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Current Issue
February - March 2022
Production, marketing and topical articles for the Australian Sugar industry.
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Feature Articles
Global production and consumption to increase
Good news from Brazil and India together with increased crop forecasts for other northern hemisphere producers, has seen the supply side firm. Analysts still predict a raw sugar deficit in late 2002 and early 2023.
Putting PA to Work - Robots take CTF to next level
The Grant family of Jimbour in Queensland have for many years been forward-thinking in their approach to adopting new technology, but robots are enabling fundamental changes to their practices concerning weeds.
How plants respond to heat stress
Plants, like other organisms, can be severely affected by heat stress. To increase their chances of survival, they activate the heat shock response, a molecular pathway also employed by human and animal cells for stress protection.
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Over The Back Fence
Agriculture’s next revolution
Previous AgriFutures Horizon Scholar and evokeAG. Future Young Leader, Jordy Kitschke says agriculture is on the brink of another revolution, and according to him robotics will have a big part to play. Applications for the 2022 AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship close on January 14, 2022.
A more efficient agvet chemical regulator
Agricultural and Veterinary amendments have passed Parliament on Dec 1 which streamlines the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority and establishes a new governance board.
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Novel implants to protect Australia’s wildlife from feral cats
New technology developed by the University of South Australia may put an end to predatory cat behaviours in native environments and help control Australia’s feral felines.
“Wonka factory" of Aussie foods
Expect more delicious and premium Australian food in fridges across the globe, with the creation of The University of Queensland’s Agri-Food Innovation Alliance.
Ground-breaking project aiming to restore Norfolk Island
A clear picture of what Norfolk Island looked like before European arrival has emerged from a project that has, for the first time ever, mapped native vegetation across the entire island, as it exists now and before 1750.
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