The program delivered extension, training and Reef Water Quality Grants as part of the Reef Alliance – Growing a Great Barrier Reef – Phase I project funded by the Australian Government Reef Trust through the Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF) and a partnership between CANEGROWERS, NQ Dry Tropics, Terrain NRM and the Burnett Mary Regional Group.
The Burdekin Cane Project contributed to a 10% reduction in DIN from sugarcane enterprises in the Burdekin sugarcane growing region and engaged with 313 cane farmers who have implemented improved nutrient practices over 44,100ha in the Burdekin sugarcane growing region.
The program was designed to provide assistance to help cane growers implement changes that improve management practices and productivity, while also reducing nitrogen runoff into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon.
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