Soy beans and sunflower fallow crops are taking over sugar cane paddocks on the Cecchi family’s farms at Innisfail – for both cane and environmental gains. Fourth-generation grower David Cecchi says doubling fallow land to increase production felt counter-intuitive to begin with. “We plant about 80 hectares of cane a year and we used to leave 10 to 15 per … Continue reading Fallow crops reduce fertiliser rates for Cecchi family