GIVE 08 Presentations

Please click on a link below to see the presentation at the 2008 GIVE conference, Mackay:

2 in 1 Harvesting - with automatic basecutter system

Adjustable Harvester Fronts - ABC group, Burdekin

Alternative Irrigation - MAFIA (Mulgrave Area Farm Integrated Action)

Blackburn Harvesting Group - Utilising available technology to better manage yield variability within blocks

Advanced Nutrient Solutions - Using compost as an alternative fertiliser for sugarcane

Homebush Innovative Farmers - planting rate trials, pre-plant nutrient application trials, soybean variety trial in the Mackay district

Mackay Fibre Producers - validation of fibre cropping (kenaf, Inustrial Hemp, and Sunn Hemp) in rotation with sugarcane 

New Farming Initiative Group - Researching soil health and economics of 2 farming systems in the Herbert River district

North Coast Grower Group - Controlled traffic farming systems for the North Coast Grower Group, Mackay district

NSW Farming Systems Group - row spacing trials, bed forming, GPS guidance, zero till planting, strip tillage, nut grass control

OptiSurface - Optimum Surface Landforming Technology

Precision Spot Spraying System - It works in Grain, will it work in Cane?

Rear Steerable Axle on the Haulout - Optimising benefits of GPS integration into controlled traffic farming system

Plane Creek Sustainable Farmers - Light weight designs for elevator extensions

Shielded Sprayer Trials - Allan McLean, Mackay district

Soldierfly Management - Increasing productivity and profitability in soldierfly effected crops in the Pioneer Valley, Mackay district

Total Concept Sugarcane Planting System - All in 1 bed former and planter

Women in Agriculture - Canegrowers Network Mackay District