The Paddock to Reef program conducts paddock trials in various regions to assess the water quality results of different land management practices. Results from some of the trials are detailed in a series of case studies.
The paddock monitoring and modelling program is funded by the Australian Government’s Reef Rescue initiative with significant support from the Queensland Government.
- Comparing runoff loss of knockdown and residual herbicides in the Herbert catchment
- Sub-surface fertiliser application reduces nutrient runoff in the Herbert catchment
- Strategic pesticide application reducing losses from Burdekin cane fields
- Drip irrigation on sugarcane in the Burdekin region
- Precision application (band spray) of herbicides on sugarcane in the Burdekin region
- First 20 days after herbicide application is the high risk period for runoff in the Mackay Whitsunday region
- Comparing residual versus knockdown herbicides in sugarcane in the Mackay region
- Sugarcane management in the Mackay Whitsunday region
- Modelling pesticide runoff from improved land management scenarios
- Tracking gully activity in the Burdekin range lands
- Grazing in the Burdekin region - achieving better returns and saving soil