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Time to bring the cane back to Queensland classrooms
CANEGROWERS, the peak body for Queensland's sugarcane industry, has launched a new suite of curriculum-aligned educational resources designed to inspire and educate the next generation about one of Australia’s most enduring and forward-thinking…
Disaster funding boost reflects increasing cost of recovery
CANEGROWERS welcomes food security plan but calls for action on biofuels
Immediate increase to disaster grants needed
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Crushing end to the season
Another crushing season has ended, and once again, Queensland’s sugarcane growers are counting the cost of a broken milling sector.
Time to bring the cane back to Queensland classrooms
There’s something truly special and iconic about sugarcane. Grown along 2000km of Australian coastline, from Grafton in northern New South Wales to the fringes of the Daintree in the tropical far north, it’s been a cornerstone of Queensland’s identity for over 150 years.
Christmas Crushed: Delays take heavy toll on farming families
Queensland's sugarcane farming families will spend this Christmas counting the cost of yet another delayed harvest, with updated industry analysis finding that poor milling performance throughout the year which caused crushing to continue into the wet season could cost growers over one-hundred million dollars in 2024.
Time to mend fences in the sugarcane industry
The simmering frustrations in Queensland's sugarcane industry boiled over recently, as growers and millers locked horns over an issue that’s been dragging on for years – the difficulty of getting the crop crushed on time.
Cyclone Jasper recovery grants extended
CANEGROWERS has welcomed the Queensland Government’s decision to extend disaster recovery grant applications for primary producers impacted by Cyclone Jasper.