Day: February 10, 2022

Good Afternoon Members,

Just a reminder as published in our Christmas newsletter that in order to ensure your approved seed cane orders are filled, orders must be submitted to your BPS Field Officer by Friday 25th February.

The seedcane order form can be downloaded here 2022 SEEDCANE ORDER.docx  you can complete and email back, or even complete and take a photo and SMS it to your relevant field officer.

While we will accept orders after the 25th Feb, we cannot guarantee allocation and preference will be given to members who order by 25th Feb.

Some growers have also been asking about RSD testing for your planting material this year.  Over the next 10 days we plan on completing all RSD testing on approved seed cane plots (all results received to date have been negative – ie: no RSD present), and once completed, we can test plant sources for members.  So when asking for a plant source inspection, please specify to your Field Officer if you require an RSD test or not. Note that you need to allow up to a 3 week turn around as the RSD samples are sent to the SRA laboratory in Brisbane for testing.

Any enquires please contact your relevant field officer.