With the humid and wet weather, we have been getting since January the crop is growing well, along with everything else including the lawn at home! Looking at some of the districts crops over the past couple of weeks the signs of a leaf disease known as Pokkah Boeng...
Recently the Tully variety Management group (TVMG) met for an end of year wrap up meeting. At this meeting we discussed the results of the 2020 variety sampling work which helps determine which of the new varieties will be recommended for commercialization over the...
Recently some new mill mud and Ash demo sites have been established in Tully with an emphasis on maintaining yield of certain varieties. There has also been other sites established with mill mud to reinforce the Six Easy Steps toolbox recommendations for Nitrogen...
Growers are reminded that now is a good time to soil sample but not only for nutrition for next year’s crop but also to see what levels of Pachymetra exist on blocks that are going into fallow. Pachymetra Root Rot is a root disease caused by a fungus which can impact...
Recently we have had a week of Fallow crop meetings. We started with the MIP project staging a Mixed species fallow crop meeting which included local growers, resellers, TSL, TCPSL, SRA and T.R.A.P consulting joining forces with the MIP and WTSIP staff to give growers...
It is coming up to that time of year when soil sampling can commence in preparation for the next sugarcane crop cycle and successful legume fallow rotation crops. Soil sampling is one of the basic tools we use to work out what the crop needs to grow. The sugarcane...
