THE Reef Protection Program has released an updated Reef Protection Herbicide List – Sugarcane, Record Keeping.
Farmers growing sugarcane in the Wet Tropics, Burdekin Dry Tropics and Mackay–Whitsunday catchments will receive a copy of the list, which replaces the September 2011 version, in the mail, from the Department of Environment and Resource Management.
It will also be available at www.reefwisefarming.qld.gov.au or by calling 137 468.
Records must be kept on the use of all herbicides on the list.
Record keeping requirements for new products on the list will commence on February 1, 2012.
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