RURAL REPORT
Individual Farm Reports
A modified farm analysis tool which is now available for Tully growers is the new individual farm productivity reviews, or CAPA’s. While the overall district report is known as the Tully District CAPA (Comprehensive Area Productivity Analysis), and is a snapshot of the whole district, individual farm reports known as Individual CAPA’s have been available for some time on the TSL website and have now been modified to include
many new features. These modifications include a whole new way of presenting the data in a series of graphs and charts which make analysis of a farms product to the block level quick and easy. Graphs showing the yield of cane per farm block, the breakdown of variety percentage and crop classes as well as variety by soil type performance are all highlights of these new CAPA reports. In addition a farms total percentage of
An example of part of the modified Individual CAPA reports for Tully growers
varietal resistance to certain crop diseases such as Pachymetra root rot, a common issue of the Tully industry, are included. These new Individual CAPA’s also include farm soil maps which make soil testing more efficient. One area where these new individual CAPA’s are being used already is in the development of on farm variety plans for growers. The new individual CAPA’s can also be used to develop Nutrient and weed management plans and will be major tool for use by advisory staff in the Tully Sugar industry. So why the change format from the original format of individual CAPA’s? These modified CAPAS are the result of a very successful SRA led Tully productivity review project supported by TSL, TCPSL and Canegrowers which ran from 2015-19 where productivity trends for the Tully industry were closely studied. While the original individual CAPA’s remain available on line, growers now have the choice of using both the original and modified to help make farm management decisions. The years of the SRA Productivity review, 2015-19 are significant ones for Tully because this is when the introduction of new varieties really sped up. The TSL led Tully Variety Management group is going to benefit directly from these new individual CAPA reports as they make analyzing the performance of the new and recently introduced varieties that have been trialed and recommended locally much easier to do. Grower’s interested to learn more about how these modified CAPAS’s can be used for their own farm, especially for variety planning can call TSL on 0400586968
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NIBF workers Maurice Mantovani, Jaspinder Singh, Paul Maccarone, Colin Lyons, Nicole Rees and Salvo Fichera reflected on their latest safety milestone of nil lost time injuries (LTIs) for six consecutive years
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