SRA, MAPS and Mackay Sugar staff prepare for the harvesting trials
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ugar milling company, Mackay Sugar has announced an incentive for harvesting contractors who install a cane loss monitor on their machines for the 2022 crushing season. It follows successful trials at Pleystowe, Marian and Balnagowan last year, in which SRA, Mackay Sugar and Mackay Area Productivity Services (MAPS) validated improved yield results achieved in other sugar districts through the use of a cane loss monitor on the harvester. Mackay Sugar’s Cane Productivity Manager, Markus Reiners, said that after the harvesting trials the company became convinced that there was an opportunity to lower harvest losses by installing a yield loss monitor in harvesters. “To foster this, Mackay Sugar now offers an incentive for harvest groups that buy a loss monitor,” Markus said.
AN INCENTIVE TO INCREASE ADOPTION OF SRA RESEARCH Cane Matters / Autumn 2022
By Christine Walker
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The Cane Loss Reduction Incentive is 3 cents per tonne for five years and is on offer to all harvest groups who harvest cane for Mackay Sugar growers.
