$2.8 million for Burdekin sugarcane farmers to help improve Reef water quality

The Australian Government is tackling water quality in the Great Barrier Reef by providing $2.8 million to sugarcane farmers in the Burdekin region to reduce nitrogen run-off to the Reef lagoon. “This round of funding, provided as part of the Government’s $140 million Reef Trust investment, will assist local farmers to deliver projects that will…