3727 research projects
Research project
Social Insights Survey (Survey)
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)
This project uses Voconiq’s social insights framework to survey around 5,000 Australian's each year to assess community sentiment toward the live export industry. It also highlights key issues of concern, providing guidance for industry management practices, research efforts and communication strategies.
1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2023
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Scoping studies for an integrative digital platform for sustainable sugarcane crop management (CaneMAPPS)
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
This project will assess what is required to develop the digital platform CaneMAPPS - Cane Mapping and Analysis for Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability - to ensure that it enables integration and development of industry best practice, and that it uses the most efficient, cost-effective and current technologies available. CaneMAPPS will...
1 Jan 2022 - 14 Apr 2022
Queensland, Australia
University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Research project
Demonstration of safety, palatability, and efficacy of novel, sugarcane-derived feed ingredients in ruminants
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Bagasse is the dry pulpy fibrous material that remains after crushing sugarcane to extract its juice, and the SRA has invested in new technologies to transform it into a nutritious animal feed ingredient. This project will demonstrate the safety, palatability and efficacy of bagasse-derived modified fibre in a sheep feeding...
28 Oct 2021 - 30 Aug 2022
Queensland, Australia
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Research project
Project B Green
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Biorefining is the process of converting biomass (organic matter) into value-added chemicals, plastics and fuels. This project will gather data on the suitability of Australian sugarcane juice for glycol and biomass for hydrogen production (including yield predictions) in a biorefinery in the Burdekin cane growing region of Queensland. Financial modelling...
23 Sep 2021 - 30 Jun 2022
Queensland, Australia
Research project
Use of a purge sensor to improve performance and reduce the need for supervision of batch centrifugals
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
All Australian sugar factories except one use batch centrifugals for producing shipment sugar from the high grade massecuites. Currently the operator has no transducers to advise when the wash water should be applied in the cycle to produce the sugar at the required pol but at the same time minimise...
15 Sep 2021 - 30 Jul 2022
Queensland, Australia
Research project
At-line purity sensor to enhance the monitoring, control, and performance of pan stage
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Currently the laboratory determinations of purities of pan stage products which are used for pan stage management are for the period ended 8 or 12 h previously, because the conventional sucrose and dry substance measurements are time-consuming. These values are then used by production staff to set operational plans on...
6 Oct 2021 - 30 Jul 2022
Queensland, Australia
Research project
On-line measurement of the physical properties of each cane consignment at the factory
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Grower deliveries to a mill comprise billets of the cane stalk, leaves, tops and roots, with everything else classified as extraneous matter (EM) that doesn't contribute to the quantity of sugar produced and can negatively impact the milling process and output. The physical properties of the cane supply are currently...
6 Sep 2021 - 30 Jul 2022
Queensland, Australia
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Research project
Evaluate the operational performance and industry application for the final evaporator design at Victoria Mill
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
This project will analyse the performance of a new SRI Robert evaporator installed at one of Australia's largest sugar mills, Victoria Mill in North Queensland. Designed by the Sugar Research Institute, the Robert evaporator is used to evaporate water from the sugar juice and remove other non-condensable gases, to yield...
1 Sep 2021 - 30 Jul 2022
Queensland, Australia
Research project
Innovative nursery management solutions to sustainably manage root disease, improve nursery utilization, and enhance resilience and productivity of planted pines
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)
This project aims to develop management strategies to combat the increasing incidence of root rot disease in nursery stock, and restrict its spread to plantation sites, by finding the optimal balance of fertiliser, fungicide, and beneficial microbe treatments. Field trials will be used to refine treatments to ensure improved establishment...
15 Mar 2022 - 30 May 2024
Victoria, Australia
Research project
Sustained productivity gains in softwood plantations through enablement of single-step genomic selection
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)
This project aims to form an important part of a series of planned research projects that aim to, at least, double the rate of genetic gain in pine breeding in Australia. This project will focus on the extensive Gippsland network of trials and orchards to further implement cutting-edge single-step genomic...
30 Mar 2022 - 30 May 2024
Victoria, Australia