockdown and residual herbicides in the Herbert catchment
- Sub-surface fertiliser application reduces nutrient runoff in the Herbert catchment
- Strategic pesticide application reducing losses from Burdekin cane fields
- Drip irrigation on sugarcane in the Burdekin region
- Precision application (band spray) of herbicides on sugarcane in the Burdekin region
- First 20 days after herbicide application is the high risk period for runoff in the Mackay Whitsunday region
- Comparing residual versus knockdown herbicides in sugarcane in the Mackay region
- Sugarcane management in the Mackay Whitsunday region
- Modelling pesticide runoff from improved land management scenarios
- Last reviewed
- 3 May 2023
- Last updated
- 29 December 2017