Innovation and insight at the heart of Sugar Cubed 2025
Sugarcane growers and industry stakeholders from across Queensland and beyond will converge on Brisbane early next week for Sugar Cubed 2025 – a dynamic, future-focused event set to spark fresh ideas and foster new connections across the cane supply…
Cross-border cane connection as Clarence turns 100
The CANEGROWERS Queensland Board is wrapping up its three-year term with a special visit across the border this week, heading to Maclean to help Clarence Canegrowers celebrate 100 years of representing local sugarcane farmers.
Fuelling Change: Don’t Let Queensland Lag Behind!
CANEGROWERS has welcomed Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki’s comments supporting the development of a domestic biofuels industry, during his speech to the Queensland Energy Club in Brisbane today.
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Sad day for regional communities
CANEGROWERS is seeking a commitment that resources to cover regional and rural news and issues will be maintained by News Corp when it ceases printing many of its newspapers. “Across the sugarcane regions of Queensland, cane growers are deeply saddened by today’s announcement that many of their local newspapers are…
Move against Reef regs welcome
CANEGROWERS welcomes the attempts by the Queensland Opposition to halt the implementation of further, intrusive regulation on the state’s sugarcane growers. “We’ve spent a decade arguing that the regulation of farm practices, wielding a big stick against growers, is counter-productive to delivering a sustainable…
Water price freeze offers only temporary relief
CANEGROWERS has welcomed today’s announcement from the Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham that irrigation water prices would remain unchanged or fall in over the next twelve months. “Back at the start of March, when farmers were told by the Queensland Competition Authority it recommended…
Test ban risks stranding sugarcane harvest
CANEGROWERS is urging a commonsense, pragmatic and risk-based approach to prevent Queensland sugarcane being stranded at the roadside because of the state’s blanket ban on all driver testing during the coronavirus pandemic. CANEGROWERS is using every advocacy opportunity and putting forward suggestions which would…
Commitment keeps harvest on track during pandemic
Growers can face the 2020 sugarcane season with confidence given the hours of work by their CANEGROWERS staff and elected representatives. “The harvest is due to start in late May and we are optimistic that it will do so in a way that keeps our people safe and meets government requirements around minimising the…