A ground-breaking new choice assist software that helps sugarcane growers make extra worthwhile selections at harvest time has been launched in Queensland.
The Harvest Mate app, developed via a collaboration between the Palaszczuk Authorities and Sugar Analysis Australia (SRA) is designed to assist growers seize extra sugar yield from their paddocks.
Analysis confirmed optimised harvester settings have the potential so as to add $44 million to annual grower income throughout Queensland for inexperienced harvested sugarcane.
The choice assist software makes use of information collected by SRA from years of trials throughout the sugar trade and is supported by detailed financial information collected and analysed by the Division of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF).
Harvest Mate is designed to make use of growers’ block and crop info along with harvester, haul-out and labour particulars and harvest circumstances to foretell optimum harvester settings.
Growers can register on the Harvest Mate web site then obtain the app without spending a dime from the Google Play Retailer or Apple Retailer.
Roadshows for the app have been held throughout cane rising areas within the final two months by SRA, in Ingham, South Johnstone, Tully, Bundaberg, Childers, Proserpine, Mackay, Koumala and Gordonvale.
A closing roadshow can be held at Rocky Level Canegrowers on the Gold Coast at 10am on 16 Might.
Agricultural Trade Growth and Fisheries, and Rural Communities Minister Mark Furner mentioned the app can be of nice profit to sugarcane farmers.
“Harvest Mate will help major producers in organising their harvesters, supplementing their wealth of data and expertise with information,” Mr Furner mentioned.
“It will assist Queensland sugarcane growers extract the best potential worth out of their harvest.
“A greater harvest means extra income for major producers, supporting employment alternatives and the native economies of Queensland’s sugar communities.
“Harvest Mate is an innovation delivered with the assistance of the Palaszczuk Authorities that can be of nice profit to growers at a time when value of dwelling is a priority,” he mentioned.
SRA Agricultural Equipment Specialist Phil Patane mentioned they’ve acquired good suggestions.
“In 2019 SRA acquired 148 responses to a survey that requested growers and harvesting contractors about their harvesting apply,” Patane mentioned.
“The overwhelming majority of recipients advised us that they didn’t know the price of harvesting versus the yield advantages when altering from their present practices.
“Harvest Mate has been developed to fill that data hole and improve profitability. And it’s been developed to be user-friendly, which we hope is mirrored within the identify,” he mentioned.
A ground-breaking new choice assist software that helps sugarcane growers make extra worthwhile selections at harvest time has been launched in Queensland.
The Harvest Mate app, developed via a collaboration between the Palaszczuk Authorities and Sugar Analysis Australia (SRA) is designed to assist growers seize extra sugar yield from their paddocks.
Analysis confirmed optimised harvester settings have the potential so as to add $44 million to annual grower income throughout Queensland for inexperienced harvested sugarcane.
The choice assist software makes use of information collected by SRA from years of trials throughout the sugar trade and is supported by detailed financial information collected and analysed by the Division of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF).
Harvest Mate is designed to make use of growers’ block and crop info along with harvester, haul-out and labour particulars and harvest circumstances to foretell optimum harvester settings.
Growers can register on the Harvest Mate web site then obtain the app without spending a dime from the Google Play Retailer or Apple Retailer.
Roadshows for the app have been held throughout cane rising areas within the final two months by SRA, in Ingham, South Johnstone, Tully, Bundaberg, Childers, Proserpine, Mackay, Koumala and Gordonvale.
A closing roadshow can be held at Rocky Level Canegrowers on the Gold Coast at 10am on 16 Might.
Agricultural Trade Growth and Fisheries, and Rural Communities Minister Mark Furner mentioned the app can be of nice profit to sugarcane farmers.
“Harvest Mate will help major producers in organising their harvesters, supplementing their wealth of data and expertise with information,” Mr Furner mentioned.
“It will assist Queensland sugarcane growers extract the best potential worth out of their harvest.
“A greater harvest means extra income for major producers, supporting employment alternatives and the native economies of Queensland’s sugar communities.
“Harvest Mate is an innovation delivered with the assistance of the Palaszczuk Authorities that can be of nice profit to growers at a time when value of dwelling is a priority,” he mentioned.
SRA Agricultural Equipment Specialist Phil Patane mentioned they’ve acquired good suggestions.
“In 2019 SRA acquired 148 responses to a survey that requested growers and harvesting contractors about their harvesting apply,” Patane mentioned.
“The overwhelming majority of recipients advised us that they didn’t know the price of harvesting versus the yield advantages when altering from their present practices.
“Harvest Mate has been developed to fill that data hole and improve profitability. And it’s been developed to be user-friendly, which we hope is mirrored within the identify,” he mentioned.