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Smut disease threatened to destroy sugarcane farming but ended up reshaping it
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A smut disease outbreak at a Queensland sugarcane farm two decades ago prompted industry-wide changes that strengthened biosecurity and farming practices across the state rather than destroying the sector.

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Smut disease threatened to destroy sugarcane farming but ended up reshaping it
Twenty years ago, a Queensland farm became ground zero for a disease the sugarcane industry was dreading. Instead of destroying the industry, the response quietly transformed the state's biosecurity and farming practices.
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