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...
Historically, the Burdekin sugar industry has had low levels of Ratoon Stunting Disease (RSD). However, from 2019 RSD levels started to increase on farms and then was detected on approved seed cane plots. Burdekin Productivity Services (BPS) staff, along with support...
