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Disunity is death - it’s a phrase you often hear bandied about, especially in politics. And it’s true, of course, in all aspects of life. Since humans first started battling each other with clubs and stones, the importance of presenting a unified front has been clear. Whether it’s warfare, politics, disaster…

Queensland’s 2023 sugarcane harvest has finally hit the halfway mark with over 50% of the estimated 30.1 million tonne crop now cut and crushed at the state’s 19 sugar mills. Rain early in the season, combined with below par mill performance, had delayed the crush in some districts, but the long expected El Nino has…

Check out the latest in this month's copy of Australian Canegrower Inside this issue - read about the beneficial biological warfare potentially replacing chemicals in the control of pests and how an enquiring mind drives a Tully grower to never stop learning.

Earlier this month, a ship loaded with Queensland sugar sailed up the River Thames to the Tate & Lyle Sugars refinery in London. It was the first tariff-free shipment of Australian sugar exported to the United Kingdom in half a century, making it a pretty big deal. As a result, plenty of newspaper column inches,…

As I write this week’s column, I am on a flight to Canberra, where I’ll travel to Parliament House with CANEGROWERS CEO Dan Galligan for a series of high-level meetings with ministers and senior advisors from the departments of Trade, Agriculture, and Environment. At these meetings we will advocate on behalf of…