The Australian sugarcane industry is an important $2 billion regional industry operating in environmentally sensitive environments and reliant on exports sold into competitive export markets. The industry looks to its $44.5 million Research, Development and Extension (Rd & E) system employing more than 234 researchers to provide the capability and solutions required to address current needs and realise future opportunities. In 2015, Sugar Research Australia Limited (SRA) and the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), as lead agencies under the National Primary Industries RD & E Framework, commenced a collaborative program to revise the National sugarcane industry RD & E strategy to ensure the system has the focus and capability to meet the industry's RD & E needs.