Notice to growers wanting to place tissue culture orders for Autumn 2026 delivery.

If you’re wanting the newly approved SRA48 and SRA32 on your farm in 2026 ordering tissue culture is the best way to ensure you get them.
Cost per plant is currently $2.10 and $2.60.
All other varieties approved for planting in the Herbert can also be ordered as tissue culture for pick up in Autumn 2026.

Orders must be placed with HCPSL by the 25th of June 2025.

Please contact Rhiannan Harragon at HCPSL on 0490 905 367 or the
HCPSL Office on 4776 1808 to place your order.

Disclaimer – HCPSL cannot guarantee the tissue cultured plants to be free from smut or other diseases, nor can we guarantee that smut will not infect the cane upon delivery. HCPSL takes no responsibility for orders not delivered due to the fault of the supplier or grow-out nursery. The buyer takes full responsibility for ordering tissue cultured plants that are not approved at the time the order was placed, he/she also takes responsibility for the tissue cultured plants after they are delivered.
The PBR Licence terms and conditions published on www.sugarresearch.com.au/xyz apply to all receipts of Sugar Research Australia cane plants and tissue-culture material. By taking delivery, collecting, or otherwise obtaining any of these materials you accept and agree to be bound by the PBR licence terms and conditions as they appear on the website above.

Approved seed can now be pre-purchased for 2025 via the HCPSL office.

Information on the new pre-purchase ordering system is available under APPROVED SEED on the HCPSL website, and via the following link – Approved-Seed-Ordering-Plot-Information-2025.pdf

HCPSL recommends that growers wanting to pre-purchase Approved Seed in 2025 read the information thoroughly before placing an order. Pre-purchase orders close on 1^st April 2025.

29th January

• 8am Macknade Golf Club
• 1pm Bambaroo Rural Fire Brigade
• 5pm SRA/HCPSL Office

30th January

• 8am Stone River CWA Hall
• 1pm Abergowrie CWA (Finns) Hall

Topics include:

2025 Approved seed [lots

• Locations & varieties
• Changes to whole stalk cutting
• New ordering system

Approved Seed forecast survey (for 2026 plots)

Tissue Culture Orders

Seed Inspections (RSD testing)

Important industry updates

• Chlorpyriphos de-registration
• Suscon Maxi Intel withdrawl
• Paraquat Review

Please RSVP to Sandra at the HCPSL Office on 4776 1808 by the 28th of January to assist with catering.

HCPSL is reviewing the way we deliver our approved seed distribution program to our members. As part of this process, we are seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from interested parties to provide a package of services in the Stone River, Abergowrie, Lower Herbert, and Ingham Line areas. Further details, including the EOI application form, are available via the link, the HCPSL office, or by emailing admin@hcpsl.com.au. Completed EOIs can be submitted by dropping off at the HCPSL office reception or emailed to admin@hcpsl.com.au by 3pm on the 2^nd of December 2024. For more information regarding the EOI process please contact the HCPSL Manager on 47761808 or 0417610446.

Download the EOI Form Here.

Tuesday 26th March, 2025.

Commencing at 8:15am to 12:00 midday

At Ingham Station, 181 Fairford Road

Bus Transfer from the Soccer Grounds will be available on the day.

Presentations and Displays will include:

• Drone Technology – Grower Operated Drones (QLD DAF),
• New Varieties and their Managementy (SRA),
• Grower Group Grants (QLD DAF),
• Research into New Canegrub Control (SRA),
• Optimising Use of Ameliorants (Townsville Lime/TAS),
• Project Cane & Project Catalyst (HCPSL)

The Herbert Sugar Industry Awards will be presented after the displays followed by a BBQ lunch.

Please RSVP for catering purposes by 22nd March to Sandra Coco, HCPSL on 4776 1808

Dowload Flier

Book your seed inspections with HCPSL now.

Grower seed inspections, including RSD sampling, will commence in early March (weather dependent) and continue until 3rd May. After the 3rd May seed inspections and RSD sampling will be limited to field staff availability.

Important Information;

• HCPSL will be using the QPCR LSB (Leath Sheath Biopsy) method.
• Seed cane must be at least (7) months old.
• Once samples are collected, results may take up to 3 weeks (typically 2 weeks).
• 1 test per 20 hectares = no charge for HCPSL members (otherwise $10 per sample).
• Growers must supply a farm map with the location of blocks requiring inspections.

For bookings or further enquires please contact the HCPSL Office on 4776 1808.

Considering applying Moddus® on your farm?

Abergowrie grower, John Russo discusses how he utilises applications of Moddus® on his property.

John shares insight into his experience using the product. “We target our river flat country, which is low and gets flooded easily. The idea is, to make sugar. We can cut the crop first or second round, then the ratoon cane is up and away before Christmas floods.”

Want to know more? Contact HCPSL on (07) 4776 1808 to speak with Project Catalyst team members – Megan or Bethany.

Project Catalyst is funded by the partnership between the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, the Coca-Cola Foundation and WWF-Australia.

Have you ever thought about Moddus® or Grappa?

With lower-than-average CCS in last year’s cane crop and high sugar prices on the market again this season, growers are looking at ways to increase CCS value in their crops for the upcoming harvest season.

Moddus® & Grappa are products with a foliar-absorbed plant growth regulator that has been shown to increase sugar yield. The products give growers opportunities to improve early and late CCS in their crops as a harvest management tool to increase grower profitability.

Interested in learning more about these products? View the Project Catalyst Factsheet below.

Project Catalyst is funded by the partnership between the Australian Government’s Reef Trust and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, the Coca-Cola Foundation and WWF-Australia.