CANEGROWERS urges minister for disaster relief fix
Queensland Minister for Primary Industries, Tony Perrett, met with cane growers near Ingham today during a visit to the Herbert River region, where many farming families were impacted by flooding earlier this year.
Harvesters roar into life as 2025 crush begins
Queensland’s 2025 sugarcane crush is officially underway, with harvesters firing up across the Tablelands district today, marking the start of a new season that growers hope will bring better fortunes after a tough run last year.
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…
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Questions around Maryborough mill future
Sugarcane growers in southern Queensland say MSF Sugar needs to come clean about its plans for the Maryborough Mill following the news the company is selling farmland. CANEGROWERS Maryborough Chairman Jeff Atkinson said the mill-owned farms account for 30% of the cane processed at the mill along with cane from…
Dam demolition starts but questions remain
CANEGROWERS Isis Chairman Mark Mammino says he is in a state of shock seeing demolition work underway at Paradise Dam on the Burnett River. “As a third-generation farmer near Childers, working some of the farmland that my grandfather established 100 years ago, it is a very sad sight,” Mr Mammino said. “As a child I…
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…