5 July 2010: Marketplace stunned by Sucrogen's $1.75 b sale to Wilmar
The CSR Board has accepted an offer from Wilmar, a US$28 billion company, based in Singapore, to purchase Sucrogen for $1.75 billion. More>
1 July 2010: Greenwood to build on CANEGROWERS strong foundations as CEO
CANEGROWERS has announced that Mr Steven Greenwood will be heading up the peak body for sugarcane growers, taking over the reins as CEO of the strong agri-political body on 30 August 2010. More>
6 June 2010: Changing face of the sugarcane industry: Ballantyne to step down
After 19 yers as CANEGROWERS CEO, Ian Ballantyne has announced he intends to stand back from full time executive responsibility. More>
2 June 2010: Unanimous support in the CANEGROWERS Executive Elections
The Queensland Cane Growers Organisation Limited executives were held this week at the first meeting of the newly elected CANEGROWERS Board. More>
26 May 2010: The sweet sound of cane harvesters (and the season) starting up
The sound of sugarcane harvesters firing up will soon be heard as the sugarcane season 2010 kicks off for another year. CANEGROWERS has forecast improved production on last year, even though there had been a wet, and in some places windy, lead up. More>
18 May 2010: Don't axe lifeline to the bush
Farmers up and down the coast are up in arms as reports have leaked that cuts are imminent for regional reporters and their programs that farmers and those associated with agribusiness at large, rely on for credible, relevant, local and up-to-date information. More>
15 April 2010: Election 2010
CANEGROWERS Elections 2010. More>
8 April 2010: Ag colleges change offers sweeter deal for cane The proposed changes to Queensland’s agricultural colleges have been addressed in a series of regional meetings, and have been met positively although a number of sites will be sold. More>
31 March 2010: Only a week left to vote in local CANEGROWERS elections members have until 5pm on 7 April 2010 to complete and return their ballot papers to the Returning Officer for their forthcoming local elections. More >
25 March 2010: Primary Industries Week QLD 19-23 April 2010 A day to teach kids about where food comes from, a celebrity cook off in Brisbane’s Queen Street mall, and a Rural Press Luncheon are just three of the events headlining this year’s Primary Industries Week 19-23 April 2010. More >
22 March 2010: The real cost of Cyclone Ului will not be known until harvest says CANEGROWERS
While it is too early to accurately assess the dollar cost to the sugarcane industry from Cyclone Ului which hit the area from Proserpine to Mackay in the early hours on Sunday morning, early reports of damage from across the district have started to flood in. More >
17 March 2010: Market levelling but optimistic: Sugar Update 2010 Peak sugarcane group CANEGROWERS will conduct its first briefing of its banking and commercial business partners in Brisbane on Thursday. The message to be delivered by CEO Ian Ballantyne will focus on the continued strength and resilience of the industry and that despite global sugar price contractions this month, grower confidence and optimism remains high; not for only the season ahead, but for several further seasons. More >
22 February 2010: Candidates for 2010 directors elections CANEGROWERS has announced the candidates for its 2010 Triennial Elections. More>
8 February 2010: Throw your hat in the ring & nominate, cane growers urged The strength of the Australian cane industry is built on strong regional representation, and cane growers are being encouraged to throw their hat in the ring to be part of the body tasked with driving the future of the sugarcane industry in Australia. More >
28 January 2010: Ravensdown expands into soil testing & a local team Just a year after fertiliser giant Ravensdown put its toe in the fertiliser market on the eastern seaboard, it has already set about its expansion program – launching a new soil test service very much at the behest of local growers. In addition they have consolidated their position in the Queensland and New South Wales market by adding to their local team, based out of Brisbane. More >
21 January 2010: Sugar price increases sweet for everyone Suggestions that consumers will ‘feel the pain at the supermarket’ as a result of increases in sugar prices are just plain silly according to CANEGROWERS CEO Ian Ballantyne. He says that recent alarmist reports need to be tempered with a touch of reality. Publicity given to increases in the retail price of sugar is misleading and there should be very little impact on Australian shoppers’ hip pocket. More >
13 January 2010: Growers watching brief on Asian interest in CSR Interest in CSR by one of the largest food companies in the world, Chinese-owned Bright Foods, has stormed media and financial commentary over the past 24 hours, and cane growers are keeping a watching brief on developments which would potentially impact the business of cane growing industry. More >
