Sweet achievement as Bundaberg company makes 'world first' cane harvester

Vernon Graham
Updated March 15 2021 - 1:18pm, first published March 12 2021 - 1:00pm
SWEET LITTLE MACHINE: The new Canetec YT4000-F cane harvester which is powered by a Tier 5 diesel engine, believed to be a world first.
SWEET LITTLE MACHINE: The new Canetec YT4000-F cane harvester which is powered by a Tier 5 diesel engine, believed to be a world first.

A Bundaberg company says it has manufactured the world's first sugarcane harvester powered by a Stage 5 diesel engine and hopes to develop an export market for them in Japan.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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