Fertiliser flexibility vital in Burdekin say farmers

Mark Phelps
Updated November 20 2019 - 4:34pm, first published 2:30pm
Burdekin cane growers Chris and Sonya Hesp and their son Damon are challenging the big stick approach to fertiliser use in the cane industry.
Burdekin cane growers Chris and Sonya Hesp and their son Damon are challenging the big stick approach to fertiliser use in the cane industry.

PROGRESSIVE Burdekin farmers Chris and Sonya Hesp and their son Damon say a big stick approach to fertiliser use is unnecessarily limiting both the productivity and the efficiency of the cane industry without necessarily helping to further protect the Great Barrier Reef.

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps

Journalist

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