Production peaked in the Herbert River mills in 2005 but since then productivity has declined. Analysis of mill data in the Herbert has successfully identified groups of farms with similar productivity over time and the major factors associated with these groupings....
Yellow Canopy Syndrome (YCS) is a condition that was first recognised in early 2012 in the Smithfield area near Cairns but has since been observed extensively from the Mackay area north. Crops in the wet tropics (Tully-Babinda) are the exception and suffer...
Concerns about decreasing productivity in recent years in the Herbert cane growing region prompted the Herbert Cane Productivity Services Limited (HCPSL) to commission a review of the production system in an attempt to identify issues that have likely influenced...
Using population monitoring data collected in 2011, prediction models were used to forecast greyback canegrub damage levels in the Herbert region for 2012. Heavy rainfall and flooding that followed from cyclone Yasi disrupted the work program and caused inaccurate...
Sugarcane smut has been increasing in both extent and severity within the Australian sugarcane industry since the initial incursion was detected in 2006. Smut severity is high in the Herbert district, probably higher than any other district in Queensland. In 2009-2010...
