Technology supports most of the critical business processes in the region's sugar industry supply chain by acting as the catalyst for implementing precision farming technology, from improved harvesting and transport management to more efficient milling operations. THE ROOTS OF cooperative sugarcane cultivation in the Herbert River catchment basin in North Queensland, Australia, can be traced to the early 1880s, when six small landowners formed the Herbert River Farmers Association. Shaped by the social and economic conditions of the day, the landowners believed that both the sugarcane industry and local residents would be better served by cooperative farming rather than the plantation model that had flourished in the area for the preceding 20 years.
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