2020

Test ban risks stranding sugarcane harvest

May 05, 2020

CANEGROWERS is urging a commonsense, pragmatic and risk-based approach to prevent Queensland sugarcane being stranded at the roadside because of the...

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Water price freeze offers only temporary relief

May 05, 2020

CANEGROWERS has welcomed today’s announcement from the Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham that irrigation water...

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Commitment keeps harvest on track during pandemic

April 30, 2020

Growers can face the 2020 sugarcane season with confidence given the hours of work by their CANEGROWERS staff and elected...

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AgForce move means division not unity

April 27, 2020

CANEGROWERS Chairman Paul Schembri says AgForce is promoting division and distraction within agriculture in Queensland with its plan to move into...

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Code delivers result for Tully growers

April 22, 2020

Tully sugarcane growers are relieved they will start the 2020 harvest with a workable contract to supply their local sugar mill after arbitration...

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Farmers demand no more delays to dam plan

April 16, 2020

Sugarcane growers in the Childers region are calling for urgent and serious work to determine how Paradise Dam can be fixed now – without its...

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Growers call sugar industry together for virus planning

March 24, 2020

CANEGROWERS is convening an Australian sugar industry working group to assess and plan for the short, medium and long term impacts of the COVID-19...

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Celebrating Smartcane BMP's first 500

March 16, 2020

Queensland’s sugarcane industry is celebrating the first 500 cane farming businesses accredited in the industry voluntary best management...

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CANEGROWERS disputes sense of AgForce move into cane

March 12, 2020

Queensland’s sugarcane growers’ organisation is disappointed AgForce is considering adding a new commodity group to its organisation to...

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Drive for diversity in leadership

March 09, 2020

Queensland’s sugarcane industry is proud to join the push for more diversity in agricultural leadership in Australia.   In 2020 the...

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Water price hikes put regional economies at risk

March 02, 2020

Sugarcane growers’ organisation CANEGROWERS is urging the Queensland Government to step in and freeze water prices for farmers pending a review...

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CANEGROWERS calls for transparency on Paradise Dam

February 04, 2020

Cane growers put the highest possible value on the safety of the communities in which we not only operate, but live and raise our families. For this...

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