A century on the front line for Queensland’s cane growers
The New Year will ring in a historic milestone for Queensland’s sugarcane industry, with CANEGROWERS marking 100 years of fighting for cane-farming families.
Home but not hosed - cane crush to resume in January
A breakdown at the Rocky Point mill late last week disrupted the final stages of the Queensland sugarcane crush, leaving around 2,000 tonnes of harvested cane sitting in bins and a further 1,000 tonnes of burnt cane standing in paddocks.
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Relief greets Queensland dam funding decision
In great news for Wide Bay region sugarcane growers, the final piece of the puzzle to restore Paradise Dam to its original water storage capacity has fallen into place. “Confirmation this week that the Queensland and Federal governments will jointly fund the $1.2 billion needed to restore the dam has taken a huge…
Election time in grower-led CANEGROWERS
CANEGROWERS is calling for members to step forward and nominate for one of the 81 representative positions in the peak sugarcane farming organisation. “As a truly grower-led and grower-driven organisation, these triennial elections are a very important time for CANEGROWERS,” CEO Dan Galligan said. “In this process,…
Call for investment in farm best practice program
Queensland’s sugarcane industry has a results-focused suggestion of where the Federal Government could invest some of the reported $1 billion it is planning to commit to the Great Barrier Reef. “We welcome the news today that the Federal Government is planning new investments in projects that make a difference to the…
Signatures on FTA herald new sugar opportunity
Sugarcane growers are hopeful 2022 will bring new sugar trade opportunities following the official signing of the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA). “The signing of the Aus-UK FTA takes the Australian sugar industry a step closer to rebuilding what had once been a strong trading relationship with the United…
Sugar industry welcomes win at WTO
Australia has secured an emphatic World Trade Organisation (WTO) win against India’s price-distorting sugar production supports and export subsidies. Handing down its report last night, a WTO Panel found that India had export subsidies in place which were prohibited under trading rules and it recommended their…