The 2026 crushing season is already underway in two Queensland cane-growing districts, and most other regions will see harvesters firing up through June.
For Bundaberg growers, the uncertainty surrounding Paradise Dam feels like a wound that never quite healed.
Queensland’s sugarcane harvest is fast approaching, with the 2026 crush now just weeks away.
As farmers, we’re very passionate about what we do. We put food on Aussie tables and clothes on Aussie backs.
Recently, CANEGROWERS published a new episode of our Shed Talk podcast, exploring the problems growers face from feral pigs.
The agricultural industry is worth around $80 billion to the Australian economy every year, and the National Farmers Federation has a strategy to build that to $100 billion by 2030.
There’s no escaping the fact we’re caught in a cost-of-living crisis, with the price of essentials like food, fuel, and housing going through the roof.
Australian agriculture enjoyed a win recently, with the Federal Government’s proposed biosecurity levy stalling in the Senate after several senators pulled their support for the idea.