ABC News Australia
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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.
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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