The Bundaberg AquaTill, how Bundaberg gets through cane trash!
The AquaTill demonstration implement is now ready for action and its ability to slice through cane trash has been proven.
In the 2020 harvest season the Landcare and SRA funded project will focus on proof of concept to:
1. Placement of product at the required depth. (Liquid insecticides to control cane grubs are required to be placed at 100mm below the soil surface and the application slot to be sealed).
2. Planting and growing a viable legume crop into cane trash with ZERO tillage.
If proven, the AquaTill will demonstrate to industry that there is technology available that has the potential to reduce input costs and maximise profitability, increase soil biology, reduce loss of fine sediment and reduce loss of pesticides to the environment and to effectively place pesticides.
SRA will keep you posted on its progress!
For more information please contact:James Ogden-Brown: SRA Southern Region Coordinator JOgden-Brown@sugarresearch.com.au