• 22 December 2011: Sugar shaker: state of play Australian sugarcane industry 2011
  Tough times, resilient optimism: The industry is surprisingly upbeat about future seasons, despite the aftermath of the horror wet season that was 2010, followed by flooding, cyclones and prolonged dry in 2011. More >
• 22 December 2011: Flood and cyclone recovery assistance extended
  An extension of the deadline to apply for cyclone assistance to 30 June 2012 has been welcomed by peak group CANEGROWERS. CANEGROWERS had been actively lobbying for an extension to give growers, who were still struggling to get back on their feet post Cyclone Yasi and flooding, more time to complete the paperwork and access the vital recovery assistance measures. More >
• 21 December 2011: Research reforms start delivering for sugar industry
  This week, sugar cane growers will receive a letter from BSES Limited on the changed service fee arrangements for 2012. The service fee is collected by BSES from growers and millers to fund a range of activities including plant breeding and variety development. More >
• 19 December 2011: Sweet news on much-needed seasonal workers for cane industry
  The sugarcane industry could soon have access to much-needed additional labour from countries such as East Timor, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, as part of a small-scale 3-year trial announced by the federal government yesterday. More >
• 16 December 2011: CANEGROWERS welcomes plan to develop agriculture in north QLD
  Peak group CANEGROWERS has welcomed the announcement by the federal and Queensland Governments that $10 million will be invested in establishing new irrigation industries in northern Queensland. More >
• 15 December 2011: ASA leaders outline vision for sugar research reform
  A single, streamlined sugar research organisation will modernise Australia’s sugar industry by funding more research to keep the industry competitive and sustainable, Australian Sugar Alliance Chair Alf Cristaudo said this week after key industry meetings. More >
• 12 December 2011: Reforms to modernise sugar industry R&D underway: progress report
  Reforms to the Australian sugar industry’s research and development model have begun, paving the way for a single, sustainable and streamlined industry research organisation with a larger funding pool. More >
• 29 November 2011: Diuron window more like a door: CANEGROWERS says but non-use period perverse
  CANEGROWERS says it will ramp up its ongoing campaign taking government to task over the proposed non-use period of important agrichem diuron, and has today spoken about its plans to lobby strongly over the coming days and months to have the temporary measure contained in the interim permit, overturned. More >
• 24 November 2011: EU to breach WTO sugar commitments – Again!
  There is strong market speculation that the European Commission (EC) is set to breach its WTO commitments on sugar export subsidies for the second time in two years. More >
• 21 November 2011: CANEGROWERS welcomes new QSL ChairPeak group CANEGROWERS has welcomed the appointment of Mike Carroll as the incoming Chairman of sugar marketing group, Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL).
  

  “Carroll brings a great depth of expertise, with particular strength in the areas of agribusiness and finance, and his appointment will underpin the continued commercial focus and drive that has seen QSL achieve premium pricing for Australian sugar on the world stage in recent years,” said CANEGROWERS CEO, Steve Greenwood today. More >
• 17 November 2011: Ravensdown Fertiliser Now Looking To Grow In Queensland
  In the space of two years Ravensdown Fertiliser Australia has achieved annual sales in excess of $26 million in Queensland and northern New South Wales, and has fully achieved its objective of establishing itself as a significant participant in the local cane growing sector. The value of shareholding has increased to $6.2m. More >
• 28 October 2011: A new era for sugar industry R&D announced today
  The Australian sugarcane industry today has revealed a comprehensive plan to strengthen and streamline the research, development and extension (RD&E) function. The changes more than double the industry’s contribution to funding R&D from $10 million in 2005/06 to $21 million in 2013/14, creating certainty in the delivery and funding of core RD&E activities. More >
• 26 October 2011: CANEGROWERS welcomes modernised Biosecurity Bill
  Peak group for sugarcane growers, CANEGROWERS, has today welcomed the introduction of the Queensland Government’s Biosecurity Bill as an important step forward for the state’s biosecurity. More >
• 26 October 2011: CANEGROWERS seeks delay in rolling out regulation audits
  CANEGROWERS has today sought a delay in the roll out of regulation audits by the state government. According to peak group, growers are still battling to get on top of farm maintenance following the damage caused by the worst season on record last year, followed by floods, cyclones and more floods, and just don’t need the additional layer of pressure of regulation audits right now. More >
• 12 October 2011: On farm change jet-powered by Reef Rescue: new report shows change in cane well ahead of schedule
  The groundswell of onfarm change seen right across the sugarcane industry has been jet-powered by the Reef Rescue program, said peak group CANEGROWERS today as the Reef Rescue Impact Statement which evidences this transformation was released in Canberra. More >
• 26 September 2011: First ever sugarcane Nuffield scholarship awarded to CANEGROWERS Burdekin grower, Bryan Granshaw
  This week peak group CANEGROWERS has congratulated north Queensland sugarcane grower, Bryan Granshaw, who has been awarded the first ever sugarcane Nuffield scholarship, which was sponsored by the Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC). The Dalbeg sugarcane grower was over the moon to have his inventive research proposal funded by the prestigious program, but says he was even more honoured when he met the field of innovative farmers across Australia – past and present – to be accepted into the program. More >
• 22 September 2011: Kerfuffle over water quality report released this week: out of context says CANEGROWERS
  CANEGROWERS is investigating the facts around a water quality report released this week, which they say has been taken out of context, saying the document will form part of a baseline report on the state of play at the beginning of the Reef Rescue project. They explain it will be at least two years before the final measurements will be taken at the end of project, and the Reef Rescue program’s effectiveness can be measured. More >
• 21 September 2011: Ravensdown to the rescue: freezes spiralling urea cost – for now
  Ravensdown has emerged the good-guy today after announcing that they will be holding the price of urea for as long as they can, following news of price spikes which have driven prices up a whopping 60% in a few short months. More >
• 17 September 2011: LNP Ag Strategy welcomed by CANEGROWERS
  Doing Queensland’s part in meeting the global demand for food, which is set to double by 2050, appears to be high on the LNP’s agenda says peak group CANEGROWERS after perusing their election strategy released yesterday. More >
• 12 September 2011: 2010’s soggy legacy causing issues for cane growers as harvest reaches half-way
  The impact of last year’s extraordinary wet season is only now truly being felt across Australia’s sugarcane regions, as the 2011 crush reaches the half-way point and Australia’s production has again been revised downwards. More >

 2010

• 22 December 2010:  2010 Sugar shaker - sweet and sour
  CANEGROWERS has released its season 2010 roundup of the season.  More >
• 22 December 2010:  CANEGROWERS says Sucrogen sale to Wilmar a vote of confidence in Aussie sugar
  CANEGROWERS has warmly welcomed news that Wilmar International has successfully closed the deal on Sucrogen. More >
  
• 17 Decemeber 2010: CANEGROWERS welcomes government decisions on water pricing
  After months of intense lobbying by CANEGROWERS and irrigators, the Queensland Government has made the sensible decision to withdraw from imposing huge and largely unjustified increases to rural irrigators’ water bills.  More >
• 10 December 2010: CANEGROWERS supports Emerson’s straight shooting on fair trade
  CANEGROWERS says the Trade Minister has cut through the bull and demanded a no-nonsense commercial, rather than geo-political approach to free trade, hitting the nail on the head for farmers and the national economy, given agriculture is the most distorted sector of global trade.  More >
• 30 November 2010: Productivity drowned: investigate existing assistance programs urges CANEGROWERS
  CANEGROWERS has continued to review options for growers whose productivity has been drowned by the big wet. Acting CEO of CANEGROWERS, Ron Mullins, says there are a range of existing programs for farmers in these types of situations. He says CANEGROWERS is encouraging affected growers to explore these options. More >
• 25 November 2010: CANEGROWERS not seeking special assistance
  CANEGROWERS has confirmed they are not seeking special assistance for cane growers, after a prolonged wet has washed away the silver lining on what was shaping up to be a great year. It is, however, throwing the weight of its support behind individual growers accessing existing relief arrangements. More >
• 23 November 2010: 200 growers attend Ravensdown Fertiliser Australia’s first annual meeting (RAVENSDOWN MEDIA RELEASE)
  Ravensdown Fertiliser Australia had a profitable first full year of operation, 200 shareholders heard at the company’s first annual meeting in Townsville last Thursday 18 November 2010. More >
• 16 November 2010: CANEGROWERS says changes to QSL vital in keeping sugar marketing strongarm
  CANEGROWERS says that constitutional amendments to Queensland Sugar Limited’s Constitution made today during QSL’s AGM will help keep the sugar marketing group strong for its industry stakeholders. More> 
• 16 November 2010:  Don’t slash R&D – it is critical, says CANEGROWERS
  CANEGROWERS says strong research and development in agriculture is mission critical and has called on government to continue its contribution to the sugar sector, which matched by industry, provides a robust platform for a positive future for the important Australian industry.  More >
• 9 November 2010: CANEGROWERS greets new player to Aussie sugar: Wilmar posed to close Sucrogen deal
  A conditional approval by the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) will likely see Wilmar International close the deal on CSR’s Sucrogen by month’s end, said peak sugarcane group, CANEGROWERS, today.  More >
•  29 October 2010: E5 slashed for now
  Peak sugarcane group CANEGROWERS is disappointed that the Queensland Government has announced a delay into the introduction of the E5 mandate, while acknowledging that now may not be the time.  More > 
•  25 October 2010: Cane growers seek clarification on strategic cropping land policy
  CANEGROWERS is remaining cautious about the Queensland Government’s recently released strategic cropping land policy framework, saying more information and clarification is needed. More >
  
• 19 October 2010: R&D booster for sugar: One-off fee a necessary impost say cane growers
  The proposed one-off fee hike for sugarcane growers in 2011 is a big ask – but one that sugarcane growers across Queensland have said ‘has to happen’ to underpin the very future of the Australian sugar industry. More >
• 5 October 2010: Sugar tour to bring the biggest news in cane to a town near you
  Sugarcane growers have the opportunity to attend action-packed local meetings featuring some the biggest issues in sugarcane, at a location near them next week. Some of the headline items to be tackled include the forthcoming overhaul of the Australian sugarcane industry’s R&D sector and international experts from London giving an easy to understand grass-roots run-down on what growers need to know about forward pricing.  The tour kicks off in Bundaberg on Monday 11 October and concludes in Cairns on Friday 15 October. The jam-packed agenda addresses many of the serious issues facing sugarcane growers and the cane industry.  More >
• 1 October 2010: Against the odds: Cane meets Govt ERMP demands
  All sugarcane growers required by the Queensland Government to complete an Environmental Risk Management Plan (ERMP) have pulled out the stops and met the new reporting demands by deadline, reported peak sugarcane group CANEGROWERS today. More >
• 13 September 2010: CANEGROWERS rallies Government for much needed extension
  CANEGROWERS is rallying for government to overturn previous rulings in which it has refused to budge on what is looming as an impossible timeline for many of the State’s cane growers to deliver the much maligned requirement of Environment Risk Management Plans (ERMPs). More >
• 7 September 2010: Sugarcane scoops national sustainable farming award
  Sugarcane is headlining its frontline environmental stewardship again this month, scooping the prestigious national award for sustainable farming at the recent National Farmers’ Federation conference. Third generation cane growers from Dalbeg in northern Queensland, John, Bryan and Terry Granshaw were presented with the national Sustainability Award at the NFF’s national 2010 Innovation in Agriculture Awards. More>
• 31 August: Greenwood hits the ground running as new CANEGROWERS CEO
  A week of meeting representatives from every sugarcane growing region in Queensland is the first order of the day for Mr Steven Greenwood who has taken over the reins of peak body for sugarcane growers, CANEGROWERS this week. More>
• 25 August 2010: Ballantyne Bows Out > end of an era
  Ian Ballantyne signs off this week, clocking nearly two decades in the maelstrom that is the Australian sugar industry. As CEO of CANEGROWERS, one of Australia’s most respected agricultural representative bodies, he has experienced the highs and lows of this most volatile international commodity. More>
• 23 August 2010: Farmers aren't cowboys, Cowboys tell schools
  The Cowboys and CANEGROWERS recently joined forces in a bid to highlight the importance of sustainable farming practices, beginning with our nation’s youth. Schools now have access to a fun module about one of Australia’s most important agricultural commodities – sugarcane.  More>
• 26 July 2010: Sugar virtual bus tour to drive change
  Sugarcane growers across Australia will receive a DVD with a difference in their letterboxes from today. CANEGROWERS is launching its “Virtual Bus Tour”, a DVD showcasing growers, on farm, showing new technology and farming practices. More>
• 15 July 2010: Reef regulation in, but how to comply not yet clear
  Confusion reigns about how farmers can comply with the onerous new Reef Regulations. There is a distinct lack of information from the Queensland Government who instigated and rushed the legislation into effect this year. They had not taken the time to develop the supporting information that could be used by farmers to work out what they need to do to comply. More>
• 12 July 2010: Strong Aussie presence on world sugar front
  The key gathering of world sugarcane and beet growers in mid-July will have a strong Australian presence as a leading world sugar producer. More>
• 5 July 2010: Marketplace stunned by Sucrogen’s $1.75 b sale to Wilmar
  Collective surprise was the sentiment shared by the sugar industry and its stakeholders this morning. More>
• 1 July 2010: Greenwood to build on CANEGROWERS strong foundations as CEO
  CANEGROWERS has announced that Mr Steve 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>
• 15 June 2010: CANEGROWERS CEO talks with key sugar reps in Europe
  CANEGROWERS CEO Ian Ballantyne is back in Brisbane after a short but constructive flying trip to Brussels last week where he met with European sugar industry and government representatives. More>
• 2 June 2010: Unanimous support in CANEGROWERS Executive Elections
  The Queensland Cane Growers Organisation Limited executive elections were held this week at the first meeting of the newly elected CANEGROWERS Board. The Board have shown faith in the current leadership, returning the experience of the existing team, for another term: Alf Cristaudo, Chairman; Joe Russo, Senior Vice-Chair; Paul Schembri, Vice-Chair. More>
• 2 June 2010: Changing face of the sugar industry: Ballantyne to step down
  After more than 19 years at the helm of one of Australia’s most iconic agricultural organisations, CANEGROWERS CEO, Ian Ballantyne, has announced that he intends to spend the next three months bringing some of the big issues on the boil closer to finalisation, before standing back from full time executive responsibility. 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 around Queensland and northern New South Wales, as sugarcane season 2010 kicks off for another year. Tablelands Mill is the first cab off the rank, scheduled to cut its first cane this Monday, 31 May.  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: CANEGROWERS Elections 2010
  Please be advised that a printed copy of the Declaration of Results pertaining to each of the CANEGROWERS Triennial Elections 2010 is being mailed to each CANEGROWERS office. 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 >
  
  

  2009

  • 21 December 2009: Sugar Shaker - Industry Overview 2009/10 - A Bright Light
    2009 has set the scene for 2010 to be a most positive year for the Australian sugar industry. More >
  • 12 December 2009: 18 December deadline on Ravensdown orders
    Transparency and ownership were fundamental to CANEGROWERS’ participation in the establishment of Ravensdown Fertiliser Australia, a company established to supply competitively priced fertiliser products to Queensland and northern New South Wales. More >
  • 10 December 2009: Smut impact should not be understated
    Peak sugarcane group, CANEGROWERS, says the ongoing cost and extent of the major disease, sugarcane smut, should not be underestimated nor its ongoing impact on profitability understated. The infestation across industry is likely to peak in 2010 and remain a major issue in 2011. More >
  • 4 December 2009: Growers get first look at reef regulation requirements
    CANEGROWERS has informed the sugarcane industry that the long-awaited information for growers affected by the controversial reef legislation to be introduced by the State Government in 2010, has finally started to drop. More >
  • 16 November 2009: Cane says Ag out, but still paying price of CPRS
    Exclusion from a future CPRS doesn’t mean there will be no impact on farmers, says peak sugarcane group CANEGROWERS today, following the announcement that agriculture will not be included in the Government’s latest revision of its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. More >
  • 12 November 2009: Reef science not rhetoric say cane growers
    Over 100 people walked away from a reef meeting in Townsville this week amazed by the under-publicised uptake of good farm practice on farms around Queensland. The workshop was aimed at scientists, researchers and government commentators involved in the reef debate, rather than farmers who are at the mercy of decisions made by these people. More >
  • 9 November 2009: Ravensdown second offer just weeks away
    Ravensdown Fertiliser Australia has confirmed that a further offer of fertiliser would be made to Queensland and Northern NSW farmers in the immediate future. This would be the second traunche of deliveries for the grower owned company in its first year of operation and foreshadows a rapid move towards its goal of year round supply. More >
  • 4 November 2009: Two landmark cane workshops in Townsville next week
    Registrations are just days away from closing for two events to be held 9-10 November in Townsville. The Next Gen Regional Farmers Workshop which will be run concurrently with the Herbicides on the Reef Workshop have a separate focuses, but will come together to look at reef science and best management practice issues including a half day farm tour. More >
  • 20 October 2009: Use it or lose it: STL voting closes soon 
    CANEGROWERS has urged sugarcane growers to exercise control of their future and to vote in the forthcoming Sugar Terminal Limited (STL) elections, or the decision may be made by non-grower interests - the peak group for sugarcane growers warns. More >
  • 9 October: Cane growers applauded one day, condemned the next
    Queensland cane growers have this week been applauded for their good farming practices aimed to improve reef water quality by the Federal Government and condemned by the State Government which has introduced heavy handed and inappropriate regulations to police farming practices and appease the conservation movement. More >
  • 16 September 2009: Leaner, Tougher but Definitely Sweeter
    A world sugar deficit and higher Brazilian production costs have been driving sugar prices higher, which is paying dividends to a leaner, commercially focused sugarcane industry. More >
  • 3 September 2009: CANEGROWERS Backs a Healthy Reef
    CANEGROWERS is assessing two documents dealing with the long term health of the Great Barrier Reef which were jointly released yesterday by the State and Federal Governments. The peak group for the sugarcane industry says one appears based on science, the other on politics. More >
  • 21 August 2009: Fertiliser Senate report links competition to lower prices
    CANEGROWERS has backed the findings of the Senate Committee report into fertiliser prices that found the impact of new entrants into the Australian market such as Ravensdown led to a decline in retail prices this year. More >
  • 11 August 2009: Sugar Nears 30 Year High
    There is a buzz in the air of Australian sugarcane townships across regional Queensland and New South Wales this week, with news that raw sugar prices are set to pass the $600 a tonne mark. The New York sugar market surged through 23 US cents/lb overnight, reaching close to a 30 year high. More >
  • 6 August 2009: Sugar prospects strengthen local communities
    The resurgence in the Queensland sugar industry is continuing. Spring planting is shaping up to be one of the biggest in a long time and cane growers are finally looking forward to a reasonable period of profitability with analysts predicting the world sugar deficit will continue into next year. More >
  • 24 July 2009: Farmers See Criticism & Obstruction, Not Partnership
    CANEGROWERS has rejected claims of a ‘partnership’ with activist group WWF, saying that farmers are practical, pragmatic people who aim to base their activities on fact and sound science, rather than the continued emotional and ideological rhetoric spewing forth from the activist group. More >
  • 2 July 2009: Queensland Govt jeopardises Federal reef approach
    CANEGROWERS has welcomed confirmation of the Federal Government's funding for the next phase of Reef Rescue but warned the good work was being jeopardised by the Queensland Government's complicated legislative approach. More >
  • 16 June 2009: Black hole budget for agriculture
    Disappointed rather than surprised is the feedback from farmers and rural and regional Queensland, as the State delivered its bleak black hole Budget today. More >
  • 4 June 2009: Government sells off farm and sells out farmers
    Farmers are outraged they have been made a target in legislation tabled by the State Government today which in name only sets out to protect the reef, but according to peak sugarcane group, CANEGROWERS, does not deliver any such outcome. More >
  • 27 May 2009: Ravensdown-CANEGROWERS Chairmen speak out on fertiliser deal
    The Chairman of CANEGROWERS, Alf Cristaudo, has applauded the groundswell of interest in Ravensdown’s entry to the eastern seaboard, which only seems to have increased since Ravensdown confirmed that it would supply Queensland and New South Wales growers with fertiliser this year. More >
  • 24 May 2009: Ravensdown to proceed: fertiliser competition greenlit
    Cane growers resoundingly welcomed news that New Zealand based fertiliser co-operative, Ravensdown, had confirmed that it would proceed with the highly anticipated fertiliser importation program on the eastern seaboard. More >
  • 22 May 2009: Cop this you lot!
    The State Government is effectively telling the State’s agricultural industries to COP THIS! The lack of communication from the State Government on its intentions to further regulate Queensland farming has CANEGROWERS up in arms. More >
  • 20 May 2009: Fertiliser suppliers, on back of huge profits in 2008, now cry unfair
    Fertiliser companies, who in 2008 extracted millions in super-profits for growers, are now purporting to have the best interests of growers at heart. More >
  • 19 May 2009: Tantalisingly Close: Fertiliser Extension Tabled
    The bold exercise by CANEGROWERS and New Zealand fertiliser farmer co-operative Ravensdown to bring transparency, competition and grower determination to Queensland’s agricultural fertiliser market is within grasp. More >
  • 6 May 2009: Payment Options Boost Fertiliser Scheme
    Fears that cash flow pressures would limit growers’ capacity to participate in the CANEGROWERS –Ravensdown fertiliser program have been largely overcome following an agreement by Suncorp to provide finance support which will allow growers to pay through a system of future cane payments in 2009. More >
  • 17 April 2009: Local Fertiliser Workshops Announced
    CANEGROWERS is urging growers to attend meetings on fertiliser which are being held in every cane growing region during the week commencing the 27th of April. More >
  • 31 March 2009: New fertiliser player assessing the market
    A major deal aimed at changing the face of fertiliser supply on Australia’s eastern seaboard is in the pipeline. More >
  • 23 March 2009: Let’s roll up our sleeves post election: agriculture
    Peak sugarcane grower group, CANEGROWERS has congratulated the Bligh Government on its re-election. More >
  • 17 March 2009: Bligh Reef Election Platform Shallow: Cane
    Agriculture has long been the backbone of Queensland’s regional and rural communities, but now the backs of farmers are being used for a very different purpose – to shoulder a political agenda in an uncertain election, says CANEGROWERS. The grower’s organisation is unimpressed by the politicisation of farming and water quality in the upcoming State election. More >
  • 12 March 2009: Securing sugar’s future
    At a time when Australian agriculture is fighting the impacts of the ‘GFCs’ (the Global Financial Crisis and Global Food Crisis) and preparing for the impacts of climate change and the impending imposition of the Climate Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), the sugar industry will receive a boost to its defences when the Sugar Industry Biosecurity Plan is officially released today. The Plan provides a blueprint for protecting the industry from exotic pests and diseases such as ramu stunt, stem borer and leaf scorch. More >
  • 10 March 2009: If regulation is in, commonsense is out
    The Bligh Government’s approach to increasing the already comprehensive regulation on cane growing in Queensland demonstrates that it has little comprehension of what motivates farmers, says peak sugarcane group CANEGROWERS. More >
  • 24 February 2009: Election battle lines drawn
    The sugarcane industry has called for the principal parties in the forthcoming election to be clear that the State extends beyond the boundaries of Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. More >
  • 9 February 2009: Growers want sunlight to minimise flood damage
    Queensland's cane growers are desperately seeking sunshine to enable floodwaters to recede and for their remaining crop to recover and grow after a fortnight of wet conditions. More >
  • 30 January 2009: Sugarcane a brighter part of the QLD economy
    Queensland is used to seeing headlines about jobs being lost, but one sector experiencing a return to profitability and confidence is the sugar industry. More >
  • 29 January 2009: Remove the politics - show us the science
    The cane industry has made huge advances in implementing good management practices which have a positive spin off for the environment, including the iconic Great Barrier Reef, says CANEGROWERS. The peak group for sugarcane growers has been bewildered at Premier Bligh’s renewed threats of the introduction of new laws that will restrict farming practices in Queensland. More >
  • 19 January 2009: NFF Release: Federal Budget ’09 must offer more than a short-term fix
    With the Australian Government’s Federal Budget focus on injecting economic stimulus – and Australian agriculture vital in keeping the national accounts from falling into the red – the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is urging the Government to invest in long-term development and growth to sustain Australians through the global financial crisis. More >
  • 8 January 2009: What Does 2009 Hold for the Sugarcane Industry?
    The current international financial crisis has placed the sugar industry on the same rollercoaster as other commodities and markets, however the fundamentals of supply and demand continue to point to an international production deficit over the next two years, which in turn points to a more cautiously positive outlook for the industry in 2009. More >
  • 6 January 2009: Politics Cloud Reef Science
    Farming cannot be blamed for recent declines in Great Barrier Reef coral health, according to a new report. More >
    
    

   

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