Cane Matters
Podcast by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) - Formulating a Sweeter Future for Sugarcane. Hear from SRA experts, including specialists in plant breeding, pathology, entomology, and more - the driving forces behind research, development, and adoption in the Australian sugarcane industry. SRA's specialist team is dedicated to enhancing productivity, profitability, and sustainability, delivering world-class science, innovative solutions, and practical farming advancements for growers and millers.
Cane Matters
Increasing soil carbon through changes to trash management
In this episode, SRA Translation Research Manager Dr Barry Salter discusses new long-term soil health trials that are examining practice changes to trash management, to increase soil carbon.
The project is assessing farming systems and residue management practices through monitoring of soils over time, assessment of sugarcane productivity and economic analysis of practice changes, to understand potential longer-term outcomes across a wide range of environments.
Soil health remains a significant issue affecting industry productivity and resilience. Is this significant organic matter (trash) being underutilised?