The SRA breeding program contributes to a more profitable and sustainable sugar industry through the continuous development of more productive and disease-resistant varieties. New varieties have been critical in reducing yield losses due to diseases and to help overcome the many disease outbreaks that have plagued the sugarcane industry. For a new variety to be released for commercial production, it must be better than the current commercial varieties for one or more productivity traits, have an acceptable level of resistance to the major diseases, and have no significant milling issues. Growers and millers expect on-going delivery of new varieties to make a significant contribution to increasing productivity and profitability and reduce the impacts of disease incursions. New varieties released during the decade after the smut incursion in 2006 have not been readily adopted by growers and failed to make a significant impact to the industry. However, some of the varieties released recently are being rapidly adopted by growers and show promise for becoming important varieties for the industry in the near future. We highlight the seed sales, early commercial results, productivity, and disease characteristics of some of the recently released varieties and compare them to the current suite of commercially grown varieties.