Cane growers in Queensland are angry and frustrated at State Government plans to ramp up the already stringent laws on farming practices in Great...

Continue Reading →

Congratulations cane growers! I write to congratulate Queensland’s Smartcane BMP accredited sugarcane growers. You are being acknowledged...

Continue Reading →

Big brother warning to farm sector In the Queensland Government’s proposed new laws to regulate farm practice in Great Barrier Reef catchments...

Continue Reading →

The timetable has been set for the 2019 CANEGROWERS Election process. Held every three years, the elections are an opportunity for all members to...

Continue Reading →

WTO moves against sugar subsidies welcome 29 November 2018 Sugar subsidies from India, Pakistan and the EU are again depressing world sugar...

Continue Reading →

Clients of CANEGROWERS Insurance in areas under drought declarations may be eligible for assistance with premiums via a new package announced by IAG...

Continue Reading →

Like drought, cyclones are part of the farming landscape in Queensland. Despite this, insuring crops against cyclones has long been viewed as fantasy....

Continue Reading →

The first three recipients of a CANEGROWERS scholarship for rural leadership courses have finished a busy and rewarding week in Canberra. Simon...

Continue Reading →

At CANEGROWERS we are proud of our focus on Smartcane BMP and the solid commitment of growers to the program as the path...

Continue Reading →

2018 Annual General Meeting Members of Queensland Cane Growers Organisation Ltd are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of their...

Continue Reading →

A grower representative position on the board of Sugar Terminals Limited is becoming vacant and two CANEGROWERS members are among the candidates...

Continue Reading →

CANEGROWERS has six scholarships available to growers wanting to help build a strong and sustainable sugarcane farming future. The scholarships are...

Continue Reading →

Governments urged to act to save sinking sugar price 19 July 2018 Meeting in Geneva the Global Sugar Alliance called on Pakistan, India...

Continue Reading →

ACCC report vindicates CANEGROWERS electricity campaign It’s not generally polite to say ‘I told you so’ but in this case…...

Continue Reading →

CANEGROWERS believes that Queensland’s cane farmers are doing remarkable things when it comes to protecting and caring for their environment and...

Continue Reading →

Reef report undervalues grower commitment Queensland’s cane growers should hold their heads high and reject the criticism in a recent...

Continue Reading →

Six class groups of school children were educated, entertained and got their hands dirty as CANEGROWERS again joined in the RNA’s Rural...

Continue Reading →

The Queensland Government has revoked drought declarations covering all or part of 11 local government areas including sugarcane growing regions,...

Continue Reading →

CANEGROWERS has won a prize for a poster and presentation at the 2018 Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists conference in Mackay in...

Continue Reading →

More than 140 members from Mackay to Mossman have attended a series of CANEGROWERS transport workshops designed to explain how oversize agricultural...

Continue Reading →

As an economist, CANEGROWERS Head-Economics Warren Males likes numbers. So during the debate about a sugar tax, he's been collecting some numbers...

Continue Reading →

Farmers demand power price answer On behalf of Queensland’s farmers using irrigation, I am demanding an answer. Why, in its draft...

Continue Reading →

Reef science questions concern farmers Sugarcane growers up and down the Queensland coast are concerned about the questions around the integrity of...

Continue Reading →

Australia’s sugar industry needs to remain focused on continuing production and sustainability gains as smaller sugar-producing nations look to...

Continue Reading →

In this 2017 Queensland State Election campaign, CANEGROWERS has urged the political parties to commit to actions which will secure the livelihoods of...

Continue Reading →

Chairman Paul Schembri has told the CANEGROWERS Annual General Meeting that the past year has emphasised the importance of a strong, united and...

Continue Reading →

As the Queensland election battle intensifies, three of the peak bodies representing business have combined to make sure that the issue is acted on by...

Continue Reading →

CANEGROWERS is urging Queensland’s political parties to adopt a list of clear policy commitments to secure a prosperous future for cane farming...

Continue Reading →

A vote of 37-18 has emphatically ended the bid by a New South Wales Senator to disallow the Sugar Industry Code of Conduct. The result is a big relief...

Continue Reading →

Project Cane Changer is a CANEGROWERS initiative that works with growers to recognise, value and accelerate their efforts to adopt farming practices...

Continue Reading →

There's more smoke on the horizon in the 2017 Australian sugarcane season than for many previous years as growers who have been cutting green for...

Continue Reading →

CANEGROWERS joined a coalition of conservation, community and farming organisations urging a July meeting of the Agriculture Minister's Forum to...

Continue Reading →

A Queensland State Government minister put his signature on a commitment to the sugarcane industry at the July 2017 meeting of the CANEGROWERS Policy...

Continue Reading →

CANEGROWERS has been awarded a contract to run a series of 60 on farm trials of enhanced efficiency fertilisers and is now looking for growers to host...

Continue Reading →

All five members of the CANEGROWERS Innisfail Board have achieved Smartcane BMP accreditation, the first CANEGROWERS district to achieve...

Continue Reading →

Rats are one of the cane industry's most persistent pests, costing growers millions in lost revenue each year. CANEGROWERS has gained approval for...

Continue Reading →