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.
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 1st April 2025.
29th January
30th January
Topics include:
2025 Approved seed [lots
Approved Seed forecast survey (for 2026 plots)
Tissue Culture Orders
Seed Inspections (RSD testing)
Important industry updates
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 2nd of December 2024. For more information regarding the EOI process please contact the HCPSL Manager on 47761808 or 0417610446.
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:
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
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;
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.
Are you considering planting tissue culture in 2024?
To secure your tissue culture for June 2024 delivery, please place an order by Tuesday 20th June.
If your considering planting SRA40, seed cane will not be available until 2025. So if you wish to obtain this variety in 2024, it will only be available via tissue culture seedlings.
To place a tissue culture order, contact HCPSL on (07) 4776 1808 to speak with Rhiannan.
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