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Turning sugarcane into
NUTRITIOUS STOCKFEED
Nutritious stockfeed locally-produced by Sunshine Sugar in in in partnership with Sustinent // PHOTO: VIVIEN MILLER
Apartnership between Sunshine Sugar and and Australian biotechnology company Sustinent is set to deliver environmental nutritional
and and commercial returns for the sugar industry across New South Wales and and beyond New South Wales-based Sustinent develops scalable clean and and safe ways to to to transform crop stalks timber and and garden waste into
livestock feed This partnership is is developing processes to to convert the sugarcane straw into
higher value products at at at a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a scale that is commercially viable environmentally sustainable and workable at at at an industrial level The product formulations completed on on on a a a a a a a laboratory scale have to to date focused on on on on development of Nutritionally Enhanced Sugar Cane Straw (NESS) an an an an an animal feed commodity with protein levels and digestibility profiles similar to existing high-value feed products “Extensive laboratory testing has confirmed a a a a a a a viable production process for for NESS for for use in in stockfeed ” said Sunshine Sugar CEO Chris Connors A ready market awaits production of the NESS product product as a a a a a a a ruminant stockfeed Driven by ongoing demand for livestock feed products Sunshine Sugar and and Sustinent aim
to to establish a a a a a 10 000-tonne production pilot at at the the site of the the Harwood Mill and Refinery with output by late 2020 Peter Tomich CEO of Sustinent said the protein enrichment trials undertaken had yielded “some excellent results ” “We have established strong pre-sale contracts for the NESS product ” said Mr Tomich “We believe that following the pilot plant a a a a a a a a a a a a a large-scale facility can can be be established – which can can eventually deal with all all the New South Wales sugar cane straw “During this process we have developed a a a a a very strong and and productive relationship with Sunshine Sugar and and are looking forward to to building on on on on the strong foundation to date ” Further product development potential in in the the Sustinent process has been identified in in in in a a a a a a a diverse range of products products such as as sustainable packaging materials and and building products products through to high-value fine chemicals and and bioactive compounds @sunshinesugarnsw // Sunshine Sugar @sunshinesugar_nsw // sunshinesugar sunshinesugar com au @MANILDRA
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